Busca las emociones en el salón de clases
Seis caras escondidas entre las cosas del salón. El niño encuentra cada cara y dice la emoción que muestra. Un adulto lee en voz alta cada tarjeta y cada opción.
Find 6 things in the picture!
How to run it
Name the six emotions together first, making each face yourself. Then let the child search. When they find a face, ask ¿qué emoción muestra? and then ¿cuándo sientes tú eso? Accept answers with adjectives too: a child who says está triste is naming the emotion correctly, and you can model the agreement, triste, contento or contenta, as it comes up.
Cueing ladder
Start at the top. Add support one step at a time.
- IndependentAn adult reads every card and choice aloud. Set up the situation and wait for the student to respond on their own.Log as correct
- Nonverbal cueUse a look, a gesture or a point to the visual cue card.Log as cued
- Indirect promptAsk 'What could you say now?' or 'How do you think they feel?'Log as cued
- ModelShow what to say or do, then run the moment again so the student can try it.Log as cued
Adjust it
Use fewer feelings at a time, starting with the most different ones, like happy and sad.
Role-play with a new partner, or add a twist the student has not planned for.
Matching IEP goal
Given pictures of faces and short situations, Student will name the feeling shown and one reason someone might feel that way in 8 of 10 opportunities across 3 consecutive sessions, given no more than an indirect prompt.
Send it home through the parent portal →About this activity
A classroom picture with six faces hidden between the book, the clock and the backpack. Each face shows an emotion, named in Spanish with a noun: alegría, tristeza, enojo, miedo, sorpresa and confusión. Nouns are used on purpose, because they do not change with the child's gender the way contento or contenta does. The child finds each face and names the emotion.
What to listen for
Notice which faces are named quickly. Miedo and sorpresa are often confused because both faces have wide eyes; enojo and confusión can share pulled-in eyebrows. Listen for whether the child uses one emotion word for everything. Notice whether the child can tell a time they felt the emotion, which links the face to real life.
Carrying it home
At home, families can make faces in a mirror and take turns guessing the emotion in Spanish. Looking at faces in picture books and asking ¿cómo se siente? works well too. Faces are one clue among many, and some people show feelings differently, so asking how someone feels is always a good idea.
What's in this activity
- alegría
- tristeza
- enojo
- miedo
- sorpresa
- confusión
Questions
- Who is this for?
- Spanish-speaking and bilingual children in preschool through first grade learning to name emotions and notice facial clues.
- Why are the emotions nouns rather than words like feliz or enojado?
- Adjectives like enojado and enojada agree with the person they describe, so a single label would be wrong for half the children. Nouns like enojo name the emotion itself and fit everyone.
- Can I change the items?
- Yes. Open it in the Activity Studio, edit or add items and keep the same board, or switch it to another template that fits the content.
- Is it free?
- Yes. It plays free in the browser with no login. An account adds session data, goal scoring and assignment to a student.
Use this board with your caseload
With a free account, every correct, cued and incorrect mark is saved to the student and scored against their IEP goal, with the data written up for you. Assign it as home practice through the parent portal.
Track progress freeFree for SLPs. No card, no trial clock.