Vocabulario:

¿Cómo estás? (how are you?)

Bien (good/fine)

Feliz (happy)

Triste (sad)

Enojado (angry)

Sorprendido (suprised)

Song:

Sing the song "¿Cómo estás?" (to the rhythm of “Brother John”).

Buenos días 

Buenos días, Buenos días

¿Cómo estás?, ¿cómo estás?

Estoy bien, gracias (x2) 

¿Y cómo estás tú? (x2)

ACTIVITIES:

What you will need: pictures of emojis, tape, music, and black-and-white images.

Vocabulary and Reading

1) Teachers introduce emotions through choral repetition while showing pictures of emojis.

2) Teachers read a book about emotions. Titles from Mo Willems's Elephant and Piggy series work well for this, but there are a lot of options available at your local library. 

Acting Out

1) Teachers arrange the pictures of emojis on the floor face down.

2) Teacher 1 asks Teacher 2 the question "¿Cómo estás?" 

3) Teacher 2 picks a paper at random and acts out the emotion represented. Children and teachers repeat the word and join the acting.

4) Teachers  take turns asking children "¿Cómo estás?" and encourage them to turn over emoji papers. Children act out the emotions.

Musical March

1) Children and teachers work together to tape a different emoji to each of the four corners of the room. 

2) Teachers play lively music and run, dance, skip around the room. Children are encouraged to join in through gestures. Teachers pause occasionally to shout out the name of one of the emotions. Teachers encourage children to run to the emotion announced, expressing enthusaism when they find the right one.

Review

Silent teacher and Closed-eyes suprise

As a review of emotions in the following class.

1) Teacher takes out four emoji pictures. She points to each one and says its name (repeating the activity a couple of times). 

2) Teacher points to each emoji, covering her mouth and cupping her ears (indicating that she would like to hear the words). She waits for children (or caregivers) to say the names of the emojis they remember, but only if they want to.

3) Teacher hands out the emojis to the children. She closes her eyes and reaches out with open palms asking for each one (one at a time) in Spanish. Each time she is handed an emoji, she opens her eyes to see if it is what she asked for. (This same activity could be used to review other vocabulary items).