What this tool does
A feelings grid to mark each day or each part of the day. Four to ten feelings you name yourself, in a daily layout with time slots or a weekly one.
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Feelings down the side, time across the top
Choose a weekly layout with the seven days across, or a daily one running through time slots from morning to evening. Four to ten feelings, all named by you. Six come pre-filled: Happy, Sad, Angry, then Calm, Excited, Tired.
Add the child's name and print.
Naming a feeling is most of the skill
A child who can say "I am frustrated" is doing something different from one who can only act frustrated, and the gap between those two is where a great deal of difficult behaviour lives.
Emotional vocabulary is learned rather than innate, and it is learned by having words offered at the moment the feeling is happening. A printed chart does that: the words are on the page, so the child chooses from a list instead of searching for a word they may not have.
Which is also why the feelings on the chart should be words you actually use at home. Replace any that do not sound like your family.
Daily or weekly changes what it shows
The daily layout, with slots through the day, shows when. A child who is fine at breakfast and angry every afternoon has a pattern with a cause — tiredness, hunger, a particular lesson — and the cause is findable because the chart says which part of the day it is.
The weekly layout shows which days. A run of hard Mondays is worth investigating in a way that one hard Monday is not.
Start weekly, and switch to daily if a difficult day needs unpicking.
Do not use it as a behaviour chart
The important distinction, and it is easy to blur. A feelings chart records what a child felt; it must not reward some feelings and penalise others.
The moment "angry" becomes a bad mark on a chart, a child stops recording anger and starts recording what will be approved of, and the chart is now measuring compliance. Every feeling on it should be equally allowed to be circled, including on a day when the behaviour that came with it was not allowed.
Feelings and behaviour are separate conversations. The behaviour chart is the other one.
What to do with a completed week
Look at it together, without a verdict attached. "Lots of tired this week" is an observation a child can respond to; "you have been very angry" is an accusation, and they will hear it as one.
Ask what was happening on the strongest days. That question is the whole value of the sheet, and it is a much easier question to ask with a page of marks in front of you than out of nowhere.
Settings: title, child's name, mode, feeling count (4 to 10) and your feelings list. A4 or US Letter at 100%.
FAQs
Quick answers
What is the difference between the daily and weekly chart?
The weekly chart has seven columns (Monday to Sunday) for tracking feelings across a week. The daily chart has four time-slot columns (Morning, Midday, Afternoon, Evening) so a child can check in several times in a single day.
How many feelings should I list?
Pick 4 to 10. For younger children, a short list of basic feelings like happy, sad, angry and calm works best; older children can manage a longer, more nuanced list.
Does the chart have cartoon faces?
No. It is a clean grid with soft circles and your own feeling words, so it suits any age and any classroom style. Children colour, tick or sticker the circle that matches their mood.
Can I make one per child?
Yes. Change the name and feelings list and generate a separate PDF for each child. The design stays consistent across siblings or classmates.
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