Helping Kids Identify Emotions Through Body Sensations

Support emotional awareness, self-regulation, and interoception skills with this interactive Body Signal Map Activity! This engaging SEL resource helps children identify where emotions and feelings show up in their bodies using visual body sensation icons and hands-on learning activities.

Students explore common body sensations connected to emotions such as nervousness, excitement, anger, worry, calmness, and more by matching body signal icons to different parts of the body. This activity encourages emotional vocabulary development, body awareness, and emotional regulation skills in a concrete and developmentally appropriate way.

This resource is especially helpful for students who benefit from visual supports, explicit emotional instruction, and interactive SEL activities.

What’s Included:

• Body Signal Map worksheet
• Body Signal Icon Bank page
• Cut-and-paste body sensation icons
• Visual body sensation categories:
• Heart & Chest
  • Face & Head
  • Breathing
  • Arms & Hands
  • Legs & Feet
  • Whole Body

Skills Targeted:

• Emotional awareness
• Interoception skills
• Emotional regulation
• Identifying body sensations
• Self-awareness
• Coping and mindfulness discussions
• Social emotional learning (SEL)

Great For:

• SEL lessons
• School counseling
• Autism support classrooms
• ABA therapy
• Occupational therapy
• Speech therapy
• Calm corners
• Individual or small group instruction

This resource is designed with clear visuals, kid-friendly formatting, and engaging interactive elements to support a wide range of learners from early elementary through upper elementary grades.

Perfect for helping students build the connection between emotions, physical sensations, and self-regulation strategies in a supportive and accessible way!