Social emotional learning - Identify feelings & emotions board games bundle

Are you looking for social emotional learning activities and games that you can play with your students to help them with identifying feelings and emotions? This social emotional learning board game bundle does just that. It teaches children about emotional regulation through identifying feelings and emotions in themselves and others. 

As students play these social emotional learning games, they will work on the following important emotional regulation skills without even realising it: 

• Identifying body sensations and linking them to feelings and emotions. 
• Identifying feelings and emotions in themselves and in others. 
• Identifying non verbal body language and visual cues.
• Tools and coping strategies. 

The best bit? Each game has a life size version included that you can print out and lay across the floor for the student to walk around as they play - it’s super fun and engaging and the kiddos love it! 

What's included:

Three emotional regulation board games that each work on a different area of social emotional learning. 

Identify feelings and emotions board game - introduction to emotional regulation 

• Board game - two versions provided (A3 and 'life size'). A fun and engaging social emotional learning activity. 
• 45 feelings cards - questions designed to encourage discussion about identifying feelings and emotions, emotional regulation, non verbal body language and visual cues. 
• Dice template.

Identifying feelings & emotions board game - Improve emotional regulation skills

• Board game – two versions provided (A3 and 'life size'). A fun and engaging social emotional learning activity. 
• 27 action cards –­ students are asked to act out feelings with their voice, body and facial expressions. This encourages students to practice identifying feelings and emotions in others. 
• 27 feelings cards – students are asked to identify the feelings and emotions that each person on each card may have. Cards display a range of facial and body expressions.
• Tip sheet to help teach students how to recognize non verbal body language. 
• Dice template.

Interoception board game - Identifying feelings and emotions

• Board game - two versions provided (A3 board game and a 'life size’ board game). A fun and engaging social emotional learning activity which focuses on interoception awareness. 
• 27 body sensation cards - questions designed to encourage discussion about identifying feelings and emotions, emotional regulation, non verbal body language and visual cues. 
• Dice template

You will need

• Print off board game and sensation cards. Print board game in A3 if possible.
• Cut out sensations cards
• Place cards in a pile with questions facing down (so players can't see the question)
• Dice (Dice template provided if needed)
• Playing piece for each player. 

How to play

• Youngest player goes first
• Roll the dice and move piece. Each square will ask you to answer a question card OR move forward / backwards.
• If selecting a sensation card, player must do their best to answer question.
• Players will try to cross the finish line. 

Tips for playing

• If students are having difficulty coming up with ideas - try prompting them by giving them two options. For example: when you are frustrated does your heart beat fast or slow, can you think clearly or is it difficult, is your body floppy or tight…
• For the 'name a time cards' if students are having trouble coming up with answers you can provide examples of when you have felt the emotion, e.g. excited when seeing friends, scared of a spider, etc.
• We all experience sensation differently, sometimes students may say something that doesn’t sound right. It’s important to accept all answers, however, try asking them follow up questions if it sounds strange to get more information (there’s normally a good reason behind the answer)

You might also like 

• Interoception growing bundle
• Emotions and feelings toolkit

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Disclaimer

These activities are intended for general use. This activity is not intended to replace the advice of a physician or occupational therapist. Information provided should not be used for diagnostic or training purposes.

If you require specific support contact your physician or OT. Stop any activity if you are unsure about a child’s reaction or ability.

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Questions

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