With this Veteran’s Day emotion play dough mat activity, different emotions are explored in a fun, hands-on way. Children will be using play dough or dry erase markers to recreate the soldier emotion cards on the blank soldier.
This activity is a great addition to any community helper or Veteran’s Day theme. And can be used for centers, small groups or one-on-one.
As a small group or center activity, children will be working on their fine motor skills as they roll, smash and place their play dough on the mats.
When working one-on-one, this activity can be good for further developing language. As children talk about feelings, they can be asked questions about the different emotions they are creating with their soldier faces.
The Veteran’s Day emotion play dough mat activity comes with 12 different emotions and is offered in both color and black & white. The feelings included in this activity are:
- Mad – girl
- Sad – girl
- Happy – girl
- Sleepy – girl
- Surprised – boy
- Silly – girl
- Annoyed – girl
- Excited – boy
- Worried – boy
- Loved – girl
- Sick – boy
- Calm – girl
To set up the Veteran’s Day feelings activity:
- Print out the Veteran’s Day soldier mat and feelings page.
- Cut out the Veteran’s Day soldier mat and feelings and laminate.
- Provide play dough or dry erase markers to children.
- Instruct children to place an emotion in the blank box and then recreate the feeling on the soldier. They may use either play dough or dry erase marker.
Included in the Soldier Veteran’s Day Emotion Play Dough Activity:
- 6 soldier mats (3 boy & 3 girl) in color
- 2 soldier mats (1 boy & 1 girl) in black & white
- 1 feelings page (with 12 emotions) in both color and black & white (feelings are a mixture of boy & girl)
- 1 instruction page