Emotional Literacy Cards For Group Reflection - EMOJI Cards
Emotional Literacy Cards For Group Reflection - EMOJI Cards is a mood check exercise for relationship mapping: it helps participants build useful connections and understand how people, roles, or ideas relate.
How to run it
- Lay all Emoji Cards randomly on a table or the ground.
- Gather your group around the cards, allowing them a few moments to become familiar with them.
- In pairs, ask each person to pick one or two cards that reflect a feeling they experienced during the activity.
- Encourage people to share why they picked the card and why it was so significant to them.
- If time permits, re-gather your group and invite volunteers to share anything that they learned that they believed was significant.
- Emoji Cards Emotional literacy cards to facilitate reflection & deeper sharing.
- Emoji Cards offer participants a safe entry point to articulate emotions that might otherwise remain unspoken.
- Using familiar emoji images creates an accessible framework for personal reflection, encouraging authentic conversations that deepen group understanding and connection.
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Prompts to use +
In pairs, ask each person to pick one or two cards that reflect a feeling they experienced during the activity.
Encourage people to share why they picked the card and why it was so significant to them.
If time permits, re-gather your group and invite volunteers to share anything that they learned that they believed was significant.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Emotional Literacy Cards For Group Reflection - EMOJI Cards. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: In pairs, ask each person to pick one or two cards that reflect a feeling they experienced during the activity.; Encourage people to share why they picked the card and why it was so significant to them.; If time permits, re-gather your group and invite volunteers to share anything that they learned that they believed was significant.; . Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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