There are several ways to express emotions, including verbally through talking and active listening, non-verbally through body language like facial expressions and posture, and creatively through art, music, dance, writing, and more. People who are visually or hearing impaired can still express emotions through sign language, body language, or hearing how others communicate. Active listening involves not just hearing what someone says, but asking questions to demonstrate understanding.

1. EXPRESSING EMOTIONS

2. EXPRESSING EMOTION: Verbal Communication- expressing and understanding thoughts and emotions by talking Active Listening- is not only hearing what someone says something to you, but asking questions to show you understand.

3. EXPRESSING EMOTION: Non- Verbal Communication- when someone uses their body language to express thoughts and emotions by using face, hands, and posture Activity- Looking at the following pictures, can you figure out what emotion they are trying to express using their body language?

6. EXPRESSING EMOTION Can you use Body Language to show your emotion??

7. EXPRESSING EMOTION Visually and Hearing Impaired- Those who are visually impaired can still hear how people and can tell how they are expressing emotion. Those who have impaired hearing have sign language to express emotion and can see peoples body language. Sign language has words and grammar which make it VERBAL .

8. EXPRESSING EMOTION: Creative Expression- using art to express an emotion such as painting, sculpting, acting in a play, dancing, writing a poem, keeping a journal and play music. http://youtu.be/zS1cLOIxsQ8

9. EXPRESSING EMOTION: Wrap- Up: What is Active Listening? What are some ways for people to show creative expression?? is not only hearing what someone says something to you, but asking questions to show you understand drawing, dancing, writing, playing music