Hi, my apologies first, there are some amazon affiliated links to resource ideas in this reply.. hope they all help
Good activities for focus play
- Puffer fish faces & mirrors - bath crayons are good for drawing on & washing off mirrored surfaces.
- Make a smile: place a finger at the corner points of your mouth and make a smile, saddness .. funny face - over a table with time to spare or during another activity is really good.
- Happy hands/feet - painting, dressing up or sock puppets - more for general themed play.
- Playdough faces - there's a face outline on site that you can print to skin toned paper, laminate & model dough on - for professionalism & legitamacy use alongside a copyright credited emotions poster, Frank Schaffer has a really nice one featuring mixed cultures - How do you feel today.
- Tasting games - fruit, veg & breads = smiley face for good, sad face for not good aka yuk
- Balloon faces - if the children like balloons - cut paper shapes and sticky pads to secure in place.
- Bean bag catch - draw faces on the bags/balls and once caught/held the receiver can try to match the expression/emotion/feeling.
- What makes you laugh - giggles, tickles, nose picking, bottom pumps - good for diary chats - stickers from amazon
- Cookies/small cakes and icing tubes - squeeze lines for smiles ..
- Peek a boo/hand covering expressions - copy games.
- Emotions lotto, memory game.
- Animals - temperaments, feelings and reasons for reaction.
Do carrot peels make a rabbit happy, walks for dog ..
- Mr Potato head or equivalent - Amazon link
- For ICT do you have any software that allows you to build a face/emotion? - A thomas the tank engine emotions game from Hit entertainment.
- 'How are you feeling' display board: low level register on a door maybe - there is a good faces pdf - ourselves on Under5s or make/laminate your own emoticons to let your children state how their day is or has been.
- More activity ideas in this forum
Some good book titles are Guess how much I love you, selfish crocodile, Laura's star looks at lost, sad & happy. There are some
all about me titles on this page of silkysteps & an affiliated search for '
Grumpy on Amazon if it helps. 'What are you so grumpy about'? looks good lol
If you enjoy having an on going theme for feelings & emotions, or use a planning book/themed activity collection to link the Children's interest/s to you could look at each individually, as and when - Smile, smiling, happy, frown, growl, angry, cross, sad, cry ..
Hth, let us know how it goes
xx