Charades

Charades ! Domain III: Understanding Faces

GOAL: The goal of Charades is to facilitate the child’s awareness of how emotion, identity and social situation can be conveyed through faces.

OBJECTIVE : Acting out emotions, identities and social situations can be a great way for children to gain an understanding of the importance of these elements in social interactions. Not only is it helpful to practice acting out certain scenarios by making specific facial expressions and moving your body in a particular way, it is also beneficial to see others act out these scenarios and search for clues in the scene (facial expressions and body language) that will provide information about what is happening.

MATERIALS:

-­‐List of charade ideas (optional: you can create your own that are of specific importance for your child).

PROCEDURE: This activity works best with two or more players. Cut along the dotted lines of the charade ideas at the end of this activity. Fold them in half and put them in a bowl. You can decide whether players will act in groups of two or by themselves (charade ideas are divided between single and double