Today I Am Feeling...

Ingredients

Two pieces of cardboard
Pencil, crayons, or markers
Fastener

Directions

Cut one piece of cardboard into a square and another piece into a circle that is slightly smaller than the square. At the top of the square write "Today I am feeling." Directly below, color an arrow pointing down. Using the fastener, attach the circle to the square so that the arrow points to the circle. Divide the circle into even pie shapes, and in each pie section describe a feeling or a mood using words and/or pictures. Each day have your child indicate how she is feeling by moving the circle until the arrow points to the mood she chooses.

This activity is from 50 Fun Ways to Improve Reading, which was created as part of the Bridges to Reading kit, developed by Schwab Learning. Reprinted with permission from Schwab Learning.

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