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Feelings & friendship activities for preschoolers
These are 24 feelings & friendship activities for preschoolers, built around social & emotional learning. Some give a feeling a name or a shape, like feelings charades, a calm-down basket the class fills, or mixing a color for every feeling. Others are built for two children, like one big paper with a child at each end or a bridge built from both sides. Pick any of them, tap Plan this one, and Planella writes the full lesson plan for your age group and framework.
Passing the drawing around the table
Everyone starts their own drawing, and the papers slide one seat over at every bell until each one comes home.
Plan this one →Showing a new puppet around the room
A new puppet arrives with a suitcase, and the children walk it to the cubbies, the sink and the rug.
Plan this one →Rescue team with a blanket stretcher
A blanket held at the corners, a pile of stuffed animals loaded on, and everyone lifting at once.
Plan this one →Friendship web in a small group
A ball of yarn rolled along the floor, each child naming a game they played, and everyone holding a strand.
Plan this one →Friendship soup in a real pot
Each child names something a good friend does and stirs their own paper carrot, noodle or bean into the pot.
Plan this one →Problem jar with photos from this room
Photos of things that really happen here, two hands on one truck, pulled out one at a time and acted out.
Plan this one →Feelings charades
A moment whispered to one child, the tower fell over, then acted out with a face and a body for the group.
Plan this one →Two puppets with a problem
Two puppets both want the same truck, and whatever the children tell them to try, the puppets try it out.
Plan this one →Partner treasure hunt with photo clues
Photo clues of spots around the room, one card between partners, and a hidden bear at the end.
Plan this one →Obstacle course with a scarf between partners
A scarf held by one end each, then cones, a tunnel and a low balance beam, worked through together.
Plan this one →Partners building a path across the room
Tape, blocks and carpet squares turned into one long path, and the two who built it walking across.
Plan this one →Picnic the children plan together
A blanket, a basket of play food, and the group working out who sits where and how it all gets shared.
Plan this one →Class puzzle with one piece each
Big cardboard puzzle pieces, one for each child to color, then the whole set fitted back together.
Plan this one →Two builders sharing one bin of blocks
One bin of blocks between partners, deciding what it will be and then building the whole thing together.
Plan this one →What could you say?
Being bumped, being left out, being helped: each one acted out, and the group tries the words that fit.
Plan this one →Cozy corner the children set up
Cushions, board books and soft animals, arranged by the children into the spot to go when the room gets loud.
Plan this one →Kindness cards delivered to the cubbies
A card drawn for whoever's photo comes out of the basket, then walked over to that child's cubby.
Plan this one →Restaurant with a waiter, a cook and a bell
A notepad, the play kitchen and a bell, and every order traveling from the table to the cook and back.
Plan this one →Two friends, one big paper
One long sheet taped down with a child at each end, drawing toward each other until the two pictures meet.
Plan this one →Puppet who lost a favorite toy
A puppet comes to circle looking for her lost bear, and the children ask what happened and what to try.
Plan this one →Calm-down basket the class fills
Squishy balls, bubble wrap and lavender bags, tried out to find what helps when everything feels too big.
Plan this one →Bridge building from both sides
Two builders with a gap between them, stacking their own sides until a long block will reach across.
Plan this one →Mixing a color for every feeling
Red, blue and yellow paint, and a new color mixed up for mad, for excited, and for however today feels.
Plan this one →Playdough bakery with one batch to share
One bowl of dough between two bakers, rolling pins, cookie cutters and orders coming in from the table.
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These ideas come from the real world of preschool. I read each one and chose what went in, one at a time. No idea here was invented by AI. Newest ideas added September 2026.