PICTURE 01PREVIEW
Open the website to matchSTAGE 01 · MOVE AND MATCH
Read the expression. Choose a word.
Tap a word, then tap a picture. Or drag a word onto a picture.
01 · Choose Tap a word or pick a picture first.
02 · Move Drag onto a face or tap to place. Tap a matched picture to pick the word back up.
03 · Compare Discuss the illustrator’s answer. Another interpretation may be reasonable.
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Important: These illustrated faces were designed to suggest an emotion. People can experience more than one feeling and express emotions differently. Real feelings cannot be confirmed from facial expressions alone.
Preview mode: the cards are shown below.This in-app file preview may block the game controls. To actually move or match cards, open the live web version in Safari:Open the interactive board ↗
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Open the website to matchThere are no recorded scores, accounts or uploaded answers. This activity runs on this device.
Group-facilitator toolkit
Ask learners to explain their clues before revealing the intended matches. Invite alternative interpretations and allow a pass without explanation. Project your screen or let pairs use the same device; separate learners’ devices are not live-synchronised.
STAGE 02 · DISCUSS DIFFERENCES
“What if I read that emotion wrong?”
When a learner’s match differs, it is a chance to practise curiosity, not a reason to embarrass them. Ask what clues they noticed and whether the picture might represent more than one feeling.
Try this teaching script
“You chose scared, and the illustrator intended worried. What made you think scared? Could that person be feeling both? How could you find out what a real person feels without making assumptions?”
A mistaken guess can affect relationships
Someone may assume that quietness means rejection, concentration means anger or distress means disrespect. Acting as if a guess is a fact can cause accusations, arguments, exclusion or damaged trust.
A guess never excuses abuse
Misunderstanding is not the same as coercive control. Monitoring a phone, restricting someone’s freedom, intimidation or threats are choices for which the person using those behaviours is responsible. When there is fear or control, safety-led specialist help comes first.
STAGE 03 · MAKE A SAFER CHOICE
What happens next?
Try two age-appropriate fictional scenarios. No one is asked to disclose a personal experience.
Situation 1 of 2
Situation 1
No answer here is used to judge someone’s safety. In a real situation involving abuse, follow your safeguarding procedures or contact a specialist service.
STAGE 04 · TEACH ANYWHERE
Online, in person or hybrid.
This is one workshop with matching activities on screen, the original illustrated cards for tables, and a facilitator answer page. Print the learner cards separately and keep the teacher page private.
✂ Illustrated flash-card sheetsPictures, word cards and intended answers · 3 A4 pages ↗📘 Teacher debrief & alternate cardsDiscussion guidance and accessible backup print set ↗↗ Return to the academyWorkshop information and educator preview ↗
In-person delivery: 6-minute match + 4-minute discussion
- Print and cut the picture cards and words; give them to small groups.
- Let learners move the cards physically on a desk or use this digital board on the classroom screen.
- Ask groups what clues they used. The teacher can compare with the intended answer key.
- If matches differ, ask for alternative interpretations; do not mark a learner’s ability to read people as “wrong”.
- Use the fictional scenarios to discuss consequences and respectful, safe responses.
Safeguarding: Use fictional characters, allow learners to opt out, never insist on private disclosures and have a named safeguarding contact. If someone reports fear, intimidation or abuse, do not treat it simply as an emotional misunderstanding.