Mental Wellness is something that has a profound effect on our lives as humans no matter if we have been diagnosed with mental illness or not. This is a subject that is very impactful for me because of how mental illness has affected my own life. Through years of treatment in individual and group therapy, I’ve learned concepts such as emotion regulation, coping skills, self-acceptance, and many more. Becoming exposed to these concepts as an adult it is easy to wonder “Why didn’t they teach us this when we were in school?” This proposal explores this question by beginning to provide children with building blocks to identify and understand emotion. One of the very first questions patients are asked when attending therapy is “How are you feeling today?” This is not only to establish background for the session but to help patients identify their emotions. While seemingly simple, this is a practice that is not always easy to master. This project creates interaction from children by referencing games & activities such as plinko, strength tester, and Newton’s cradle. In this proposal scaffolding is achieved through creating physical emojis that children can interact with and begin to relate emotions to in this digital age. Content is layered starting with the six core emotions of Joy, Love, Surprise, Fear, Anger, and Sadness along with their emoji counterparts. Specifically, in “Plinko” this increases complexity by including more specific branch emotions in the outcomes at the bottom. In “Strength Tester” children interact though physical activity and competition, seeing how high they can achieve on the meter. This piece displays intensity of emotion and action/reaction on a scale of 1-10. Finally, in “Newton’s Cradle” a 1:1 cradle is constructed with physical emoji’s conveying the idea that emotion is constantly changing and moving.