How To Talk About Your Feelings For Kids Worksheet
GinaMarie Guarino, LMHC
Worksheet updated on May 31st, 2024
Teaching emotional intelligence skills is important when working with young children. Often children have feelings they may not understand, which makes it difficult for them to express how they are feeling and if they are upset. This struggle can cause confusion and frustration for caretakers. It also affects the child’s ability to build healthy communication and coping skills.
Teaching a child about emotional intelligence and emotional regulation is helpful when working with children who struggle with behavioral and developmental issues. Using simple exercises can help children build confidence when talking about their feelings.
About This Worksheet
A therapist can help a child learn how to talk about their feelings with simple sentence starters. The How To Talk About Your Feelings For Kids worksheet provides six simple sentences for the child to complete with their therapist. It is a helpful tool to use when helping children learn how to express their feelings and needs.
This worksheet is an excellent exercise for teaching a child emotional intelligence skills and emotional regulation. It also helps teach them how to talk about their feelings and needs, which can reduce outbursts.
The How To Talk About Your Feelings For Kids worksheet can be used with children in individual, group, and family counseling settings as the therapist sees fit.
Instructions
On the How To Talk About Your Feelings For Kids worksheet, the child is instructed to complete 6 simple sentences with the help of their therapist. It is an exercise that provides simple sentence starters to help children build healthy skills for communicating their feelings and needs.
Complete each sentence with the child, assisting as needed. Encourage the child to complete the sentences on their own, while offering guidance if they get stuck or struggle with completing the prompt. After the child has completed the sentence completion task, you may ask them to color in one of the children below and draw a face that shows how they feel.
Discuss healthy ways to express emotions with the child. Encourage them to use these sentence starters when expressing emotions and needs outside of therapy. Provide a copy of the worksheet to the parent and review the best methods for using the exercise at home and in between sessions.
