Our How Does This Make You Feel Sheets is a great resource for early learners, prompting discussions around emotions and emotional literacy development for pre-school and EYFS children.

With 15 sheets featuring different images, this resource encourages children to explore a range of emotions and express how each image makes them feel. Whether they point to the feeling or show it through their own expressions, this activity helps children develop emotional awareness and understanding.

Key Features:

Emotion Exploration: The resource provides a variety of images to help children identify and explore different emotions. Each sheet features a specific image that can elicit various emotional responses, encouraging children to reflect on their feelings and develop emotional literacy.

Visual Representation: The use of images provides a visual representation of emotions, making it easier for young children to understand and express their feelings. The sheets serve as a starting point for discussions about emotions and help children develop vocabulary to express themselves more effectively.

Personal Engagement: The resource invites children to actively participate in the activity by pointing to the feeling or showing the emotion themselves. This engagement helps children to learn about their own emotional experiences and understand their emotional reactions.

Customisation Option: The inclusion of a blank sheet allows for customisation and personalisation in education settings. Educators and parents can laminate the sheet and add their own images to address specific emotions or situations relevant to the children's experiences.

Benefits:

Emotional Awareness: The How Does This Make You Feel Sheets promote emotional awareness in children by encouraging them to identify and reflect on their emotions. It helps them develop a vocabulary for expressing their feelings and enhances their understanding of different emotional states and facial expressions.

Communication Skills: Engaging in discussions about emotions improves children's communication skills. By expressing and describing their feelings, they learn to articulate their emotions effectively and facilitates an openness that can continue throughout their lives.

Self-Reflection: This resource provides an opportunity for children to reflect on their emotional responses to different stimuli. It enhances their self-awareness and helps them understand how certain situations or images evoke specific feelings and how to communicate these.

Empathy Development: Discussing emotions and sharing experiences with others helps to develop empathy skills.

These sheets are a valuable resource for discussing and learning emotions with pre-school and early years children. Through the use of images and active participation, this activity promotes emotional awareness, communication skills, self-reflection and empathy development.