How I Feel Theme Cards

These How I Feel Theme Cards provide a clear, engaging visual resource for teaching and revising vocabulary related to feelings and emotions.

Designed to support oral language and emotional vocabulary development, each card presents one feeling with a clear, child-friendly illustration and the matching word shown clearly, helping students connect emotion, meaning, and language during whole-class instruction.

What’s included

• Set of 16 How I Feel Theme Cards
• One feeling per card
• Full-colour illustration with matching text
• Clear, uncluttered layout for easy recognition

How these cards are used

• Whole-class teaching of feelings and emotions vocabulary
• Explicit instruction and teacher modelling
• Oral language and sentence-building activities
• Visual prompts during discussions and wellbeing lessons

The consistent visuals support comprehension and recall, helping students confidently use emotional language in classroom contexts.

Pair with matching resources

These cards are designed to be used alongside How I Feel Word Cards, How I Feel Vocabulary Charts, and games to support structured practice and active language use.

Text: I am hot, I am hungry, I am happy, I am sick, I am embarrassed, I am surprised, I am sad, I am scared, I am tired, I am bored, I am lonely, I am angry, I am cold, I am thirsty, I am nervous, I am worried.