Sorting Emotions

The Sorting Emotions set is a thoughtful educational resource designed to help children recognise, understand, and express a wide range of emotions. Featuring durable wooden tiles illustrated with diverse, child-friendly faces, this set encourages conversations about feelings, empathy, and social awareness. Each piece showcases different expressions, providing opportunities for children to sort, match, and categorise emotions in fun and interactive ways. Made with a natural wooden finish, Sorting Emotions supports social-emotional learning while also offering a tactile, hands-on experience. Ideal for group discussions, role play, or individual reflection, this engaging resource builds children's confidence in identifying emotions, improves communication skills, and fosters inclusion and understanding in early learning environments.

Educational Benefits

• Supports social-emotional learning by teaching recognition and expression of feelings.
• Encourages empathy, communication, and collaborative play.
• Enhances vocabulary and language development through discussion of emotions.
• Builds critical thinking skills by categorising and matching facial expressions.

Classroom Ideas

• Use the tiles in circle time to start conversations about how children are feeling.
• Incorporate into role play scenarios to act out and identify different emotions.
• Set up a matching game where children pair expressions with emotion words.
• Create small-group activities where children sort emotions into categories such as happy, sad, surprised, or angry.

Safety & Information

• Suitable for ages: 2+ years.
• Includes a set of durable wooden tiles featuring illustrated facial expressions.
• Made from responsibly sourced wood with child-safe, non-toxic finishes.
• Easy to handle, safe for small hands, and designed for long-lasting classroom use.