Emotions and Feelings Word Search, Scramble and Crossword Puzzle

I made this emotions puzzle set for my Year 2 and Year 3 students during our social-emotional learning unit. The kids could say happy or sad but had no idea how to name more complex feelings like frustrated, nervous, or left out. So I put together a word search, a word scramble, and a crossword using words like joy, sadness, anger, fear, surprise, disgust, jealousy, shame, pride, hope, lonely, calm, frustration, embarrassment, and gratitude. Nothing fancy — just puzzles to help the feeling words finally stick.

The PDFs are six pages. Three puzzles, each with its own answer key page. The word search works well for quiet time after break. The scramble gets them talking because they argue about whether being nervous feels different from being scared. The crossword I use for partners. I added a couple simple emotion face drawings like smile, frown, and worried but nothing too busy.

Works for Year 1 through Year 4. Print and go. Sometimes I have early finishers draw a face showing an emotion and name it on the back. The kids actually ask for these now.