KIDDO.SCHOOLMake · Learn · Discover.Happy, sad, angry, excited — little feelings can have big names. Look at the faces together and give those feelings simple words.
Nothing to read and nothing to fix. You name the feeling, your toddler makes the face — a point or a giggle counts. Stop whenever they have had enough.
Seven little steps, in order: a welcome from your teacher, all twenty feelings, faces to make, a few words that help, solve the feelings cards on paper, then off screen and cards to print. Every step stands on its own.
“Let’s look at some faces. How do they feel?”
— Your Kiddo School teacher
Twenty faces, one at a time. Look together, say the feeling word, then try the face yourselves.
Now your turn — no tapping needed. Make the face together and see who looks silliest.
No scripts needed. When feelings run big, one calm sentence is enough — a few to keep in your pocket.
“Want a hug?”
“Let’s slow down together.”
“Stay close.”
“Let’s try together.”
“Maybe it’s time for a rest.”
The twenty feeling cards print two to a page. On paper they become the best kind of feelings practice — naming a face, making the face, and finding your own.
Open the printable cards and print all twenty, two to a page. Cut them out together, naming each feeling as it is cut.
Pick a card and make that face in a mirror together — happy, sad, silly, brave. The face teaches the word.
Make a feeling face and let your toddler find the matching card. Then swap: your child makes the face, you guess.
Ask “how do you feel right now?” and lay that card on the table. One honest card, chosen freely, is the whole exercise.
Every card page has a Write & Color layer: your child can draw right on the card with a finger, a stylus or the mouse, then save the finished work. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.
Name feelings when they naturally come up today.
You name it and move on — no quizzing, no waiting for an answer. One feeling shared together is a complete class.
Print the cards for simple feeling games and conversations.
The same twenty cards from today’s class — handy for a quiet feeling chat at the kitchen table.
“When the next wobble arrives — and it will — you both have words for it now.”
— Your Kiddo School teacher
Your child doesn’t need to name every feeling. You’re simply giving them words they can grow into.
All those feelings together — happy, sad, silly and brave. However many rounds you played, however long it took, that was the whole class — and stopping early is allowed too.
All feelings are welcome here. Angry, sad and scared are not bad feelings — they are simply feelings, and every one of them has a name.
Go face first. Pull the expression yourself and your toddler will copy it — copying comes long before naming.
Name your own feelings too. “I’m happy you’re here” or “I’m tired tonight” — your face is the best flashcard in the house.
Age ranges are a guide. Go at your child’s pace.
Your feedback helps us make Kiddo School better. This is feedback about the activity, for the grown-ups who make it — it is never about a child.
The cards from this class also live in the flashcards library — every card has its own page with the picture, the words to say together and a download button, ready for away-from-screen time.
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