Integrate the cards with games, use it as a pre and post-session check-in tool, or dream up your own creative implementation. If using on your own you can choose a card or two that resonates most with you in that moment or shuffle the pack and choose a card and work with whichever card you choose. A great aid in teaching children about different emotions and a simple way for children to explain and express their feelings and emotions. As a teacher, I’m always eager to gain as much information as possible – to help my students reach their fullest potential! They influence how we see and respond to the world around us by shaping our ideas, behaviors, and relationships.

Emotion cards are a technique used in therapeutic settings to help people receiving counseling or therapy explore and express their emotions. These activities are particularly valuable as children are learning to recognise and regulate their own feelings and emotions, as well as learning to recognise and empathise with the emotions of others. Emotions Word Cards - Useful for asking for clarification activities, and for emotion recognition, and you can laminate them to use again and again! Try to be more specific when describing the emotions or traits you admire in your loved one rather than using general terms.Each of the 20 cards has an easy activity for you to try that encourages personal development, self-reflection, mindfulness and growth.

In group settings, such as classrooms or workplaces, people can create a more understanding and encouraging atmosphere by using emotion cards. These cards can also be used as autism emotion cards, assisting children with SEND in understanding their own emotions, and others. The definitions, the explorations, the evidence, behaviours, other perspectives which will help you to see and learn more about your typical responses to situations and how to make subtle changes which will benefit you. I really recommend AnxietyUK to everyone- they also have fantastic group resources and I think it's really really helpful, especially if you can't afford private therapy and the wait lists in your area are too long. During the COVID19 Lockdown children are using the cards as part of home schooling, writing stories around feelings which is helping to reduce anxiety and fear.

A lovely bunch of people, very empathetic and willing to share their experiences as well as their own coping mechanisms.