The Social Cue Crew Story 1: "What Does That Face Say?" | Reading Faces SEL Read-Aloud for PreK-1 | No-Prep | CASEL-Aligned | Classroom + Family Resource | Tiny Tools for Big Feelings "
What if your students could walk into a room and immediately tune into how the people around them are feeling without a single word being spoken?
That's the superpower Maya, Carlos, Zoe, Jaylen, and Priya are building in What Does That Face Say? The first story in The Social Cue Crew series by Tiny Tools for Big Feelings.
In this warm, funny, and relatable read-aloud story for PreK through Grade 1, Maya notices that something is wrong with Zoe before Zoe even says a word. The secret? She reads Zoe's face. Through this simple but powerful moment, the whole crew — and your whole class — discovers that faces are talking all the time. We just have to learn how to listen.
This Story Is Perfect For:
- School counselors teaching emotional literacy and empathy in early childhood
- PreK, Kindergarten, and 1st grade teachers building social awareness skills
- Morning meeting or SEL block read-alouds with zero prep time
- Parents who want to practice emotion recognition at home, in English or Spanish
What's Included:
- Engaging CASEL-aligned read-aloud story (PreK–Grade 1)
- 4 discussion questions to build emotional vocabulary
- No-prep classroom activity: Face Feelings Game, teacher makes a face, class guesses the feeling!
- The Social Cue Crew Chant with movement actions
- Bilingual Family Connection Letter (English + Spanish)
Class Lesson Echo: "Check the face, find the feeling!"
Story 1 is part of The Social Cue Crew, a 5-story SEL series from Tiny Tools for Big Feelings. Grab the full bundle and save, or collect each story one at a time. Either way, your students get the skills, the laughs, and the memories.
