Picture cards for educators in daycare centers as well as teachers in elementary and special schools; areas: literacy, language development, German, German as a second language; ages 3-8. "Why is the child making that face? What happens next? How can we sort the pictures?" With these picture stories, children embark on exciting discovery journeys while simultaneously developing a whole range of important skills: oral language use, expressiveness, observational skills, logical thinking, attention, basic storytelling rules, and of course, imagination. This set includes seven stories of varying difficulty on the theme of emotions, each with three to six cards and a self-check on the back. The accompanying guide explains how flexibly you can use the cards as prompts for speaking or writing.