Emotional Learning Game for Kids
$4.50
Help kids recognize and talk about their feelings with this printable Emotional Learning Game. Includes 96 situation cards, emotion cards, 16 blank situation cards, 16 blank faces, and a reusable writing activity. Kids match situations with emotions and explain their choices—opening the door to meaningful conversations about how different people can feel differently in the same situation.
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Help kids recognize, name, and talk about their feelings with this printable Emotional Learning Game for Kids.
Children choose a situation card, think about how that experience might make them feel, and match it with an emotion card.
There isn’t always one right answer! Different children may have completely different emotional responses to the same situation, making this activity a natural way to start meaningful conversations.
What’s Included
This printable set includes:
- 96 Situation Cards
- Emotion Cards featuring a variety of feelings
- 12 different Happy face cards
- 16 blank Situation Cards
- 16 blank face cards
- Sometimes I Feel… writing activity
The blank cards make it easy to customize the activity by adding situations or emotions that are particularly relevant to your children or students.
How to Play
Place the emotion cards face up and shuffle the situation cards.
Choose a situation and ask:
How would this make you feel?
Kids select an emotion card and explain their choice.
Situations include experiences such as meeting new people, accomplishing a goal, being alone in the dark, trying something new, speaking in front of people, swimming, listening to music, and many more.
Use the activity to encourage kids to talk about why they chose an emotion and whether someone else might feel differently in the same situation.
Explore a Variety of Feelings
Emotion cards include:
Happy, scared, sad, surprised, silly, worried, angry, disgusted, grumpy, bored, anxious, jealous, sneaky, wondering, shocked, and indifferent.
Blank face cards allow kids to draw additional expressions or create an emotion that better represents how they feel.
More Ways to Use the Cards
Use the printable for:
- Feelings and emotions lessons
- Conversation starters
- Morning meetings
- Writing prompts
- Homeschool activities
- Classroom discussions
- Family conversations
- Storytelling
The included Sometimes I Feel… page encourages kids to explore situations connected with a particular feeling. Place it in a dry-erase pocket for repeated use or print multiple copies to create a feelings book.
This is a digital PDF download. No physical product will be mailed.
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