Feelings Flash Cards: A Great Way for Kids to Share and Learn About All Kinds of Emotions (Flash Cards for Infants, Speech Therapy Flash Cards, Emotion Flash Cards)

I work with children, some on the Autism Spectrum. I have used these cards since 2012. They are great for children who are learning to expand their description of how they feel. There are 20 durable cardboard flash cards, printed with bright and colorful illustrations on each side. The skin tones are various colors- purple, blue, orange, red, yellow which I like so that children do not avoid selecting cards that do not look like them. This is good for children who cannot read as well as those who can. Children can select the words or the images that describe how they feel. I have also used them to ask children how they think someone else might feel in situations to gauge empathy and understanding of other perspectives. While some of cards are similar (angry and frustrated) it allows for those who are more advanced to describe their feelings more accurately. You can also use the cards by asking children to describe the situation based on the images. For example, on the card depicted as "left out" there is dog in a building looking at all the other dogs playing in the yard. I typically ask children to select three cards that describes how they are feeling. I also ask them to select cards that might describe how others feel (sibling, parents, teacher, classmates). It's a great icebreaker especially when younger kids have a harder time explaining how they feel. Another activity is to describe a situation and then ask the child to select the emotion that best fits the scenario. These cards help introduce an emotional vocabulary to children who struggle and are a great set to have.

I REALLY LOVE these flash cards. The cards have pictures & words on each side. For example, one side will say "serious" and has a picture representing "serious". On the back of the card it will say "silly" with a picture representing "silly". So not only are these feeling cards but they also teach opposites.It's terrific for a child who has trouble labeling her feelings AND in my case, a child who is a visual learner. When we teach my daughter via auditory speech she just doesn't understand. Her hearing tested above average but she still had to do speech therapy for 2 years because she had trouble repeating what she heard.Ever since I started using these cards I've received GREAT feedback from my daughter's preschool teachers telling me how much her behavior has improved at school. For a while she was acting out because she couldn't express her feelings. It takes her a LONG time to express a complete sentence, and by then she would be too frustrated to even try. But the color graphics of these cards + the Thoughts and Feelings: A Sentence Completion Card Game made something click in her 4 year old brain. Now she is able to express her feelings & she knows the opposite of that feeling. These cards are worth their weight in gold.She mesmerized every card in just 2 days. However she still loves going over these cards by herself every night. It's fun just to listen to her talk to herself as she analyzes each picture on the card.

When I opened my delivery for Todd Parr Feelings Flashcards, I was surprised at the 1.5 mm thick cards - very robust quality that are very suitable for games, not only for children but for adults too. The thick cards made them very durable and they are housed in a thick box.I am very pleased with the affordable price. It is great for playing training games where adults learn to express their emotions with the cards picked.There are ten colorful cards. At the back of the card is the reverse emotion of the feeling found on the front. That makes a total of 20 emotional feelings.Great product. I strongly recommend it to trainers, teachers and counsellors. I have bought four other types of cards and I found this the best value for money!Michael Lum

These feelings cards are very durable, colorful, and large.The pictures provide a context for the feelings: one of my favorites is disappointed - with a blue colored boy holding an empty ice cream cone and a blob of ice cream on the ground - so cute (and sad at the same time lol)Each card has two opposite feelings on them - happy on one side and sad on the other - I wish each card only had one feeling, as I would not necessarily match up the opposites the same wayI use these often with kids and families I work with. I've had coworkers ask to borrow them, as well, and parents want to buy them, too.I recommend these for anyone who works with kids and familiesUpdate 11/28/18I’ve continued to use this. And only issue is the box got worn out and started to rip, so I taped it with packing tape. No issues since then. These really are timeless

I just could have used a "hurt" card twice in the last 5 minutes. Seems like with young kids and old that's a very common one that shouldn't have been left out. Same with "frustrated," also not included. Maybe because they don't have obvious opposites, but they're still common feelings that need to be labeled and understood. Meanwhile, a few others are a bit redundant, or are less common feelings (or not really feelings at all).Otherwise, nice, sturdy cards with Todd Parr illustrations.Here they all are:Happy, sadScared, braveTired, ants in my pants (silly and cute, but not a feeling)Loud, quiet (not *quite* feelings...)Angry, peacefulProud, ashamedFrightened, safeBored, busyCranky, cheerfulComfortable, uncomfortableLeft out, includedLonely, cuddlyExcited, disappointedShy, confidentDisgusted, delightedWorried, carefreeMean, friendlyNervous, calmOverjoyed, annoyedSilly, serious