Feelings Garden Family Guide
Family Resource Social-Emotional Learning
Feelings Garden Family Guide
Practice recognizing, naming, and expressing feelings together at home!
Gardener:
Date:
In Class Today Our Flower Faces & Feelings Song Activity
Today, our little gardeners practiced making facial expressions for happy, sad, mad, surprised, scared, and worried. Each child received their own feeling flower card and matched their flower as we sang our classroom emotions song! We also added calm to practice peaceful resets together at home.
Our 7 Feeling Flowers (Look at the face & try it together!)
Hang on your fridge for quick check-ins
Happy
Big bright smile, twinkling eyes
Face: "Show your teeth!"
Sad
Downturned lips, slow tear drop
Face: "Turn corners down"
Mad
Slanted brows, tight mouth
Face: "Crinkle your nose"
Surprised
Round eyes, big open 'O' mouth
Face: "Gasp and make an O"
Scared
Wide eyes, shaky wavy mouth
Face: "Hands close, eyes wide"
Worried
Knitted eyebrows, unsure smile
Face: "Ask: Need a hug?"
Calm
Gentle eyes, slow deep breath
Face: "Slow flower breath"
Sing at Home!
(Tune: If You're Happy & You Know It)
🌸 "If you're happy, show a smile!"
💧 "If you're sad, rest awhile."
🌿 "Take a deep calm breath right in,
✨ Feel the sunshine on your skin!"
Hold up your flower card!
3 Fun Mirror Games
1
Flower Copycat
Pick a flower face above. Stand by the mirror together and make the face!
2
Guess My Garden
Freeze in an emotion face (no talking!). Can your child point to which flower it is?
3
Smell the Flower (Calm Reset)
Smell the imaginary flower (in through nose), blow out gentle wind (through mouth).
Practicing faces strengthens emotional recognition!
Daily Fridge Check-In
Ask at Dinner or Bedtime:
"Which emotion flower did you feel the most today?"
3 Gentle Ways to Respond:
Name It: "I see your mad flower face. Tell me what happened."
Validate It: "It is okay to feel sad or worried. All feelings belong."
Reset: "Let’s do 3 calm flower breaths together to feel safe."
🌱 Big feelings come and go like weather in our garden!
Stick this page on your refrigerator or bathroom mirror at child eye level!
Room 102 Early Learners • Social-Emotional Garden
