- Did you recognize an emotion that you hadn’t thought about much before?
- Which emotions do you think are the hardest to talk about?
- How do you usually express emotions like anger or sadness? Do you think that’s helpful?
- How can we better recognize emotions in others and support them when they feel that way?
- How did you feel hearing your classmates talk about these emotions?
- Which emotions are easiest or hardest for you to talk about?
- What can we do to help someone who is feeling this emotion?
Based on the experiences gained, knowledge related to the senses can later be made conscious and organized in the classroom.
The main focus of the day was engaging the senses, so the follow-up questions should also relate to these. For example:
- Which of your senses did you have to use during the trip? Which ones were used in which activity and how?
- How do we use each sense? We see, hear, touch, smell (taste).
- What kinds of perception do we have? Hearing, sight, touch, smell (taste).
- Which of your senses did you use the most?
- Which one did you use the least?
- Was there a sense you had to use more intentionally today, or one you paid more attention to while using it?
You can also ask questions related to the nature walk itself:
- What living things did you encounter? (Encourage children to think not only of animals but also of plants and fungi!)
- What kinds of habitats did we visit?
In terms of competence development, you might also ask:
- Was there a moment today when you had to try something again? What helped you not give up? (To support perseverance and intrinsic motivation.)
- What was the biggest surprise for you today? How did you react? (To reflect on adaptation to unexpected situations.)
- Was there a time when you had to cooperate with others to solve something? How did you manage it? (To develop social skills and collaborative problem-solving.)
- Was there something you didn’t understand at first but figured out later? What helped you understand it? (To strengthen the awareness of learning and personal growth.)