Emotion Maze: Linked Minds

The frame of this poster consists of 20 images that trigger the players' imagination. There is no specific explanation for each image. In the middle of the game board, you can find 16 emoticons (top to bottom, left to right): funny, excited, scared, irritated, nauseous, happy, thinking, loved, surprised, doubtful, sleepy, relaxed, sad, angry, desperate, and ashamed. The players can interpret the emoticons as they wish.

The following games can also be played with this educational poster:

• Emotion Maze: Emotion Explorer

This game is part of the toolkit ‘Facing trauma - A toolkit on trauma-informed support for children and youth’. This toolkit is a cooperation between StreetSmart, Minor-Ndako, Save the Children Romania & SolidarityNow, cofinanced by the European Union. It provides simple tools to explore important topics like trauma, stress, self-care and emotions in a way that’s easy to use with different target groups.

You can play the same game but start with emoticons instead of images. The facilitator points to an emoticon, and all the players have to pick an image that, according to them, is most suitable for that emoticon. With this advanced version, you can keep all 20 images to make it even harder. At the end, the pairs compare their matches, and the pair with the most matches wins.

Looking for more ways to use this panel? Discover the alternative game variation here:

• Emotion Maze: Emotion Explorer - StreetSmart Play 

• Link emotions to situations
• Understand that the same stimulus can create different feelings to different people