PBL: My Emotions! Day 4
Date: 9th November 2022; Wednesday.
Facilitators: Auindrilla, Sonai, Sanmoyee, and Priyanka.
Participants: Adrived, Arya, Dhriya, Divit, Nitara, Parth, Ruhani, Shannaya, Sharlav, Shivanshika, Shivanyaa, Taanush, Vaanya, Yuvaan (Bhopalka), and Yuvaan (Mehra).
Tags: art, sel, pbl
Welcome to Day 4 of ‘My Emotions’! The children are learning to identify different emotions through the use of art and play. Roleplay and puppetry are important languages in a child’s early understanding of emotion. Read on to know how our Arthlings made a little buddy to help them express themselves!
PLANNING AND SETUP
The activity was divided into the following steps:
1. Making My Sock Puppet: Trays were arranged with the following materials: white socks, bindis, dot stickers, felt pens, glue, plastic straws, and emoticon stickers.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Making My Sock Puppet: The children gathered around the tables to be introduced to some new friends — sock puppets. After becoming acquainted with the puppets made by the educators, the Arthlings geared up to make their own. Each child picked a white sock to wear on their hand. The children added eyes, noses and eyebrows using bindis, dot stickers and felt pens. When it came to adding a mouth, each child made a decision regarding what emotion the puppet would display. Mouths were added using felt pen or bendy straws. Some of the Arthlings named their puppets; Arya and Dhriya both named their puppets Mia! At the end of the activity, the children identified emoticon stickers to match the expression on their sock puppets.
Sonai Didi introduces her sock puppet character.
Nitara works on her puppet!
Yuvaan (Bhopalka) adds a mouth to his puppet!
Nitara and Yuvaan (Bhopalka) pose with their finished puppets.
Adrived adds details to his puppet.
Shivanyaa adds details with a pen.
Shivanyaa’s finished sock puppet.
Yuvaan (Mehra) works on his sock puppet.
Vaanya poses with her finished puppet!
Shannaya and her puppet strike a pose!
Divit fixes a mouth to his puppet.
Divit and his finished creation.
Dhriya adds details with a pink pen.
Dhriya’s puppet called ‘Mia’.
SKILLS USED
Fine motor skills
Turn-taking
Visualization
Socio-emotional skills
Puppetry
OUTCOME AND FUTURE
Dolls and puppets can be important vessels for emotional exploration in the early years. Puppets can be an outlet for emotions that are too big to express, and can even encourage empathy and understanding between children.
Don’t forget to join us in our next instalment for more fun socio-emotional learning!