The goal is to make these emotion wheels a reliable resource for the kids so that they will turn to the emotion wheel when they are confused about their feelings. Create a routine! Incorporate the emotion wheel into daily or weekly routines so that your child feels confident using the emotion wheel.Start the process early! Getting kids used to the process of understanding their emotions early will help them feel comfortable using the emotion wheels and excited to take care of their mental health.Especially in a very confusing situation (for example, you don't know whether you are mad or sad) you can try to look at the specific emotions around the outer layers and work your way in to uncover your basic emotions. Sometimes it can also be useful to use the emotion wheel in reverse.First start by figuring out your basic emotion and then work your way out until you understand your more specific emotion. The typical way of using this emotion wheel is to go from the inner circle outwards.The first two layers are the same and the third layer further breaks down the emotions into more specific feelings. The final emotion wheel has three layers of emotions.There are two layers: the inner layer has the six primary emotions and the second layer breaks down those basic feelings into more specific emotions. Once kids become familiar with the idea of the emotion wheel they may want to progress to the second option.All three emotion wheels contain the six primary emotions (happy, sad, anger, disgust, surprise, and fear). This is a beginner emotion wheel to get children used to the idea of trying to understand there feelings. The basic emotion wheel is picture based so that young kids can use it is a more visual tool to try and better understand there emotions.

Below I've outlined how the emotion wheels work and some tips for helping children (or yourself) use this amazing resource! The Emotion Wheels I think it is important to introduce these emotion wheels to children when they are young so that they can develop a great understanding of their feelings and have amazing coping skills as they grow up.

There are three options for the emotion wheels, that suit different age levels. And having a tool to help us understand our emotions is very important. It is really cool, but also helps explain why it can sometimes be so difficult to know what we are feeling. The one thing I wish, is that I had discovered this resource when I was younger so it was only natural that I create a few emotion wheels for BrainFrame.įun psychology fact: our bodies respond very similar for every different emotion (whether we are angry or happy or any other emotion, our body will feel the same). I have used emotion wheels for about three years because they help me better understand my emotions.

This is one of my favourite mental health resources.

Emotion wheel printable