Mental Health 3 of 5 Teaching Steps 1. Discuss the importance of expressing thoughts and feelings. Discuss the way that family members express thoughts and feelings. It is important to express thoughts and feelings to other family members.
Nonverbal communication is one way to express thoughts and feelings.
Have volunteers stand in front of the class and act out each thought or feeling without using any language or sounds. Ask class members to guess the thoughts or feelings portrayed by the mimes. Discuss verbal communication. Discuss the elements of I-messages. I-messages and nonverbal messages should be consistent.