Say things like, “I can’t believe Alex did that” and “What a terrible thing to do!” Tell the children that Mr. You should appear very upset by what you are hearing. Turtle comes out of his box, pretend like he is whispering in your ear. (If you did not read this in time to make the puppet three days ahead of time, begin with the second lesson, Bashful Betty Buttons)īefore the children can meet Alex, ask them to say their magic words.

This is how Alex’s face looks when he gets angry. Leave the apple out for a few days so that it gets really shriveled up. It really isn’t important what Alex looks like. Then, get creative!! You can push carrots or celery or grapes, etc., onto the toothpicks to form the eyes, nose and mouth. Push the toothpicks into the “face” where the mouth, nose and eyes will be leaving a half inch of the toothpick exposed. The exposed apple (the white part) will be used as Alex’s face. Use the knife to cut a small slice off of the front of the apple.

Then, you can let them cut pictures from magazines to have an emotion poster of their own.Īlex Apple is very simple to make but he must be made three days before the lesson is to be taught. Let the kids decide which emotion the picture portrays, then act how they would make that emotion. Make a book from construction paper and magazine pictures, with children portraying all different emotions.

Happy emotion