Feelings / Emotions Chart

A calm printable feelings chart for children

The feelings and emotions chart is a printable check-in sheet that helps children name how they feel. Emotions run down the left, and across the top you choose either the seven days of the week or a set of daily time slots. Every cell holds a soft circle to colour, tick or cover with a sticker so a child can quietly record their mood without having to find the words out loud.

Add the child's name at the top, list 4 to 10 feelings, pick daily or weekly, and download a clean A4 or US Letter PDF. Keep a separate chart per child so siblings or classmates each have their own private space to check in.

Daily chart or weekly chart?

Two layouts share one engine, so you can switch with a single click:

• Weekly — columns are Monday to Sunday. Best for spotting patterns across a whole week and starting a Sunday-night conversation about how the week felt.
• Daily — columns are Morning, Midday, Afternoon and Evening. Best for younger children or busy days where feelings change and you want to check in several times.

Both layouts keep the same proportions, so the circles always land in a tidy, square-ish cell regardless of paper size.

Why use a printable emotions chart?

Naming feelings is the first step in managing them. A visible chart turns "how was your day?" into something a child can point to instead of having to explain. Use the feelings chart for:

• daily emotional check-ins at home or in the classroom
• building emotional vocabulary and self-awareness
• calm-corner and zones-of-regulation routines
• morning circle-time mood check-ins
• supporting children who find it hard to talk about feelings
• spotting patterns — which days or times feel hardest

Because the chart uses your own words and clean circles rather than cartoon faces, it grows with the child and suits any classroom or home style.

What you can customise

• Page title: default "My Feelings Chart" or rename it
• Child's name: printed at the top so the chart feels personal
• Chart type: daily time slots or weekly days
• Number of feelings: 4 to 10 rows
• Feelings list: write your own emotions, or use the friendly defaults
• Check-in cells: soft circles in every cell, ready to colour or tick
• Paper size: A4 or US Letter PDF

Edit the feelings list to match the words your family or class uses — "frustrated", "nervous", "grateful" and "silly" all work just as well as the basics.

Notes and limitations

• The chart is a printable template — children mark how they feel by hand.
• Ten feelings is the practical maximum on one page; beyond that the circles get too small for little hands.
• The circles are deliberately soft — they should disappear under a coloured pencil or a sticker.
• Print at 100% scale so the cells stay square.

Who the feelings chart is for

Parents and carers

Build a gentle daily habit of checking in. A quick circle each evening can open up a conversation that "how was your day?" never does.

Teachers and teaching assistants

Run a calm morning or end-of-day mood check-in. Rename the feelings to match your wellbeing language or zones-of-regulation colours.

Counsellors and wellbeing leads

Track emotions over a day or a week to see patterns, with a clear visual record to talk through together.

SEN and pastoral staff

Give children who struggle to talk about feelings a low-pressure way to point to a mood instead of explaining it.

Feeling ideas by age

Ages 4 to 6

Happy, sad, angry, scared, excited, tired, calm, silly.

Ages 7 to 9

Proud, worried, frustrated, lonely, grateful, embarrassed, hopeful, bored.

Ages 10 and up

Anxious, confident, overwhelmed, content, disappointed, motivated, jealous, relieved.

How to use the tool

1. Enter the child's name.
2. Choose a daily or weekly chart.
3. Pick the number of feelings (4 to 10).
4. Type each feeling, or keep the friendly defaults.
5. Choose A4 or US Letter.
6. Preview the chart, then download the PDF and print at 100% scale.
7. Pin it up and check in together each day or each week.

Worked example

A teacher sets the name to "Leo", chooses the weekly chart, feeling count to 6, and keeps Happy, Sad, Worried, Calm, Excited and Tired. Each morning Leo colours a circle in the row that matches how he feels. By Friday the chart shows a run of "worried" circles on the mornings before swimming — a quiet signal that prompts a supportive chat the teacher might otherwise have missed.

Methodology

The engine renders a feelings-by-columns grid. Rows are the emotions you supplied; columns are either the seven days of the week or four daily time slots (Morning, Midday, Afternoon, Evening) depending on the chart type. Each cell contains a soft circle placeholder designed to fade under colouring or stickers. The child's name appears in the page header. A4 and US Letter layouts share the same proportions so the circles always land in a tidy cell.

Best ways to use the chart

• Keep it judgement-free — every feeling is allowed, and there are no wrong answers.
• Make it a routine — same time each day so the check-in becomes a habit.
• Use the patterns gently — a run of the same feeling is a conversation starter, not a problem to fix.
• Refresh the chart often — a fresh sheet each week keeps it feeling current.

Designed for A4 and US Letter printing

The feelings chart prints cleanly on A4 and US Letter. Cell size stays consistent so circles and stickers fit regardless of paper choice, and both daily and weekly layouts fill a single page.

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