Basic Emotions Tacting; multiple examples
by ABAmadeSimple © 2026
Price: $0.3 USD
Subjects: sel,socialAwareness,specialAba,communicationSkills,speech,emotionalAndBehavioralSkills
Grades: 0
Description
Help learners build emotional awareness and vocabulary with this engaging Basic Emotions activity! Students will practice tacting (labeling) four common emotions: happy, mad, sad, and tired using real-life photographs. This resource includes 3 different exemplars of each emotion for a total of 12 images, helping learners generalize emotion recognition across different people and situations. Students are presented with a photograph and asked to identify the emotion being displayed. This activity is perfect for: • Early language learners • ABA therapy sessions • Speech therapy • Special education classrooms • Social-emotional learning instruction Skills Targeted: • Emotion identification • Tacting/labeling emotions • Receptive and expressive language development • Generalization across multiple exemplars Features: ✓ Real-life photos ✓ 3 exemplars per emotion ✓ Simple, clear presentation ✓ Great for independent work or therapist-led instruction Emotions Included: • Happy • Mad • Sad • Tired