Fun with Feelings: Faces Playdough Mats

These Faces Playdough Mats make it fun to learn about feelings!
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Everytime you help your child learn about feelings, and how to deal with them, you are helping her learn how to become successful in life.  Emotional literacy is just as important as learning how to read, do math calculations and write one's name. 

It's never too young to start talking about feelings with your child, either.  If your child enjoys a rather intense temperament and you are looking for ways to help him better deal with anger, be sure to check our Anger Toolbox for Kids downloadable MP3 and select handouts, as well as visit our Anger Toolbox for Kids on facebook!

Learning how to deal with feelings can help immunize your child against stress, depression and anxiety.

Here's a fun way to play with toddlers, preschoolers and early elementary students.  Simply print out the faces available in "Faces Playdough Mats" and let your child go to town imagining what kinds of feelings each person has.

Other articles and resources that help with feelings:

Feelings, Don't Erase Them...Embrace Them

3 Easy Steps to Encouraging the Shy Child

Here are some of our very own resources that help kids deal with feelings:

Helping Kids Deal with Sad Feelings

Large and In Charge (of one's own behavior)

Cool Down Strategies for Kids (Anger Solutions)

Ice Cream Cones and Frozen Pops (Anger Solutions)

A Bushel Full of Feelings (Social Emotional Development)

The Way the Cookie Crumbles: Dealing with Disappointment

Fun with Feelings: Emotions Matter

A Fish Story: Helping Kids Tell the Truth 

How Long Does the Sad Last: A Workbook for Grieving Children

Changing Families: A Child's Workbook About Divorce

Moving Story: Helping Kids Deal with Relocation

Don't forget the playdoh:



We recommend laminating the Playdough Faces:




Have fun!