Emotional Awareness Teaching Resources
Build your students' emotional awareness with activities, printables and more social emotional teaching resources designed specifically for primary school students.
Created by teachers, for teachers, this collection is full of digital and printable activities designed to help students recognise not just their own emotions but those of their peers and learn to put a name to those feelings. Each teaching resource has undergone rigorous review by the Teach Starter team to ensure it's ready for the classroom ... and your students!
Curious about how to help your class develop their emotional awareness in age-appropriate ways? Read on for some tips from our expert teachers!
What Is Emotional Awareness?
A component of self awareness, emotional awareness can be defined as the ability to recognise, understand and effectively manage one's own emotions and the emotions of others. If that sounds like a lot rolled up into one fairly simple definition, we agree.
Emotional Self Awareness in Kids
Teaching kids to be emotionally aware in primary school requires a lot of practicing and modelling, as well as working with your class to provide them with the vocabulary these little people need to express sometimes very big feelings.
When the youngest children enter elementary school, they may have some of the language already to identify and label basic emotions like happiness and sadness or anger and fear. However at this point, their understanding of complex emotions and the ability to express and regulate their emotions is still typically limited.
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Emotions Worksheet Set
Help students understand different emotions with this set of five emotions worksheets.
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Introduction to Emotions Teaching Slides
Teach your students to understand and manage their emotions with this comprehensive teaching presentation for your social-emotional learning lessons.
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Managing Anger Worksheet (Lower Primary)
Help students identify and manage their anger with this self-relfection worksheet.
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Feelings and Emotions Match-Up Activity
Help students to recognise and identify their feelings and emotions with this interactive match-up activity.
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I Need a Break - Choice Boards
Help upset students regulate their emotions in the classroom with our printable ‘I Need a Break!’ choice boards.
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My Emotional Triggers Worksheet
Help your early years students explore the situations that trigger them to experience certain emotional responses with this 2-page emotional triggers worksheet.
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Social Emotional Learning - Question of the Day Morning Meeting Prompts
Download 180 days of morning meeting questions to foster communication and positivity while building relationships in your classroom.
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Managing Anxiety Worksheet (Upper Primary)
Help older students identify and manage anxious feelings with this self-reflection and action plan worksheet.
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Synonym Poster Pack - Emotions Chart Display
Blend social-emotional learning and vocabulary building activities with a set of 15 emotional synonyms anchor charts.
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Managing Anger Worksheet (Upper Primary)
Help older students identify and manage angry feelings with this self-reflection and action plan worksheet.
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Managing Anxiety Worksheet (Lower Primary)
Help students identify and manage anxious feelings with this self-reflection worksheet.
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Feelings Endless Card Template
An endless card template for students to create and use to communicate how they are feeling.
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Calm Down Corner Classroom Decor Pack
Create a classroom calming corner with a printable Calm Corner Decor Pack.
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I Can Calm Down! Worksheet
Help students identify calming skills they can apply to real-world scenarios with this one-page worksheet.
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How Would You Feel? Scenario Cards
Foster students’ emotional intelligence and develop emotional vocabulary by exploring a range of real-life scenarios.
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Understanding and Managing Anxiety Teaching Presentation
Teach your students about anxious feelings with this comprehensive guide to understanding and managing anxiety.
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The Feelings Flow Poster
Help students understand the transient nature of emotions with this simple poem about feelings.
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Recognising Feelings Flashcards
Improve your students' emotional literacy with this set of feelings flashcards.
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Weather Feelings - How Are You Feeling? Poster and Flashcards
A visual resource to help students verbalise how they are feeling.
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Mount Feeling - Feelings Poster and Flashcards
Mount Feeling poster and flashcards to help students vocalise how they are feeling using a visual aid.
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Emotions Bingo
Play Emotions Bingo to help your little learners practise recognising emotions.
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Managing Big Emotions – Interactive Activity
Teach students how to manage emotions using healthy coping skills with this interactive scenario game for the early years classroom.
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Identifying Emotions Interactive Activity
Help your students identify and explore common emotions with this engaging digital activity.
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Managing Emotions Mini-Book
Help your early years students explore and manage their emotional responses with this printable mini-book.
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My Self-Esteem Review Template
Help students reflect on their own self esteem with this self-esteem rating template.
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My Personal Coping Skills Plan – Template
Ensure your students have a personalised coping plan for those challenging moments with this comic-themed printable template.
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Calming Strategies Chatterbox Template
Help your students choose and apply strategies when they need to calm down with this handy chatterbox template.
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Emotional Self-Regulation Check-In Posters
Promote emotional awareness and self-regulation in your classroom with this daily mood check-in routine.
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Student Daily Check-In Template
Check in on your students' emotions each day with a printable emotions chart.
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Emotional Self-Regulation – Student Mood Meter
Allow your students to communicate how they are feeling using a non-verbal, desk-sized mood meter.
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My Emotions Wheel
Help students communicate how they are feeling with this emotions wheel template.
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Wheely Wonderful Words – Emotional States
A word wheel of synonyms and similar words used to describe emotional states.