Free Emotions Games and Activities for the ESL English Classroom

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Welcome to our collection of free emotions and feelings games designed for the ESL classroom! These fun and interactive activities help young learners develop their emotions vocabulary and improve speaking and listening skills through engaging games like Mirror Mirror, Charades, and Haps or Sad. Perfect for early English learners, our resources include flashcards, songs, and posters that make learning about emotions both educational and enjoyable. Download and print our materials today to bring excitement and creativity into your ESL lessons.

1. Mirror Mirror
Resources
- Emotions Flash Cards
How to play
Time: 5-7 minutes
Receptive Language: instructions
Productive Language: emotions

Game Explanation: Review the emotion flashcards. Pair the students off, select a ‘Student A’ & a ‘Student B’ in each pair, & have each pair sit down facing each other. On your command, the ‘A’ students make their choice of face at their partner (happy, angry, sad, etc).

The first Student B to correctly identify her partner’s emotion wins a point for the pair. Swap & continue.

Note: In order to avoid the students just making ‘happy’ faces all the time, you may want to show an emotion flashcard to the students making the next face (making this a variation on the GESTURE game).
2. We Are Family
Resources
- Emotions Flash Cards
How to play
A variation of the Santa Junken game. Thumb=Daddy Index=Mommy Middle=Brother Ring=Sister Pinki=Baby Kids are lined up to battle the Sensei.. Family..Family..Family..Go!! Choose a member using the correct finger to represent that member and whoever chooses the same member as you has to sit down..There can be only one!!

Emotions Theme Resources

Explore a wide range of English emotions and feelings teaching resources, including songs, crafts, flashcards, and posters for ESL and EFL learners. Perfect for digital download and print, created by experienced international teachers.