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All you need is yourselves for this game and it will get your child thinking about how to express their feelings.
Team up to act out opposite feelings. For example, one of you acts happy, one of you acts sad. One of you can be excited, the other can be lazy.
Give your child time to think about how to act out or guess a feeling. You can give them suggestions if they get stuck.
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