Emotion Management Mat

Manage Your Emotions!

One day, I came back home from school feeling extremely ecstatic about something. My parents could sense that I had something exciting to share with them and eagerly asked me about it. I gleefully revealed that our school was taking us on a trip to the zoo, and our class teacher had sent a note about it in our diaries. My parents looked over the note and gave me their approval to attend the trip. I was overjoyed and thrilled beyond words.

Suddenly, my mother asked me how I felt at that moment. Without any hesitation, I exclaimed, “Mumma, I feel ‘happy’ and ‘excited’!” She then questioned if I understood the meaning of those emotions, and I replied confidently that they were emotions. My mother elaborated further, saying that there were many other emotions such as worry, sadness, anger, confidence, and many more.

Feeling curious, I suggested that we play with Musky and learn about emotions. My parents were happy to oblige, and we all gathered around the emotion management mat. With my parents’ guidance, I instructed Musky to move from one block to another while learning about different emotions and ways to manage them. It was a fun and educational experience that taught me valuable life skills.

I am sure you learned a lot with your cute little learning buddy, Musky. Check if you can answer these questions.

Q1. What are the different types of emotions?

Q2. What can you do if you feel confused, make the Musky bot move to the block that you think will help you in managing your emotion?

Q3. What do you do when you are sad?

Q4. Quietly exercising is the management solution for which emotion?

Q5. What do you do when you feel excited?

Teachers Note

Emotion management is an important aspect which needs to be taught to students very carefully. Emotion management skills help children to communicate effectively, resolve conflicts, and build healthy relationships with others.With this activity, students become expressive and the teacher needs to rectify them there and then if the expression is not justified.

With this Musky Mat, this sensitive topic can be handled in a playful manner thereby inculcating softer skills in kids. Teachers in the classroom setup can ask kids to enact and show different types of emotion and remedies to overcome. This group activity will make students curious and boost the team spirit.