Dealing with Feelings
emotion exercise
Instructor’s Guide
Materials:
Scissors Crayons, markers, or colored pencils Tape or glue
Preparation:
Cut out the cards and lay them on the table.
Instructions:
1. "How are you feeling?” Ask the child how they’re feeling. They can choose one or more
emotion words from the templates, or you can help them write in a different feeling
on the blank template.
2. "Which pictures describe your feeling?” Ask them to choose up to two cards per
emotion that illustrate their feeling, and then tape or glue the cards onto the template.
3. "What does your feeling look like?” Ask them to draw their feeling. Let them be
creative! This could be anything from an object to a self-portrait to a scribble.
When the activity is complete, consider asking the child to elaborate on their picture
choices or to tell the story of their feelings.
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Hard Soft Prickly
Cold Smooth Squishy
Sticky Fluffy Hot
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Destructive Heavy Fast
Light Colorful Explosive
Stormy Broken Fluttery
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Happy
My feeling is… My feeling is… My feeling looks like…
Sad
My feeling is… My feeling is… My feeling looks like…
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Angry
My feeling is… My feeling is… My feeling looks like…
Afraid
My feeling is… My feeling is… My feeling looks like…
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Feeling:
My feeling is… My feeling is… My feeling looks like…
Feeling:
My feeling is… My feeling is… My feeling looks like…
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