Grades 2–3
Feelings Fill-In Story
Read a short story about Nia’s spelling bee and fill in six feeling words from the word bank, from nervous to relieved.
SEL worksheet · Feelings and emotions
My Little Feelings Book
Draw a picture for when you feel happy, sad, mad and scared, then share your little feelings book with a grown-up.
- Grade level
- Grades K–2
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Naming feelings, Emotional vocabulary, Reading facial expressions, Self-awareness
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Draw a picture in each box. A grown-up can help you write the words on the line. Then share your feelings book!
- I feel happy when…
- I feel sad when…
- I feel mad when…
- I feel scared when…
Teacher tip
Show kids how to fold the book before they draw so pages face the right way.
How to use it
- Make faces together in a mirror before the sheet: happy, sad, mad, surprised.
- Remind kids that every feeling is okay; it is what we do with it that matters.
- Keep finished sheets in an SEL folder so kids can look back on their growth.
Watch for
Kids who only use happy, sad and mad. Celebrate new words like frustrated, nervous and proud.
Talk about it
- Where do you feel this feeling in your body?
- Have you ever been in a moment like this? What happened?
Take it further
Start a daily feelings check-in with names on clothespins on a feelings chart.
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More feelings and emotions worksheets
Grades K–2
Name That Feeling
Match six feelings faces to their words, then draw your own face for how you feel today.
Grades K–1
Finish the Feelings Faces
Trace each feeling word and draw the eyes and mouth to show it, then finish “I feel happy when…”.
Grades 1–3
Comfortable and Uncomfortable Feelings
Sort twelve feeling words into comfortable and uncomfortable feelings. All feelings are okay.
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