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title: "Love Smart Kid's Print-and-Play Cards & Complete Guidebook - Center for Nonviolent Communication"
description: "Katrina Vaillancourt’s Love Smart Cards Print-and-Play set helps kids build emotional awareness, empathy & character with 156 NVC cards and a kid-friendly guidebook."
url: "https://www.cnvc.org/store/love-smart-kids-print-and-play-cards-complete-guidebook"
date: "2026-09-18T07:21:38+00:00"
language: "en-US"
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#  Love Smart Kid's Print-and-Play Cards & Complete Guidebook

Katrina Vaillancourt

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**Love Smart Cards – Print-and-Play Set**
**Cultivate Emotional Intelligence, Connection, and Character Development in Kids**

Empower children with the lifelong skills of emotional awareness, compassionate communication, and character development—all through the playful and accessible *Love Smart Cards*!

This downloadable **Print-and-Play set** is designed especially for families, educators, counselors, and anyone who works with children. With definitions written for the reading level of a 10-year-old, each card gently introduces core vocabulary for emotional intelligence and relational well-being.

**What’s Included:**
You’ll receive **three digital files** to print at home or at your local print shop:

- **Avery Business Card Template** file – for easy perforated printing using standard business card sheets
- **Cardstock Print File** – includes trim/cut lines for simple DIY printing on card stock (we recommend using different pastel colors for each deck of cards.)
- **Love Smart Cards Quickstart Guide (PDF)** – single page pdf packed with clear instructions for beginning your practice with the cards

**Card Decks Included (156 cards total):**

- **54 Universal Needs Cards** – Essential human needs, like love, respect, belonging, creativity, and safety
- **33 Emotions Connected to Met Needs** – Positive emotional states such as happy, excited, peaceful, and confident
- **35 Emotions Connected to Unmet Needs** – Challenging emotions like frustrated, lonely, scared, or overwhelmed
- **34 Character Strength Cards** – Inner qualities like courage, kindness, honesty, and patience

Each card includes a simple, age-appropriate definition to support independent reading, classroom activities, or guided conversations.

Whether you're guiding children through big emotions, teaching social-emotional skills in a group setting, or enriching your own parenting practice, *Love Smart Cards* offer a flexible and powerful resource for nurturing the hearts and minds of the next generation.

![Love Smart Kid's Quickstart Guide](https://www.cnvc.org/images/LSC_Quickstart_Guide_Image.webp)

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