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Two tools. Every age. Every feeling.

Ages 5–8 · 9–12 · Teens

Children's
Feelings Wheel

Age-adapted interactive emotion exploration with guided coping activities, a personal calm-and-confident toolbox, breathing exercises, emotion journaling, achievement tracking, and competition-day mindset tools for young athletes.

Adults

Adult
Feelings Wheel

A deeper exploration of the emotional landscape — nuanced emotional vocabulary and layered insight to help you understand what's really going on beneath the surface. Identify complex feelings with precision.

What Is a Feelings Wheel?

A feelings wheel is a simple tool that helps people move from broad emotions like sad, mad, stressed, or fine into more specific feeling words. The more clearly we can name what we feel, the easier it becomes to understand what is happening and choose what might help next.

How to Use This Interactive Feelings Wheel

Choose the wheel that fits you best. The children's wheel is designed by age, with developmentally appropriate feeling words and guided coping tools. The adult wheel offers deeper emotional vocabulary and layered insight for more complex emotional experiences. Click through the wheel, notice what fits, and follow the prompts or tools that help you understand what is happening beneath the surface.

Children's Feelings Wheel by Age

The children's interactive feelings wheel is designed for three age groups so the language and support match the child using it. Younger children can start with simple feeling words. Older kids and teens can move into more specific emotional language and age-appropriate tools.

Feelings Wheel for Ages 5–8

This version uses simple, familiar feeling words and guided activities that help young children name emotions, calm their bodies, and build emotional awareness in a way they can understand.

Feelings Wheel for Ages 9–12

This version expands emotional vocabulary and gives big kids more ways to identify what they are feeling, reflect on it, and use coping tools that fit real life.

Feelings Wheel for Teens

The teen wheel uses more nuanced emotional language and gives teens a way to explore emotions with greater depth, precision, and independence.

Adult Feelings Wheel

The adult interactive feelings wheel helps adults move beyond simple labels like fine, upset, or overwhelmed and into more precise emotional language. It is designed to support emotional insight, self-reflection, and a deeper understanding of what may be happening underneath the surface.

Why Feelings Wheels Help With Emotional Regulation

Feelings wheels support emotional regulation by helping people label what they feel more clearly. Research on emotional labeling is often summed up as "name it to tame it," because naming emotions can reduce reactivity and strengthen emotional regulation skills in both children and adults.

Free Coping Tools Included With the Children's Wheel

The children's wheel includes more than feeling words. It also offers guided coping activities, breathing tools, physical release practices, grounding strategies, journaling, achievement tracking, and a calm-and-confident toolbox to support emotional growth in everyday life.

About Kimber Hardick

Kimber Hardick is the creator of these interactive feelings wheels and the author of An Invitation to Shine: From Invisible to Invincible. Her work focuses on emotional intelligence, coping skills for children and families, and helping people learn to feel and process all of their emotions. Learn more at KimberHardick.com.

"Joy is the mother of all emotions — and she won't come sit at your table until all of her emotions are welcome."

— Kimber Hardick

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a feelings wheel?

A feelings wheel is a tool that helps people identify, name, and understand their emotions by moving from broad feelings to more specific ones.

How does an interactive feelings wheel work?

An interactive feelings wheel lets you click through emotions and explore more precise feeling words, reflection prompts, and support tools. This site includes one wheel for children and teens and one for adults.

Is this feelings wheel free?

Yes. This is a free interactive feelings wheel for kids and adults.

What ages is the children's feelings wheel for?

The children's wheel is designed for ages 5–8, ages 9–12, and teens. Each group gets feeling words and coping activities that fit that stage of development.

What is the difference between the children's wheel and the adult wheel?

The children's wheel is age-adapted and includes guided coping activities, breathing tools, journaling, and emotional support tools. The adult wheel focuses on deeper emotional vocabulary and more layered emotional insight.

How can a feelings wheel help with emotional regulation?

Feelings wheels help people regulate emotions by making it easier to name what they feel. Clearer language can reduce overwhelm and help people choose what support they need next.

Can kids use a feelings wheel at home or in school?

Yes. A children's feelings wheel can be used at home, in classrooms, in SEL settings, and in activities like sports where kids need help naming and working with emotions.

Does the children's wheel include coping tools?

Yes. It includes breathing exercises, grounding tools, physical release activities, journaling, and a calm-and-confident toolbox.

Is this a therapy or diagnostic tool?

No. These feelings wheels are personal wellness tools for emotional awareness and self-reflection only. They are not diagnostic tools and are not intended to replace therapy, counseling, or medical advice.

Who created this interactive feelings wheel?

This interactive feelings wheel was created by Kimber Hardick, author of An Invitation to Shine: From Invisible to Invincible.

Disclaimer Kimber Hardick is not a licensed therapist, counselor, or mental health professional. These feelings wheels are personal wellness tools designed for emotional awareness and self-reflection only. They are not intended to replace professional therapy, counseling, or medical advice. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, please reach out to a qualified professional.