Comprehensive Social-Emotional Learning Resources
Naming Feelings Film Game | Skills for Big Feelings
Help children recognize and name emotions with the Feelings Film Game, a self-checking digital and printable feelings identification activity for grades 1–5. Use the feelings poster and everyday scenarios to build emotional vocabulary, self-awareness, and discussion about how different people may feel.
This game aligns with Session 1 of Skills for Big Feelings: A Guide for Teaching Relaxation, Regulation, and Coping Techniques and can also be used as a standalone social-emotional learning resource. Screen share during telehealth, project it on a smartboard, or use the printable cards for in-person counseling and SEL lessons.
📦 What's Included:
- Google Slides game with 32 scenarios for feelings identification
- 28 Printable scenario cards for hands-on discussion and practice
- Feelings poster to help children identify and name emotions
Six question formats keep practice varied:
- Open-ended questions
- Multiple-choice questions with three response options
- Three-option questions that help solve a 6-piece puzzle
- Questions about experiencing multiple feelings at once
- Multiple-choice questions with four response options
- Multiple-choice questions with six response options
🎒 Quick Details: Grades 1–5 | 👥 Individual, small group + classroom | 🎬 32 digital scenarios | 🃏 28 printable cards | 💬 6 question formats | 🖨️ PDF + Google Slides | 🎯 Feelings identification + self-awareness
🛍️ Bundle & Save:
Want a discount on this? Check out the: CBT Skills for Big Feelings Game Bundle includes:
- This Feelings Film game plus digital and printable games about helpful thoughts, changing unhelpful thoughts, measuring challenges, and matching responses to problems
- Games about mistakes and gratitude to practice a growth mindset and helpful thinking
Want a discount on this? Check out the: Skills for Big Feelings Ultimate Growing Bundle includes:
- 12-Week curriculum with relaxation, regulation, and coping skills instruction
- 40 Coping skills crafts and 12 digital interactive workbooks for creative and guided practice
- This game and additional CBT games, family handouts, guided relaxation MP3s, demonstration videos, posters, and editable resources
Choose the eBook bundle or paperback bundle. Growing-bundle purchasers receive future additions at no extra cost.
🎯 Skills Addressed:
Feelings identification, emotional vocabulary, self-awareness, emotional expression, perspective-taking, social awareness, and understanding that people may experience different feelings in the same situation.
💡 Ways to Use It:
- Introduce feelings identification during counseling, therapy, or classroom SEL
- Use the poster to support naming emotions and explaining responses
- Discuss situations that may bring up more than one feeling
- Screen share during telehealth or project the digital game for a group
- Use printable cards for hands-on discussion or follow-up to Session 1 of Skills for Big Feelings
👩🏫 Who It's For:
School counselors, child therapists, social workers, psychologists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, special education teachers, classroom teachers, and parents supporting students in grades 1–5.
📚 More Feelings Resources:
Learn how to help children identify their feelings and practice coping skills in this post about the Feeling-Breath-Thought-Skill strategy.
🖨️ Format & Download:
- Google Slides game with 32 scenarios
- Printable PDF with 28 scenario cards and a feelings poster
📌 Important Notes:
- Children may experience different emotions in the same situation. Encourage personal interpretation and discussion rather than treating emotional responses as universally right or wrong.
- This game complements Session 1 of Skills for Big Feelings and can also be used independently.
- This is a digital download. No physical product will be shipped. Due to the digital nature of this resource, all sales are final and refunds are not available.
