🎯 What does joy look like? And a surprised face? “Facial Expressions” is an emotion recognition game in which children match schematic pictograms with photographs of real facial expressions. From a simple “happy–sad” to subtler feelings – step by step a child learns to read faces and to understand what other people are feeling.
✨ What does this game develop?
- Emotional intelligence – recognising, naming and telling apart emotions;
- Empathy – by understanding another person’s face, a child learns to understand their mood;
- Language for feelings – the vocabulary of feelings grows with every card;
- Attention – matching pictograms with photographs calls for a close look at the details.
🎲 How to play at home?
The child joins a pictogram with the matching photograph of a real face. Once a pair is found, have a chat: when did you feel like that? How did you recognise this emotion – from the eyes, the lips, the eyebrows? You can also play a mirror game: draw a card and act the emotion out yourselves. There will be plenty of laughter – and even more learning.
🧑🏫 Tips for professionals
For psychologists and special-needs educators this is a classic social and emotional learning aid, especially valuable with children who find recognising emotions a challenge (children on the autism spectrum included – the schematic pictograms become a clear anchor here). For speech and language therapists the cards suit the vocabulary of feelings, facial expression practice and starting a conversation. The large, sturdy cards stand up to everyday work.
📦 What is in the set?
- 50 sturdy cardboard cards (9 × 9 cm).
Note: the game instructions may be in Spanish, but the game is simple to follow and the clear pictures let you start playing straight away.
👶 Who is it for?
Recommended from 3 years. Suitable for the home, nurseries and the rooms of psychologists and speech and language therapists. A game that helps a child get to know feelings – first in other people’s faces, and in the end in themselves.
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