Mirror Expressions

Exploring facial expressions through art builds emotional awareness and creative thinking.

Objectives

Students will create self-portraits and identify emotions based on facial features.

1. Give each child a mirror and ask them to make different faces (happy, sad, surprised).

2. Have them draw a face based on what they see in the mirror.

3. Encourage them to label the emotion or explain their drawing.

Discuss how we can tell how someone is feeling by looking at their face.

Assess the connection between drawing and described emotion.

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