Basic Emotion Word to Picture Match
by ABAmadeSimple © 2026
Price: $0.3 USD
Subjects: sel,speech,specialed,specialAba,emotionalAndBehavioralSkills,specialExecutiveFunctions,Special Autism
Grades: 0
Description
Build emotion recognition and early reading skills with this engaging matching activity! Learners will look at real-life photographs showing different emotions and select the correct emotion word from a field of two choices. This resource includes four basic emotions: • Happy • Sad • Mad • Tired Each emotion is represented by 3 different exemplars, providing a total of 12 unique photographs. To promote discrimination and mastery, each image is presented with 2 different word arrays, creating 24 total cards for additional practice and learning opportunities. Perfect for: • ABA therapy • Speech therapy • Special education • Early learners • Social-emotional learning instruction Skills Targeted: • Emotion identification • Matching emotions to written words • Visual discrimination • Early reading and word recognition • Generalization across multiple exemplars Features: ✓ Real-life photographs ✓ 24 interactive cards ✓ 3 exemplars of each emotion ✓ Field of 4 word choices; 2 different array presentations ✓ Repeated practice with varied word arrays ✓ Supports emotion recognition and literacy development Learners will gain confidence identifying and labeling common emotions while strengthening their ability to connect pictures to written words.