How Do You Feel? WH Questions About Emotions (Printable PDF)

Introduction

Learning to identify and express emotions is a key part of a child’s social and emotional development. But many children—especially those with speech delays, autism, or language processing challenges—struggle to name their feelings or talk about how they feel in different situations.

“How Do You Feel?” WH Questions About Emotions is a 15-page printable PDF designed to help children answer feeling-based “how” questions using real-life images and age-appropriate, full-sentence answers. The resource includes 90 questions across a wide range of situations such as social interactions, daily routines, new experiences, nature, and helping others. It provides essential support for building emotional vocabulary, self-awareness, and verbal expression.

This is a powerful tool for speech therapy, SEL instruction, special education, and general early childhood learning—giving children the words and confidence to talk about their inner world.

Product Details

• Resource Type: Printable PDF
  
• Total Pages: 15
  
• Questions Per Page: 6
  
• Total Questions: 90
  
• Focus Areas:
  • Positive emotions (e.g., happy, excited, proud)
    
  • Negative emotions (e.g., sad, angry, nervous)
    
  • Social feelings (e.g., shy, curious, thankful)
    
  • Everyday life situations (e.g., trying something new, meeting someone, getting help)
    
• Question Format Example:
  • “How do you feel when someone gives you a gift?”
  • “I feel happy and grateful.”
• Visuals: Real photographs representing each scenario
  
• Answer Style: Full-sentence responses modeling appropriate emotional expression
  
• Design: Clean, child-friendly layout for printing or digital use
• Compatibility: US Letter / A4

Educational Benefits

✅ Enhances Emotional Awareness

Children learn to identify and label a wide range of feelings—an essential step toward emotional regulation and self-understanding.

✅ Supports WH-Question Comprehension

This resource focuses on the often challenging “How do you feel?” question format, helping children improve their comprehension and expression.

✅ Encourages Full-Sentence Expression

Each prompt includes a modeled answer using a full sentence, promoting correct sentence structure, verb usage, and emotional vocabulary.

✅ Builds Social-Emotional Skills

By exploring feelings in daily life, social settings, and unexpected situations, the resource helps children practice empathy, perspective-taking, and self-reflection.

✅ Supports Diverse Learning Needs

Ideal for:

• Children with autism spectrum disorder
• Speech and language delays
• Emotional regulation challenges
• English language learners
• Use in SEL groups, speech therapy, homeschool, and inclusive classrooms
  

Instructions for Use

1️⃣ Print or Use on a Device

• Download and print the full set or specific pages based on themes (e.g., positive emotions, social situations).
  
• Use on-screen via tablet, laptop, or in teletherapy sessions.
  

2️⃣ Introduce the Concept

• Show the image and read the question aloud:
  “How do you feel when you win a game?”
• Discuss the picture and possible answers.
  
• Read or model the full-sentence response:
  “I feel proud and excited.”

3️⃣ Encourage Verbal Participation

• Ask the child to repeat the answer.
  
• For older or more verbal children, ask them to give a different answer or talk about why they feel that way.
  
• For beginners or non-verbal children, use picture-supported choices or gestures.
  

4️⃣ Expand the Conversation

• Use the opportunity to ask follow-up questions like:
  • “Have you ever felt that way?”
  • “What else might make you feel excited?”
• This builds emotional generalization and encourages personal connections.
  

5️⃣ Create a Daily Feelings Routine

• Select 1–2 cards each morning or evening.
  
• Use them as a conversation starter about how the child is feeling or reflecting on the day.
• Great for journaling, calm-down corners, or family discussions.

Activities Using the Resource

These activities are designed to help children actively engage with the resource and internalize emotional vocabulary, sentence structure, and self-expression in meaningful ways.

1. Feelings Role-Play

Objective: Support emotional understanding through experiential learning
 How to Use:

• Read a question aloud, such as: “How do you feel when you meet someone new?”
• Ask the child to act out the emotion (e.g., smile shyly, wave excitedly).
  
• Encourage them to say the full response: “I feel excited and a little shy.”
• Discuss how different people may feel differently in the same situation.
  

2. Draw Your Feeling

Objective: Foster visual expression and internal reflection
 How to Use:

• After reading a question, ask the child to draw themselves in that situation.
  
• Example: “How do you feel when you win a game?” → Child draws themselves holding a trophy and smiling.
  
• Label the emotion together, or write a sentence below the picture.
  

3. Emotion Sorting Game

Objective: Develop emotional categorization and vocabulary expansion
 How to Use:

• Print several cards and mix them.
  
• Ask the child to sort them into categories:
  • Positive Feelings (e.g., excited, proud)
    
  • Uncomfortable Feelings (e.g., nervous, sad)
    
  • Mixed Feelings (e.g., shy + happy)
    
• Discuss how it's okay to feel more than one thing at a time.
  

4. My Feelings Story

Objective: Build narrative and expressive language skills
 How to Use:

• Choose 2–3 questions and ask the child to create a mini story:
  • “One day, someone gave me a gift. I felt happy and grateful...”
• Have them draw the story or tell it aloud.
  
• This helps with sequencing, empathy, and personal connection.
  

5. Feelings Journal Prompt

Objective: Integrate emotional awareness into daily routines
 How to Use:

• Use a different card each morning or evening as a journal question:
  • “How do you feel when it rains all day?”
• Let the child talk, write, or draw their answer.
• This activity promotes self-reflection and language development.

Conclusion

“How Do You Feel? WH Questions About Emotions” is more than just a printable—it’s a powerful bridge between language learning and emotional development. With 90 thoughtfully crafted questions, real-life photos, and clear modeled answers, children gain the tools to name, process, and communicate how they feel.

Perfect for speech therapy, SEL, autism support, ESL classrooms, and more, this resource helps children move from “I don’t know” to “I feel…”—with confidence.

Download now and help children explore the world of emotions—one question at a time.