Emotion Cards are one of the most effective visual tools to help children recognize and deal with big feelings and emotions. Here's how you can use them with kiddos:
✨ Recognize and label emotions: Give names to those big feelings.
🌟 Understand feelings: Explore how emotions affect them.
💡 Take positive actions: Learn effective ways to respond to emotions.
Step 1: Choose your Focus 🎯
Identify the goal or emotions you’d like to explore.
Search for specific emotions: Enter a set of emotions in the search bar to tailor your cards.
Use search samples: Select from our recommendations for a quick and easy start or from one of our ready-made templates.
Step 2: Cast Your Hero 👦
Make their emotion cards more relatable by adding your kiddo (or kiddos!) as the star of the deck:
Enter details: Add their characteristics like age or hair color to create a character.
Upload a photo: Transform your child’s picture into their Nookly character.
Let Nookly choose: Want a quick start? We’ll generate a character at random.
💡 Reuse saved profiles anytime to keep your child’s familiar hero in every activity.
Step 3: Customize your Cards 🎨
1️⃣ Pick a Card Style: You have three options to customize your cards and bring them to life
👉 Option 1: Emotion-Only Cards: Great for recognizing and labelling emotions.
👉 Option 2: Emotions and Positive Actions Cards: Ideal for teaching positive actions and managing reactions.
👉 Option 3: Social and Emotional Cards: Perfect for fostering Social-Emotional Learning skills.
2️⃣ Customize Further:
Set reading level: Match the text to your child’s reading ability for clear understanding.
Select the # of cards: Decide how many emotions or actions you’d like to feature.
Include extra details: Add context and relevant information to make the cards relatable to your child.
⚡ Our SEL cards are designed using the CASEL Framework, incorporating evidence-based strategies to effectively build essential social and emotional learning skills.
Step 4: Edit Draft Language ✏️
🎨 Time to make any tweaks to your text or add your personal touches! You have two ways to edit text on your emotion cards:
Direct Text Editing
Click directly on the text you want to change.
Type your new word, phrase, or sentence.
Changes will save automatically.
Example:
❌ “feeling happy” → ✅ “Feeling Happy and Relaxed!”
2. Chat with Nookly
Sometimes you want bigger changes, and that’s where the chat comes in. You can:
Ask for a complete rewrite of your cards.
Request simpler or more complex versions.
Suggest specific text you’d like swapped in.
Let Nookly generate another version for you.
Example prompts to try:
“Rewrite the emotions so that they're all about happy feelings.”
“Switch the order of the 1st and 6th cards.”
👉 Want more tips on how to edit your creation's text? Check out this guide!
⚡ Pro Tip: You’ll still be able to edit text after images generate, so don’t worry if you change your mind later.
Step 5: Bring your cards to life! 🎉
Your emotion cards will start generating (this usually takes ~5 minutes). As they appear, you can:
Edit text (add, remove, or tweak).
Stylize text (bold, resize, reposition).
Edit images with full controls.
Click the ✏️ pencil icon on any image to regenerate with tweaks. Use chat for detailed requests (the clearer your prompt, the better the results!).
✨ Your Image Editing Settings:
Zoom In/Out 🔍 – frame the character exactly how you envision.
Stability 🔧 – choose subtle or bold changes you'd like to see.
Expressiveness 🎭 – adjust how animated the hero looks.
💡 Tip: When you're editing using the chat, the way you phrase your request matters. Clear, specific prompts lead to the best results. [Check out this guide for examples of effective vs. less effective prompts.]
Once new images generate, pick your favorite—or keep tweaking until it matches your vision. You can edit one card at a time, and always return later for more changes.
✅ Don’t forget to hit Save Updates when you’re happy with an edit.
🎉 When your deck feels ready, click Save Edits & View.
Share your Emotion Cards
❤️ Love your Emotion Cards? Share them with the world!
✨ Click the Share button at the top-right corner to get a shareable link.
✨ Share your masterpiece with friends, family, or peers!