Feelings & routines
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Picture cards · Free printable
Feelings chart and prompt cards
It can be useful to have a word or picture available when talking about feelings. These simple faces give you a place to start, but a drawing cannot tell you how another person feels. A child can choose more than one card, choose none or use a different word altogether.
Take a little peek6 items · Original illustrations
happy
sad
angry
worried
calm
surprised
Big clear pictures. Labels you can reveal.
Inside the printable
First page shown. The download includes the complete activity and grown-up guidance.
What we’re exploring
Explore feelings vocabulary and practise listening to a person’s own description.
A little way to play
- Introduce a few words during a calm moment. Talk about a story character rather than asking for a personal answer straight away.
- Show a card and say, “This drawing is labelled worried. What might a worried character be thinking?”
- Offer the cards as optional choices: “Do any of these fit, or is it something else?”
- Listen without correcting the chosen feeling. Ask whether the child wants company, help or a pause.
Make it easier
Start with two familiar words and a short fictional example. A child can point or simply listen while an adult talks.
Try a little moreExplore mixed feelings: someone could feel excited about a visit and worried about a new place. Discuss how the same feeling can look different on different people.
For the grown-up
These cards are a conversation resource, not a behaviour chart, diagnostic tool or therapy programme. Do not require a child to select a happy face or treat a feeling as a right or wrong answer.
Answers & naming help
The illustrated labels are happy, sad, angry, worried, calm and surprised. There is no correct answer to “How do you feel?” Facial appearance alone does not establish another person’s feelings.
happy · sad · angry · worried · calm · surprised
How do I print this?
Choose your vocabulary and paper size, then download the PDF. Print at actual size or 100%. Use the low-ink option for outline activities; colour-name cards still need their colour to teach the word. Cut-and-stack mini-books are available in the flashcard maker.
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