PLAYING FEELINGS

Liepaja Centre primary school

How to encourage children’s emotional
development in digital world?
How important are children’s emotions
at modern school nowadays?
Emotional environment at school
•Relationships between students and
teachers
•Emotions through different subjects
•School holidays and traditions
•School environment
 Sudents’ emotional competence
•Understanding emotions
•Managing emotions
•Perceiving emotions
•Expressing emotions in a healthy way
 The aims of the project:
•To use modern technologies in the
learning process to encourage creative
thinking and to develop emotional
competence.
•To develop students’ curiosity, creative
skills, imagination, emotionality,
collaboration skills.
•To introduce students with techniques
how to make a cartoon, record and edit
video.
Making a cartoon
•Choose a storyline
•Read a fairy tale or a story
Make decorations and characters
Record a cartoon (stopmotion)
Add a sound
Edit the cartoon
Show the cartoon to others
 100 years history of Latvia
•Latvia declared independence in
November 18, 1918.
•Latvia celebrated 100 years aniversary
in November 18, 2018.
•Students played their feelings by
recording a film about significant
events in history of Latvia.
8 lessons work plan
• Work in groups of 3
• Pick a historical event of their choise
• Think of some questions that they would like to know the
answers, regarding this event
• Find answers to the questions they have set by using the
Internet
• Create an interview about the topic that will be asked to
relatives
• Write 5 to 7 key facts about the topic based on what they read
in the previous lesson and discussed at home
• Translate facts in English
• Write scenario
• Prepare requisites for filming
• Record and edit video, add subtitles
Create questions and find answers
Write 5 to 7 key facts about the topic
Translate facts in English
Write scenario
Prepare requisites for filming
Record video
Edit video
 Benefits for students
Helps to:
•recognize emotions
•develop imagination
•develop creativity
•develop concentration skills
•improve collaboration skills