Activity instructions
What you need
The printed wheel and cards, scissors used by an adult, and an optional paperclip-and-pencil spinner, clothespin, or pointing method.
How to do the activity
- Print the wheel and cards. An adult handles cutting and sets up a spinner, clothespin, or pointing method.
- Take turns choosing an emotion. Say the word, point, sign, draw, or pass. Participation should stay optional.
- Share a time you felt something similar, or invent a character who might feel it. No one has to disclose a personal experience.
- Match the emotion to possible body signals and situations. Talk about how the same feeling can look different from person to person.
Why it may help
The activity builds emotion vocabulary and encourages curiosity about body signals without labeling one expression as the only correct response.
Adaptation and communication options
Avoid asking a child to perform a facial expression, make eye contact, or explain a private experience. Offer pass, not sure, and another word as valid choices.