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Draw anger

Type of Activity: 
Creative / Expressive
Emotional Awareness
Sensory-based
Age group: 
Mixed age group
Duration: 
6–10 minutes
Setting: 
Classroom
Group circle
Purpose of the Activity: 
Body awareness
Calmness
Emotional regulation
Focus and attention
Self-control
Materials Needed: 
White sheets, coloured pencils, crayons, felt tip pens or tempera paints. Optional: calm background music or classic music
Step-by-Step Instructions : 
A short conversation is held with an emphasis on anger - when it appears and how it is felt, and today the children will draw their anger. The children freely draw anger as an image, a monster, a storm with different shapes and colors. The second part of the task is to calm the anger by changing the drawing (coloring with softer colors, adding new elements or tearing the sheet).
Signs the Activity Is Working: 
Children calm down Children express emotions
Safety & Wellbeing Notes: 
If strong emotions take over the child, drawing can be stopped and he/she can be asked to stay alone with the teacher to calm down (hug; "pouring out" anger on a pillow
Home Adaptation : 
Same materials and instructions
Source/ Contributor Information: 
DG 6 “Shtastlivo detstvo/ Bulgaria/ Teacher Kristina Gosheva-Grozdanova
Audience: 
Teachers

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