Playing emotion games and completing fun emotion activities will help kids learn about how they are feeling, all while they are having fun. This engaging coloring activity will help them develop emotional intelligence skills, especially the ability to read other people’s emotions.
These NO PREP Color by Code pages will help your kids learn how to recognize emotions and emotional expressions while coloring fun summer themed pictures!
Emotional intelligence (or EQ) is an ability to perceive, understand, express and regulate our own emotions as well as to recognize emotions in others. Emotional intelligence is an important skill to have in order to effectively navigate social situations and to make personal decisions.
Kids will enjoy coloring the pictures and at the same time, focusing on an important skill – a skill to recognize emotions.
These Emotions Color by Code worksheets can serve as a fun summer themed activity for introduction and conversation about different emotions, how to express and recognize them. Also, how to chose the appropriate and healthy coping strategies for managing anger, disappointment and other complicated emotions. You can pair these worksheets with other social emotional regulation activities and games or use them on their own.
This social emotional learning activity is perfect for your preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade and second grade centers or independent practice.
To purchase the Summer Color by Emotions Worksheets, click HERE.
This is a no prep activity. Simply print out the pages and add colored pencils or crayons!
Your kids will color the pictures by identifying an emotional expression and color the area with matching color pencil or crayon.
This printable emotions resource includes 8 pictures: fish, watermelon, ice cream truck, pineapple, crab, popsicles, island and starfish.
Included emotional expressions/faces are: happy (different versions), excited, angry, furious, scared, bored, anxious, sad, crying, laughing, indifferent, shocked, confused, embarrassed, ill, proud, silly and surprised.
{This resource can also be purchased as part of the Color by Emotions Seasons Bundle}
Looking for more social emotional printables like these? Here are some other helpful printables to help you teach about emotions:
Color by Emotions Mystery Pictures
