Emotions Escape Room (Regulate Emotions, Identify Emotions)

Introduction

The Quest for the Emotion Gems is a fantastical escape room designed to help middle school students practice identifying emotions and develop effective regulation strategies.

Students will collect emotions gems as they travel through the mystical land of Empathia. Each gem represents a different emotion and a different puzzle to challenge students abilities to recognize emotions. This is a fun way for students to practice emotions skills.

You will appreciate the low-prep setup! There is also a detailed answer key so you will know exactly how to help students if they get stuck.

This escape room works great for:

• Advisory or homeroom periods

• School counseling groups

• SEL Lessons

• SEL minutes in IEPs

• Home School Practice

Objectives

1. Recognize the emotions on others

2. Identify how emotions feel

3. Describe coping skills

4. Label emotions in scenarios

5. Practice handling big emotions

Puzzle Outline

1. Joy - Match emotions to descriptions of what they look like

2. Anger - Fill in the blank coping skills

3. Sadness - Maze through reacting to big emotions

4. Anxiety - Match emotions to scenarios

5. Surprise - Label pictures with emotions

Grades

5th-8th

Format

Interactive Google Form

Printable Puzzles PDF (6 pages)

Printable Answer Key PDF (6 pages)