English | POP-UP Festival

Kind or Unkind

Kindness can be deeper than “please” and “thank you.” But it can be confusing sometimes when if actions are mistaken. How can we show kindness? How can we be clear about our intentions to do good for others?

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.

My Wishes from Peppy Pals

At this station you’ll draw your wishes and dreams.

Name That Emoji

What are the feelings you see in these unusual emoji cards?

Ocean Wave Breathing

At this station, adults and young children will create ocean waves of feelings and calm down the waves with their deep, slowed breathing.

Ocean Zones

In this activity, you will learn about where sea creatures live within the ocean and think about how you might feel if you were a sea creature living within different zones.

Outdoor Maker’s Station

The outdoor is a perfect place to become aware of the beauty all around. But we have to learn to slow down in order to really see the beauty. Once we realized beauty, we can also make art with it! What helps us appreciate the little things that are around us every day?

Pausing to Notice from Walden Wise

Sometimes big feelings can feel like too much. This activity helps us slow down and gently pay attention to what we’re feeling. When we pause and notice without trying to change anything, emotions often shift on their own. It’s like giving them space to breathe.

Peppy Pals Coloring

We’re going to choose some drawings to color and then discuss the feelings we see in the drawings.

Perspective Taking from Empatico

At this activity, you’ll think about the different situations through yours and others’ perspectives.

Pinwheel Energy

In this activity, using a pinwheel, you’ll learn about how wind can be used for clean energy. Energy is the ability to do work.

Poverty Scramble

In this activity, they will distribute the wealth and power of the world among themselves. This wealth is represented by the pile of beans on the table.

Powerlines

One of the major challenges in addressing SDG13 is that climate change is a vast, global issue — can individuals make a difference? In this activity we’ll explore if, and how, we can work on climate change.

Renewable Energy of Emotions

At this station, you’ll find out how to give yourself energy when you’re feeling helpless about climate change by generating different ideas.

Rights & Responsibilities – UNICEF WCD

At this station, you will explore the rights of all children and the responsibilities that people, including children, have to uphold these rights.

Rights Pictures – UNICEF WCD

At this station, you’ll join UNICEF’s mission to help and protect ALL children.

Shine Bright

There is a light inside every person. Sometimes it can be challenging to share that light with everyone; maybe we feel shy and hide our special qualities or we are not given opportunities to shine brightly because of our gender or background. In this activity, kids focus on something that makes them special and what they want the whole world to know.

Story Seekers

At this station, you’ll focus on a natural object and get inside it’s story. Using your senses and imagination you’ll do a free writing session about the object.
What stories do natural objects have to share? How can you develop your special nature listening skills to tell their stories? What can we share and learn from nature’s stories?

Story Stop

At this station you’ll read a story together, stopping at key moments in the story to talk about thoughts and feelings of the character.

Tech Attack

Technology has changed our lives, but is it good for developing brains? In this quick card game, kids learn more about how technology is specially designed to appeal to Brain Drivers. As kids learn more about themselves, they can evaluate their feelings about tech to make better decisions about its role and how to use it.