Free Printable Expressing Emotions Worksheets for Special Education

Help children understand their feelings and explore different ways to express their emotions with our free printable Expressing Emotions worksheets, designed for children with autism, special education needs, and early learners. These social-emotional learning worksheets introduce different ways to communicate feelings, including using words, drawing, talking through an AAC device, and choosing when and whom to share feelings with. Through picture recognition, word tracing, cut-and-paste activities, matching exercises, sequencing tasks, and real-life scenarios, children can practice identifying ways to express emotions, understanding that all feelings are okay, and recognizing that they do not always have to explain how they feel. These printable feelings and emotions worksheets are ideal for parents, special education teachers, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and homeschool learning.

Our Expressing Emotions worksheets for kids include three learning levels—Emerging, Developing, and Applying—to support different communication and learning abilities. Activities include identifying ways to share feelings, matching pictures with words, completing sentences, sequencing everyday situations, creating a personal feelings toolkit, and identifying trusted people to talk to at home or school. Children also explore real-life situations, such as communicating when a sound feels overwhelming, asking for quiet time after a difficult day, and sharing when they feel proud of their work. Download these free special education worksheets, autism worksheets, and emotional awareness activities to support emotional expression, communication, self-advocacy, and self-awareness. The activities also reinforce that all feelings are valid, children can choose how and when to express them, and feelings are different from actions—feeling angry is okay, but hurting someone is not.

Free Printable Expressing Emotions Worksheets PDF for Autism and Special Education