Feelings and Emotions Playdough Mats | SEL & Emotional Learning Activity

Help young children recognise, explore and talk about their feelings with these engaging Feelings and Emotions Playdough Mats!

This hands-on printable activity combines sensory play, emotional learning and fine motor practice, making it a fun way for children to explore different emotions.

Children can use playdough to create facial expressions, identify feelings and emotions, and practise tracing the emotion words. The mats provide a simple, interactive way to support social-emotional learning (SEL), emotional literacy, communication skills and early writing development.

Feelings and emotions included:

• Happy
• Sad
• Angry
• Annoyed
• Surprised
• Shocked
• Upset
• Worried
• Shy
• Calm

Perfect For:

• Preschool
• Pre-K
• Kindergarten
• EYFS
• Early Years
• Homeschool
• SEL activities
• Emotional literacy
• Feelings and emotions lessons
• Calm-down corners
• Morning work
• Learning centres
• Small-group activities
• Sensory play
• Fine motor activities
• Independent learning

Skills Supported:

• Identifying feelings and emotions
• Emotional awareness
• Social-emotional learning
• Emotional vocabulary
• Communication and discussion
• Fine motor development
• Early writing and word tracing
• Creative and sensory play

These printable feelings and emotions playdough mats are a versatile resource for early learners and provide a fun, hands-on way to encourage children to recognise, express and talk about their emotions.

About this File

Purchase includes:

Play doh Mats, emotions and feelings, (PDF Files), two cards per page, cut in half to use

2 Size Options for Printing:

A4 paper (210x297mm.)-Print pages 1-5

US letter paper (8.5”x11”)Print pages 6-10

Laminate the cards for repeated use, use whiteboard markers for tracing

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