Feeling Detectives Presentation Slides
Pre-K Counselor Lesson
Case File: Feelings! 🔍
Feeling Detectives
Let's look for face and body clues to find our big feelings and solve them together!
Mission: Spot the Clues!
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Step 1: The Detective Role Slide 2 of 9
What is a Detective?
Detectives are super spotters! They look closely with their eyes and listen with their ears to find hidden clues and solve mysteries.
Today, we are spotting emotional clues!
Look Closely
Listen Softly
Search Around
Solve Mysteries
Put your detective hat on! (Mime putting on a hat)
The Case of the Day Slide 3 of 9
The Big Mystery: Feelings!
🕵️♀️ Detector
😊😢😡😱 The Feeling Clues
Feelings don't hide, but they hide their names! Our job is to inspect face clues and body clues so we know exactly what feeling is visiting us or a friend.
Every feeling belongs here! All clues are helpful.
Look at your friend next to you. Do they have face clues?
Clue Source #1 Slide 4 of 9
🔍 THE FACE CASE
How to Spot Face Clues
- ✔ Mouth Clues: Smiling (happy), frowning (sad), or tight (mad).
- ✔ Eyebrow Clues: Squeezed down (angry) or pulled high (surprised).
- ✔ Tear Clues: Water droplets from our eyes (sad or overwhelmed).
Let's Try It!
Show me your surprised eyebrows! Squeeze them down for angry eyebrows!
Faces tell us story details before anyone says a word!
Clue Source #2 Slide 5 of 9
🔍 THE BODY BRIEF
How to Spot Body Clues
- ✔ Heart Clues: Thump-thump fast (scared) or soft and slow (calm).
- ✔ Hand Clues: Tight squeezed fists (mad) or loose wiggling hands (excited).
- ✔ Tummy Clues: Buzzy butterflies (nervous) or relaxed like a warm bowl of soup.
Feel Inside
Put both hands on your chest. Can you feel your heartbeat? Is it fast or slow?
Your body always speaks to you. Listen carefully!
Mystery File A Slide 6 of 9
✊ THE ANGRY STORM
Case File: Spotting Anger
- 🔎 Clue 1: Squeezed eyebrows and red, hot cheeks.
- 🔎 Clue 2: Hand fists tightly squeezed ✊
- 🔎 Clue 3: Foot stomps and a growly tummy.
How to Solve:
We need to release the hot heat safely. Unclamp the fists, then use our deep breath solver tool!
It is completely okay to feel mad. We just want to keep things safe!
Mystery File B Slide 7 of 9
🦋 THE WORRY FLUTTER
Case File: Spotting Scared/Worried
- 🔎 Clue 1: Wide eyes and high eyebrows.
- 🔎 Clue 2: Shaking shoulders and cold fingers.
- 🔎 Clue 3: Fast thump-thump heart beat.
How to Solve:
We need safety warm-ups. Hold a helper's hand and say: "I am safe right now!"
Worries are like shadows. When we shine a light, they get tiny!
Your Number #1 Solver Tool Slide 8 of 9
The Detective Slow Breath! 🔎💨
1. Grab the Glass
Hold up your hand like an imaginary detective magnifying glass. Get ready to look closely.
Ready, Set
2. Smell the Clue
Breathe in slow through your nose like you are sniffing a delicious mystery strawberry.
Inhale
3. Fog the Glass
Exhale slow through your mouth with a warm "haaaa" to fog up your magnifying glass!
Exhale Calm
Let's solve 3 big breaths together. Sniff and Fog!
Mystery Solved! Slide 9 of 9
You Are a Certified Detective!
Now you have the magnifying glass superpower! Look at faces, listen to bodies, and use your Detective Slow Breath to clear away the stormy cloud cases.
🔍 Face Spotter 💓 Body Listener 💨 Breathe Solver
High fives, Feeling Detectives! Fantastic job!
Feeling Detectives Counselor Guide
Counselor Field Guide Pre-K • 30 Minutes
Feeling Detectives
A play-based counselor lesson introducing somatic self-regulation and facial expressions through detective metaphors.
ASCA Standards
- M 1: Belief in development of whole self (social-emotional, physical).
- B-SMS 2: Self-discipline & self-control.
- B-SMS 7: Somatic self-calming and coping tools when experiencing high energy.
Texas Guidance Goal
- Comp. I: Intrapersonal Effectiveness.
- Goal A: Cultivate healthy self-esteem and facial-emotional recognition.
- Goal B: Apply age-appropriate coping mechanisms for somatic regulation.
Student Learning Objectives
- Identify Face Clues: Connect distinct visual shapes of eyes and mouth with feelings (happy, sad, scared, mad).
- Locate Body Clues: Point to chest/heart and tummy where physical adrenaline sensations live.
- Calm down: Demonstrate physical "Detective Slow Breath" (sniffing clue and fogging lens).
Materials & Preparation
• Projector for Feeling Detectives Slides.
• One copy of Feeling Detectives Worksheets per child.
• Box of crayons for each student.
• Optional: A toy magnifying glass or detective hat to pass around!
Pacing Guide: Introduction & Hook (10 Mins)
1. Welcome & Putting on Hats (5 mins):
Gather students on the rug. Mimic putting on a large trench coat and a detective cap. "Sshhh... did you hear that? Our feelings left some secret clues on our faces!" Introduce the concept that feelings hide inside our bodies, but detectives always spot them.
2. Inspecting Face and Body Clues (5 mins):
Run through slides 3 to 7. Have students practice "feeling check-ins". Ask: "Show me how your hands look when they are tight like a mad fist. That is a clue! Now loosen them."
Feeling Detectives • Counselor Guide Page 1 of 2
Instruction & Movement Activity (15 Mins)
Interactive Counselor Script
"Now detectives, take out your imaginary magnifying glass. Hold it right up in front of your mouth! Let's sniff a clue... breathe in deep through your nose. Now fog up the glass! Blow slow out of your mouth... 'Haaaa.' Look! The glass is foggy! Let's wipe it clean and do it again."