Feelings and Emotional Language Games for Kids
Words such as happy, worried, frustrated and excited help children share what is happening inside. Stories, faces and pretend play can make those abstract ideas easier to notice and discuss.
Play the Feelings gameTry today’s adventureThere is no “wrong” feeling. The goal is to notice and communicate, not to make a child perform happiness or explain more than they want to.
Games that invite emotional language
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Feelings
Match expressive faces with everyday emotion words and hear each word aloud.
Story Time
Calm scenes create room to wonder how a character might feel.
Story Starter
Continue a scene and imagine what characters think, want or feel next.
Ask Me!
Let the child lead a question, an important part of confident communication.
Dress-Up
Pretend play offers a light way to explore preferences and reactions.
Silly Mix-Ups
Shared laughter and noticing something unexpected can open conversation naturally.
Simple questions to try together
- “What do you notice about the face?” before asking for an emotion label.
- “What might have happened?” to connect feelings with situations.
- “Could two people feel differently?” to practise perspective taking.
- “Where do you feel excitement in your body?” to connect words with body signals.
- Share your own mild example: “I felt frustrated when the lid was stuck.”