We just finished our Martin’s Day activities, and I was looking for a lesson to do with the children right before Thanksgiving. I guess a topic of Thanks would have been obvious. But I have been wanting to read a favorite book with the classes, so I decided to give a lesson on feelings.

I have some feeling word posters that I made earlier this year, so I chose three of those to teach: froh (happy), müde (tired), and aufgeregt (excited).

You can download all the feeling posters for FREE here: Gefühle Wortschatz Posters GitA  There are 12 feelings in all:

• glücklich
• traurig
• verwirrt
• böse
• müde
• aufgeregt
• Angst haben
• verlegen
• enttäuscht
• nervös
• überrascht
• schlecht gelaunt
• froh

I added froh at the end, because I thought it is an easier word for younger children to say. The file includes:

• pictures with words in just German
• pictures with words in German and English
• just pictures without words
• just words

I also made a coloring page to send home. I always like to give the parents and idea of what the children learned in class.

You can download that for FREE, too! Gefühle Malvorlage – GitA

Okay, so after we talk about those three feelings – and whatever other feelings come up! – I am going to read Kaninchen ist sooo müde by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (Beltz & Gelberg, 2000). It’s a sweet little lift-the-flap book from the creators of Der Gruffalo.

It ends with the rabbit’s friends singing “Der Mond ist aufgegangen.” So of course, we’ll end class with that song!