A neurodiversity-affirming emotions work packet for kids ages 4–8. Helps children notice, name, and explore feelings through facial expressions, body clues, drawing, caregiver prompts, and simple emotional awareness activities.
Feeling Faces is designed for young children who are learning how to notice, name, and understand emotions. It is especially supportive for children with ADHD, anxiety, sensory sensitivities, emotion regulation challenges, or neurodivergent learning styles. The goal is awareness, not perfection. Kids can write, draw, point, gesture, or answer with support from a trusted adult.
Want more emotion regulation support? Pair this with Big Feelings, Big Skills or the Self-Soothe Skills Packet for more coping tools after kids learn to name what they feel.
EMOTIONAL AWARENESS PACKET
This packet helps children explore happy, sad, angry, worried, and calm feelings through simple explanations, body clues, face drawing, and caregiver-supported reflection.
Help kids learn feelings without rushing, correcting, or shaming them.
Caregiver and Provider Guide
Explains how to use the packet at the child’s pace, with reading aloud, face-making, drawing, and repeated practice.
All Feelings Are Okay
Introduces feelings as messages from the body and brain, with reassurance that there are no bad feelings.
Feeling Faces
Helps kids meet and explore core feelings like happy, sad, angry, worried, and calm.
Body Clues
Supports children in noticing what each feeling may feel like in the body and what the body may want to do.
Draw Your Own Feeling Face
Gives children a creative way to show what a feeling looks like for them.
Body Clue Detective Practice
Encourages children to notice emotional clues in themselves with support from an adult.
This packet is a psychoeducational emotional awareness resource and is not a substitute for mental health treatment, developmental evaluation, speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, crisis care, or individualized clinical support. If a child’s emotional or behavioral challenges are significantly impairing daily functioning or safety, consult a licensed professional.