Feelings Charades — Guess the Emotion
Parent and child take turns acting out emotions while the other guesses. The agent guides the game, observes the child's emotion vocabulary, ability to read facial expressions, and empathy understanding. This activity builds emotional literacy through playful, embodied learning.
Opens a guided voice session in TogetherTime.
What you'll need
Parent and child should face each other. No props needed. Ensure the child understands the concept of acting out (no talking during the acting part).
How it works
- 1~30s
Okay, let's warm up! Parent, can you act out feeling HAPPY for your child? Make it big and silly — use your whole face and body. your child, watch carefully and see if you can guess what feeling that is!
Watch for: Child correctly identifies the emotion being acted out
- 2~30s
Now it's your child's turn to be the actor! your child, I'm going to whisper a feeling to your parent, and then your parent will whisper it to you. You act it out and your parent will try to guess. Parent, the feeling is SAD. Please whisper it to your child and then let them act it out for you to guess.
Watch for: Child physically acts out sadness using facial expressions and body language
- 3~30s
You're both so good at this! Let's try some trickier feelings now. Parent, can you act out SURPRISED? Make it a big surprise — like you just saw a magician pull a rabbit out of a hat! your child, watch closely and tell me what you think your parent is feeling.
Watch for: Child identifies a more complex emotion (surprised) from physical cues
- 4~30s
Last round! your child, this time you get to act out a really special feeling — PROUD. That's the feeling you get when you do something really hard and you did it! Parent, please whisper 'proud' to your child. Then, your child, show us your best proud feeling with your face and body. Parent, tell me what you see your child doing and what feeling you think it is.
Watch for: Child acts out a more complex, self-conscious emotion (pride)