ESL/EFL Preschool Teachers: Emotions Theme Games and Printable book for Kindergarten EFL

These games are part of a complete Emotions Unit for Kindergarten ELLs that includes flashcards, worksheets, crafts, and more engaging activities.Save time and have everything ready for your lessons! Click here to get the full resource on Teachers Pay Teachers. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Emotions-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-7-6080954

This collection of interactive games and printable book helps kindergarten English Language Learners practice emotions vocabulary through movement, play, and creativity—exactly how young learners learn best!

Emotions Printable Book

Students color the faces as indicated. They also trace the phrases. I added wiggly eyes to each face beside a little yarn to shape the emotion mouth.

A video on how to assemble the book.

Take a look at the book as I read it!

Games Build emotional vocabulary

Bingo is perfect to Practice speaking and listening skills

Give the students their EMOTIONS Bingo template. Have them color all the emotions in the colors on your template or the ones that you chose to play with. You can place them on the table or board for them to see clearly which colors will be playing.Tell students to start coloring and be ready to start the game.

emotion bingo happy sad angry for kindergarten ESL

Put all your cards in a bag or box. At your signal start calling the colors. Have them cross out or mark the item they hear.

Use the colored cards to sort them on the student’s template by emotions.Give your students the calling cards and have them sort the cards by colors and by emotions.

students sorting emotion cards into happy sad angry groups ESL kindergarten

Take a look at the video on what you can do with the Bingo templates:

Bingo doesn't stop here,engage in meaningful, hands-on learning. If you want to do a little extra, make these cute pockets and have your students sort the Bingo cards by color and by emotions.

students using emotions pockets for sorting

Sorting the cards video!

Emotions Unit printable board Game

Make emotions fun and interactive with this engaging board game! Students take turns rolling the dice and moving their character along the path. Each time they land on a space, they look at the picture and say the emotion (happy, sad, angry, etc.) or answer a simple question like “How do you feel?” or “Why is he/she feeling this way?”

A simple easy game to make:

Emotion Balloons Game 🎈

Glue the emotion face cutout to each balloon. Hang them from the ceiling.Students touch the balloons and name the emotions. The teacher calls out a feeling or asks, “How do you feel?” and students point to the correct balloon and say the emotion (e.g., “happy,” “sad,” “angry”). This fun movement activity helps reinforce vocabulary, listening skills, and speaking in a playful way.