Match the Message

At this station you’ll match the “messages” and “signals” of each emotion with a feeling. Every feeling has a signal and a message that it wants to share with us.

Goal

Understanding that emotions have good intentions and want to be helpful. They have signals to get our attention and also important messages they want to give us.

Resources

Scissors
Glue
Colored pens/pencils
Handout (Letter Size) click to download
Handout (A4 Size) click to download
Activity Instruction Sheet (optional) click to download

Instructions

Pick up a Match the Message handout from the table, and cut out the “messages” and “signals” from the sheet.
Using glue stick, paste the “messages” and “signals” into the spaces attached to the feeling words. Alternatively, If glue and scissors are not available, you can write in the message or draw lines between the two sheets.

Discussion

Review the feeling words with the group to ensure that each feeling was understood.
What surprised you when doing this?
What type of situations might these different feelings show up? Why?
What difference does it make to know the messages of each feeling?

Extensions

Invite participants to write a reflection of some experiences they had feeling different emotions and how knowing the messages of the feelings might have made the situation or their responses different.

Activity Source

Manuela Berger, www.feelingmagnets.com