What Are They Feeling? – Perspective-Taking Cards

PERSPECTIVE TAKING can be challenging for some children. Noticing and understanding other people's facial expressions, is an important factor in good perspective taking.

The ability to take other's perspectives is an important life skill. It helps us to GET ALONG WITH OTHERS, and ADJUST OUR BEHAVIOR when / if necessary, in order to make people feel comfortable around us.

"What Are They Feeling?"

These 30 PHOTO CARDS will help children practice the important perspective taking skill of understanding what others may be feeling, based on their facial expressions and body language. Students will also be able to gain a greater understanding of why people may have different feelings, and react differently, even though they are in the same situation.

Additionally, this activity helps children to identify their own emotions and what might make them feel that way.

Photos include:

Set 1: Pictures show a close up of a child’s face. The student is asked what the child in the photo is feeling, what clues they have about this, i.e. frown, squinted eyes, etc. and what might make someone feel this way.

Set 2: Pictures are showing a child’s face and hands, for some additional clues about how they may be feeling. The student is asked to think about what the child in the picture may be feeling, based on the facial expression and hand gestures.

Set 3: Pictures show children demonstrating various emotions through facial expressions AND body language. The student is asked to think about what the child in the picture may be feeling, based on the facial expression and body language.