How Can You Tell?

Worksheet Description

The “Social Cues” worksheet is an educational resource designed to help students develop their emotional intelligence by interpreting feelings and expressions. Students have a space at the top to write their name, making the activity a personalized learning experience. The worksheet provides directions at the top, instructing students to look at each picture and deduce how they think each person feels, then to explain how they can tell. The activity aims to enhance the students’ ability to recognize and understand nonverbal signals, an essential component of social interaction.

Below the instructions, the worksheet features a two-column table with the headings “Feeling” and “How can you tell?” accompanied by illustrations of characters displaying a variety of emotions through their body language and facial expressions. The students are encouraged to describe the feeling they believe each character is experiencing in one column, and in the other, to note the visual cues that led them to that conclusion. This engaging task not only teaches children to be more observant of the emotional states of others but also to reflect on how emotions can be communicated without words. It is a vital skill that supports empathy, effective communication, and social relationships.