Emoji story

Children tell stories using emoji flashcards and decipher the emotions depicted.

Steps

1. The teacher shows several emoji cards, and children name the corresponding feelings.
2. A child acts out an emoji facial expression from a drawn card while peers guess the emotion.
3. In pairs, children arrange 5 emoji cards into a short story and present it to the group.
4. Older students translate familiar fairytale titles into emoji strings for the class to guess.
5. Discussion: do emojis in text messages always accurately express what we genuinely feel?

Tip: Print large emoji flashcards; they can also be used during morning emotional check-in circles.