Exploring Emotions: Bravery & Courage for K-2
What's included
1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
US Grade Kindergarten - 2
Beginner Level
In this colorful journey, we'll delve into the captivating world of bravery, focusing on overcoming powerful emotions like anxiety through a delightful short story called "Billy's Bravery" by Tom Percival. This class aims to empower students by helping them identify emotions and overcome their big emotions. Through interactive activities, students will help navigate situations of fear, sadness, and anger. The featured book, "Billy's Bravery" serves as a wonderful guide, allowing children to connect with the character's experiences and emotions. Highlights of the Class: 📖 Story time with "Billy's Bravery": Billy's favorite superhero EVER is nature girl. He wants to dress up for his school book day! He is afraid of what others might think. Will Billy overcome his fear and be brave? 🎭 Express Yourself: Learn to recognize facial expressions and body language associated colored feeling zones, fostering emotional intelligence. 🌈 Game-Based Situations & Confidence Song: Help students overcome their big feelings and demonstrate courage, determination, & bravery. Win the SUPER BRAVERY game and engage in an affirmation song to utilize when big feelings arise! 🤗 Interactive Writing Activity: Engage in a hands-on, interactive activity where students can draw and write a time they felt brave, promoting literacy and text-to-self connections by utilizing learned emotion vocabulary. After class, students can create their own superhero icon! Enroll now to ensure your child's spot in this enriching and empowering class!
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Before diving into the enriching content of this class, I want to assure parents that our discussions will not be therapeutic in nature. I understand that families have varying comfort levels around certain subjects. Students will be exposed to emotional literacy vocabulary and make connections with book characters, building comprehension and emotional intelligence.
Supply List
A paper & pencil or whiteboard for class! Activity pages will be available for download, but are not required.
1 file available upon enrollment
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Teacher expertise and credentials
Ohio Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
I am a licensed elementary educator with over 7 years of experience teaching all core subjects in K-2, including social emotional learning topics. I have my Master's in Curriculum & Instruction from The Ohio State University, focusing on creative learning methodologies. I held instructional coaching and mentor teacher positions at my previous school focusing on social emotional learning and literacy enhancement. I have a passion for helping students find success in and out of the classroom with emotional literacy!
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Live One-Time Class
$10
per classMeets once
30 min
Completed by 3 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 5-8
2-6 learners per class