7. Felt Faces Activity Board The FELT FACES activity board is excellent for learning new vocabulary, exploring different emotions, and encouraging imagination. The face can smile, be silly, cry, show anger, and much more. Kids can experiment with facial expressions to develop the ability to identify human emotions. Playing with the felt faces and asking the children, “What emotion do you think it is?”, “How does they feel?” It is an excellent resource for playfully learning feelings vocabulary. These colourful visual felt pieces can also support your child in his/her language development. Kids can also experiment with facial expressions to develop the ability to identify human emotions. It can be fun to make the facial expressions themselves in a mirror and then show them on the felt face. English emotions words to learn: Happy, Mad, Sad, Excited, Scared, Worried, Afraid, Shy, Jealous, Loved or Love, Bored, Nervous, Frustrated, Angry, Upset, Calm, Thankful, Embarrassed, Lonely, Hopeful, Proud, Surprised, Tired, Sleepy, Sick, Silly, Furious, Irritated, Left Out POINTS TO REMEMBER All self-regulation activities should be monitored and supervised at all times by a caring adult. Sensory breaks should be timetabled and directed by the adult to get the most from the sessions. A visual task strip would be helpful to show what the child needs to do within the session. TFH are not trained Occupational Therapists and all information is given as a basic introduction.
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