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Feelings charades: a play idea for 4 and 5 year olds

Reading faces and naming feelings helps children understand themselves and others. It takes about 8 minutes and uses nothing but you.

Checked October 29, 2026.

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How to play

Feelings charades4 and 5 year olds · about 8 minutes

You need: nothing at all.

  1. Take turns acting out a feeling with your face and body, without words.
  2. Everyone else guesses: happy, angry, scared, proud?
  3. Talk about a time you felt that way.
  4. A big brother or sister can play too.

Builds: social and emotional and language and talking. Reading faces and naming feelings helps children understand themselves and others.

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