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How to Create Face Games

It is important to teach a child about feelings beginning at a young age. Children do not naturally know what faces looks like when they are sad, happy or scared. A parent can teach a child about feelings, however, by creating a face game. The fun part about this game is that the faces can become more complex as a child begins to understand more about feelings.

Instructions

- 1
  Decide who will make the faces and who will guess the feelings.
- 2
  Choose a feeling, and make the face look like that of a person who is experiencing that feeling. For example, if the feeling is sad, form your mouth into a frown. Some ideas for feelings include happy, scared, embarrassed and shy. The feelings should be more complex if the child is older.
- 3
  Let the other player guess the feeling that you are expressing. Allow him have a turn making faces if he chooses the correct answer. Continue making different faces if his answer is incorrect.
- 4
  Explain to the other player why a person would feel each emotion. Ask him to share stories of times when he experienced these feelings.

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