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Looking for a complete and engaging Social Emotional Learning (SEL) resource to help your Year 2 students understand and express their feelings? This Understanding Emotions Lesson Package is your go-to printable and lesson slides tool! Aligned with core SEL goals, this resource covers the four basic emotions—happy, sad, angry, and scared—using visually appealing teaching slides, fun games like Emotion Charades, class discussions, and printable journaling worksheets.

Perfect for classroom teachers, SEL specialists, and school counselors, this ready-to-use PDF resource will help your students recognize emotions in themselves and others while building empathy and self-awareness.

What’s Included in This Product:

• Teaching Slides
• Clear, age-appropriate explanations of happy, sad, angry, and scared
• Prompts to discuss what each feeling looks like, what causes it, and how to respond
• Class discussion prompts with suggested answers. Example: What makes you feel better when you are scared?
• Emotion Charades Game (Printable Cards)
• Print, cut and play emotion cards for students to act out and guess
• Great for movement breaks and social skills practice
• Feeling Faces Worksheet
• Students draw and label each face to reflect the four emotions
• Enhances emotional vocabulary and self-expression
• Individual Student Journal Page (Printable)

• “Today I felt ______ because ______.”
• Includes helping words to help students pick and choose what to fill in their journal

Why Teachers Love It

• No prep required—ready made slides and printable worksheets
• Integrates seamlessly into morning meetings or SEL blocks
• Supports CASEL’s core competencies: self-awareness, social awareness, and responsible decision-making
• Fun, visual, and developmentally appropriate for year 2s