Make feelings identification fun and interactive with these Spring Feelings Matching Puzzles! This hands-on social-emotional learning resource helps students recognize, name, and understand emotions through differentiated, self-correcting puzzles featuring sheep, flowers, kites, and baseballs.

With 96 puzzles in total, students can match facial expressions to feeling words or take their learning further by connecting emotions to real-life scenarios. The two-piece and three-piece versions make it easy to adjust the activity to meet different learning needs, whether students are just beginning to recognize emotions or are ready to explore how feelings connect to different situations.

This resource also includes a matching game, conversation dice, and eight bonus SEL worksheets. It's a flexible, low-prep activity for individual counseling, small groups, classroom SEL centers, and independent practice.

📦 What's Included:

🧩 96 Differentiated, Self-Correcting Feelings Puzzles

• 96 printable puzzles across four spring-themed designs.
• Two-piece puzzles for matching a facial expression to a feeling word.
• Three-piece puzzles for matching a scenario, facial expression, and feeling word.
• Self-correcting puzzle pieces to support independent practice.
• Differentiated options for students with varying emotional vocabulary and learning needs.

🐑 Sheep Feelings Puzzles

• 14 two-piece puzzles.
• 14 three-piece puzzles.
• 28 sheep-themed puzzles total.

⚾ Baseball Feelings Puzzles

• 11 two-piece puzzles.
• 11 three-piece puzzles.
• 22 baseball-themed puzzles total.

🌸 Flower Feelings Puzzles

• 11 two-piece puzzles.
• 11 three-piece puzzles.
• 22 flower-themed puzzles total.

🪁 Kite Feelings Puzzles

• 12 two-piece puzzles.
• 12 three-piece puzzles.
• 24 kite-themed puzzles total.

❤️ 19 Feelings Covered

• Angry, annoyed, bored, confused, excited, frustrated, furious, happy, loving, mischievous, proud, sad, scared, shocked, shy, silly, surprised, tired, and worried

🎲 Feelings Conversation Dice

• Printable dice for extending feelings discussions.
• Prompts to encourage students to think more deeply about emotions.
• Can be used alongside the puzzles or as a separate discussion activity.

🎯 Bonus Feelings Matching Game

• Additional matching activity for practicing feelings identification.
• Offers another way to reinforce emotional vocabulary.
• Useful for individual counseling, small groups, and SEL centers.

📝 8 Bonus SEL Worksheets

• Eight additional social-emotional learning worksheets.
• Activities that complement feelings identification and emotional awareness.
• Useful as follow-up activities or additions to classroom calm corners.

🎒 Quick Details: Grades K–2 | 🧩 96 self-correcting puzzles | 🐑 4 spring themes | ❤️ 19 feelings | 🎲 Conversation dice | 🎯 Matching game | 📝 8 bonus SEL worksheets | 🖨️ Printable resource

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🌸 Spring Counseling + Social Emotional Learning Bundle

• Includes seven spring-themed counseling and SEL resources.
• Features these 96 feelings puzzles, 10 SEL board games, yoga activities, drawing and dough mats, mazes, and Color by Code activities.
• Provides a variety of ways to practice emotional awareness, coping skills, positive self-talk, problem-solving, and social skills.

🎯 Skills Addressed:

✔️ Identifying and naming 19 different feelings

✔️ Recognizing emotions through facial expressions

✔️ Building emotional vocabulary and self-awareness

✔️ Connecting feelings to everyday situations

✔️ Developing social awareness and perspective-taking

✔️ Matching visual cues, feeling words, and scenarios

✔️ Practicing independent problem-solving and self-checking

💡 Ways to Use It:

• Introduce the two-piece puzzles during individual counseling sessions to practice matching feeling faces with emotion words.
• Use the three-piece puzzles to help students explore how different situations might make someone feel.
• Set up the self-correcting puzzles as an independent activity in classroom SEL centers.
• Incorporate the four spring themes into small-group counseling or Lunch Bunch sessions.
• Roll the feelings conversation dice to encourage students to share examples, experiences, or ideas about emotions.
• Use the bonus matching game to review feelings vocabulary after completing the puzzles.
• Add the eight bonus SEL worksheets to calm corners, classroom activities, or follow-up counseling lessons.

👩‍🏫 Who It's For:

Perfect for school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, child therapists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, special education teachers, classroom teachers, and homeschool educators working with students in kindergarten through second grade.

This resource is especially useful for professionals looking for differentiated, hands-on activities to support feelings identification, emotional vocabulary, self-awareness, and social awareness.

🖨️ Format & Download:

✔️ 96 printable feelings puzzles.

✔️ Two-piece and three-piece differentiated puzzle versions.

✔️ Four spring themes: sheep, baseballs, flowers, and kites.

✔️ Feelings conversation dice.

✔️ Bonus feelings matching game.

✔️ Eight bonus SEL worksheets.

This is a digital download containing printable resources. No physical materials will be shipped.

📌 Important Notes:

The 96 puzzles include both two-piece and three-piece versions across four spring themes. The two-piece puzzles focus on matching facial expressions to feeling words, while the three-piece puzzles add scenarios for deeper discussion.

The self-correcting format can help students check their matches independently. Students can also participate through pointing, matching, discussion, or other communication methods that work for them.

The goal is to build emotional awareness and vocabulary while recognizing that people may experience different emotions in similar situations.

This listing includes the individual Spring Feelings Puzzles resource, not the complete Spring Counseling + SEL Bundle.