Count to 10 and Learn Feelings — Simple Phrases for a 6-year-old

Here are five simple ways to say that for a 6-year-old:

• Let’s count to ten with your teacher, then look at your friends’ photos and tell how they feel.
• Count from 1 to 10 together with your teacher, and check your friends’ pictures to name their feelings.
• Join your teacher to count up to ten, and then spot the feelings in your friends’ photos.
• Count aloud to ten with your teacher, then look at each friend’s photo and say if they look happy, sad, or surprised.
• With your teacher, count 1, 2, 3... up to 10, and then look at friends’ photos to guess their feelings.

How to do it step by step (easy for a 6-year-old):

1. Sit with your teacher and hold up your fingers.
2. Count out loud together: 1, 2, 3 ... up to 10.
3. Pick a friend’s photo and look at their face.
4. Ask yourself or your teacher: How do they look? Happy, sad, angry, or surprised?
5. Say the feeling out loud and try making the same face.
6. Do the same for each photo until you finish.

Have fun counting and guessing feelings!