Printable Emotion Faces

Pinning down the word that perfectly describes a feeling can be difficult, even for adults. Developing emotional intelligence requires experience and introspection, but a basic vocabulary comes first.

We created the Emotion Faces printout to help children match a word (and a face) with their feelings. Each of the colorfully illustrated faces depicts an emotion, with a simple emotion word to describe it.

How to implement the Emotion Faces printout is up to you, but here are a few suggestions:

As a check-in ritual, encourage children to select an emotion from the sheet to describe how they're currently feeling.
Periodically ask your client to check in with the emotion faces during stories. Let them select the emotion that best represents how they were feeling.
Cut out each of the emotion faces, and put them in a bowl for activities. For example, as an icebreaker, ask members of a group to select an emotion, and share a story about that emotion.
Create a small poster for the wall or bulletin board in your office to make things a bit more colorful.

We've also created an interactive version of our emotion faces, which you can find below!

Emotion Cards: Questions

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