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Feelings Worksheets for Kindergarten

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A feelings chart, draw the feelings, matching, how would you feel, happy or sad sorts, a story, a check-in chart, a graph and calm down strategies.

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Naming feelings

A feelings chart with six faces, a page to draw each feeling and trace the word, and a matching page.

What makes us feel this way

Think about how you would feel, sort happy and sad events, and answer questions about a short story.

Feelings check-in and calm down

A weekly feelings check-in, a class feelings graph, and calm down strategies to choose from.

Print at 100% (actual size) for the cleanest tracing lines.

About these feelings worksheets

Kindergartners have big feelings and are still learning the words for them. When children can say "I feel mad" or "I feel scared," they can ask for help, calm down sooner and understand that friends may feel differently about the same thing. These emotions worksheets give them the words and faces for six feelings: happy, sad, angry, scared, surprised and tired.

Start with the feelings chart and the draw the feelings page, where children draw a face for each feeling and trace the word. The matching page and the happy or sad sorts connect feelings to everyday events, like a new puppy or a popped balloon. How Would You Feel? has no wrong answers: children circle their own face and then ask a friend, which is a gentle first lesson in other points of view.

A short read-aloud follows Nora through her birthday and asks how she feels at each part. The feelings check-in chart works as a daily routine, the feelings graph counts how a class feels, and the calm down page gives children ideas to try when a feeling gets big. Pages with one right answer have an answer key on page 2.

Standards

  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.6Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.2Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.6Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.ASort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
  • C3 D2.Civ.10.K-2Compare their own point of view with others' perspectives.
  • C3 D2.Civ.7.K-2Apply civic virtues when participating in school settings.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.MD.B.3Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.APrint many upper- and lowercase letters.

How to use them

  1. Read the feelings chart aloud and make each face together in a mirror or with a partner.
  2. On How Would You Feel?, read each sentence and let children circle a face. Then ask a few children why, and notice when friends chose different faces.
  3. Use the feelings check-in chart at morning meeting or at home before school for a week.
  4. Teach one calm down strategy at a time when everyone is calm, then practice it. Keep the page where children can see it.
  5. Read the story aloud twice before children answer the questions.

Teaching tips

  • All feelings are OK. The goal is to name a feeling and choose a safe way to show it, not to stop feeling it.
  • On the sorts and the matching page, most children will agree on the answers, but feelings can differ. If a child explains another choice, accept it and talk about it.
  • Use the same feeling words all year so children hear them often.
  • Pre-readers work from the faces and pictures. The words are for a grown-up to read aloud.
  • If a child shares a worrying feeling on a check-in chart, follow up privately.

Questions teachers and parents ask

What feelings should kindergartners learn?

Start with happy, sad, angry, scared, surprised and tired. Once those are easy, add words like worried, excited, proud and calm.

How do you teach feelings to kindergartners?

Name feelings when they happen, show the face, and talk about what caused them. Use pictures and stories, and practice one calm down strategy at a time when children are calm.

Do feelings worksheets have right answers?

Some do. The matching page, the happy or sad sorts, the story questions and the graph have an answer key on page 2. How Would You Feel?, the check-in chart and the calm down page are about each child, so there is no wrong answer.

Why are feelings part of social studies?

Getting along at school starts with understanding your own feelings and seeing that others may feel differently. That is the first step toward taking turns, solving problems and being a good citizen.