Feelings wall

Purpose
In order to be able to talk about feelings we need to know and understand the words that express them. This is an activity to introduce and discuss a lot of different "feeling words".

You will need

A large sheet of paper hung up with a brick wall drawn on it. Poster pens.

If you plan to use it for several groups you can use plastic coated fabric (as supplied for tablecloths) – draw the wall with permanent markers, then fill it in with washable OHP pens.

Lonely		Distraught		Miserable		Embarrassed		Weird		OK
	Excited		Annoyed		Terrible		Angry		Cross
Dilapidated		Happy		Terrified		Sad		Left		Unhappy
	Irritated		Sorry		Jealous		Ungrateful		Furious
Naughty		Anxious		Supportive		Alone		Hurt		Shocked
	Worried		Giddy		Excited		Stupid		Concerned
Independent		Scary		Funny		Playful		Anticipation		Grateful
	Affection				Left_out				Different

 

 

 

 

 

 
How to do it

This is best started in session one or two. Introduce the idea of needing words to talk about feelings, then have a short brainstorming session, with siblings writing the words on the wall as they think of them – one word per brick. Talk briefly about what each word means.

The wall is then added to each week. Any time a word for a feeling is mentioned in the group it can be added to the wall. You may want to do this at the end of each discussion activity, or siblings could be encouraged to add words to it at any time.

Try to ensure positive as well as negative feelings are put up!