Feelings and Emotions Scenario Cards

Sometimes “nothing” really means the family dog is spending the night at the vet.

60 scenarios
158 pages
Print + digital

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Grades: 2–6
What you get: 60 scenarios in five themes of 12158 pages
Type: Scenario Cards
Use it: Print + digitaldigital = one link, no student logins
Competency: Self-Awareness
Topic: Emotions & Feelings

About this resource

Sometimes “nothing” really means the family dog is spending the night at the vet. These feelings and emotions scenario cards put students inside 60 small moments like that one and the open-ended cards ask: “What feeling might this be, and why?” The set suits Grades 2–6 and builds Self-Awareness, from the first clue in a face to the word that fits it.

What students practice

Reading face and body clues
Picking an exact feeling word instead of a general one
Naming two feelings at once and what caused each
Looking beneath behavior for a hidden feeling
Noticing how a feeling shifts and passes

What’s inside

60scenarios in five themes of 12: Clues in My Face and Body, Finding the Right Feeling Word, Two Feelings at Once, Feelings in Disguise, and Feelings Change and Pass

158pages

Open-ended cards (“What feeling might this be, and why?”) and guided cards with three questions each
Two journal pages for each scenario, matched to the two card versions

A look inside

The Oak Tree Stumpyou’ve sat on the porch step for ten minutes, turning a piece of bark over, and your little brother asks if he did something wrong. A guided question asks whether “sad” is the whole story.

The Chicken Costumeyour teacher dances onstage in a chicken costume, and you snort with laughter while your cheeks go warm behind your fingers.

The Shadow Rabbitthe power goes out, you freeze on the stairs, and then a flashlight rabbit hops across the wall.

How to use these feelings and emotions scenario cards

Pull one of the Two Feelings at Once feelings and emotions scenarios at morning meeting and have students name both feelings

Use Feelings in Disguise in small groups or counseling, where a snap at a sister may be covering something else

Run SEL lessons one theme at a time, from Clues in My Face and Body to Feelings Change and Pass

Send the journal pages to a calm corner or writing center for quiet reflection

Grade fit

Theme by theme, the thinking gets harder: reading a face or body clue is concrete, while untangling two feelings or a feeling in disguise asks for more. That spread, with the guided questions for support, lets the set work from Grade 2 into Grade 6.

Digital version

The printable and digital scenario cards work together: share one link, pick the open-ended or guided format, and students respond on any device with no student logins. At the end they download an answer sheet to hand in.