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Here is your Sesame Strong Playlist for Session 4: Feelings Big & Small.

This Session’s Big Idea:All feelings are okay, and kids need positive ways to express them.

https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/activities/expressing-emotions-2/

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https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/activities/feelings-and-emotions-topic-page-video/

https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/activities/noticing-feelings-change/

https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/activities/comfy-cozy-nest-storybook-provider/

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FRIENDLY REMINDER

Please bring your Family Review Coloring Page to the next session. We’d like to know what you think of these materials. Thank you!

https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/activities/draw-whats-in-your-heart/

https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/activities/feelings-tic-tac-toe/

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Expressing Emotions

Parent Reading: Session 4, Feelings Big & Small

Every day brings chances for children to express their emotions. Here are five ways you can encourage children to share their feelings with you.

Act It Out Children often work through their biggest feelings while pretending. Fill a box with clothing that you no longer wear, like work shirts and hats, along with materials like wooden spoons, pillowcases, and paper-towel rolls. As children play, help them talk about emotions by asking, “How does this character feel? Why is she feeling ______?”

Share EmotionsChildren will be more likely to share emotions if they see grown-ups doing it, too. During mealtime, go around the table and share one thing you did and one emotion you felt that day.

Build on Books Use books as a window into emotions. Choose books in which the characters struggle with big emotions. Ask children, “How does this character feel? Why do you think they feel this way? Have you ever felt this way?”

Feel the BeatChildren may have an easier time showing you how they feel if they do it in physical ways. Turn on music and encourage children to express their feelings with movements. Help them to name their feelings as they dance.

Heart to Art Kids can draw their feelings. Say, “Can you draw a happy thing that happened today?” If children come home with art you might say, “Tell me how this person is feeling,” or, “This drawing reminds me of a time when I felt _______.”

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Hands On Activity: Session 4, Feelings Big & Small

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Hands On Activity: Session 4, Feelings Big & Small

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Parent Reading: Expressing Emotions

Our Family Review: Session 4, Feelings Big & SmallWhat did you think of this session’s materials?

Video: Feelings and Emotions

Video: Noticing that Feelings Change

Book: Comfy, Cozy Nest (Printed)

Game: Draw What’s in Your Heart

Activity: Feelings Tic Tac Toe & Feeling Faces

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