Checklist for children to look at and think about which calming strategies work best for them when in a hightened emotional state. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

Worksheet in which children should look at pictures and decide whether it shows a good or bad behaviour choice and they should then circle a thumb up or thumb down accordingly. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

Cut and stick worksheet showing different things that people might do when feeling angry.  Children to sort the pictures into groups of things they should do when angry and things they should not. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

Worksheet in which children should think about ways in which they have previously dealt with anger and better ways that could deal with their anger in the future. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

A referral form for teachers to flag up children they have concerns about to the inclusion or senior leadership teams.

When children are non-verbal or have trouble communicating it can be frustrating and difficult for them. These visual aids for basic communication can help children to express their needs and can help to prevent problematic behavior that may arise as a result of communication barriers. This mat is designed to help children express what is wrong. Shown on the mat is: I need the toilet I feel sick I’m in pain I’m too hot I’m hungry I’m too cold I don’t understand I’m tired I’m thirsty Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

When children are non-verbal or have trouble communicating it can be frustrating and difficult for them. These visual aids for basic communication can help children to express their needs and can help to prevent problematic behavior that may arise as a result of communication barriers. This mat is designed to help children express how they are feeling. Emotions shown on the mat are: happy, sad, angry, confused, scared, poorly, excited, tired, worried and surprised. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

These behavior prompts can be used in class to easily instruct children without words. This can helpful during whole-class teaching when you do not want to interrupt the flow of teaching and can be particularly helpful for visual learners. Included are 6 cards: Good listening Good looking Good sitting Hand up to speak Well done! Time out

Cards showing people that may touch a child and types of touch e.g. tickle, hand shake, kiss etc. Cards can be used to instigate and encourage discussions with children about when and how it is and is not appropriate for people to touch them. They can also be useful in discussions with children who are touching others inappropriately. Set includes 10 cards with types of touch: high five Pat on the back hand shake Arm on shoulders Kiss hug Tickle Whisper in ear hold hands sit on lap Also 10 people cards: Parents Doctor Teacher Stranger Sibling Grandparents Friend Classmate Aunt or uncle Family friend Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt.

A form for teachers who have concerns about children in their class to refer them to nurture

A movement break is a short interval to allow children to move their bodies to help to reengage their brain and attention. A movement break is literally that – a break to get up and move. This can really mean anything – stretches, action songs, aerobics, yoga or games. Although this is particularly helpful for children with ADHD or autism it is effective for all children. Quick, frequent breaks not only enable students to stay focused on learning but can actually improve learning. These cards can be used at times when you assess a child is in need of a break from sitting still or just at regular intervals throughout the day. Simply pass a card to a child when they are becoming agitated, they can carry out the activity and then return to the lesson. 20 different activity cards showing words and images for the child to follow. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Illustrations.

If children learn to understand and recognise emotions both in themselves and others, learning to to identify and label them then this can ensure they will be better equipped to manage and regulate themselves when they experience strong emotions. If children are able to notice how they are feeling and then use strategies to calm themselves down then they are more likely to have successful friendships and to be able to manage set backs. These fans each contain a different emotion face and word. They can be used for activities and teaching about emotions or alternatively can be used to support non verbal children to express their emotions. There are 15 fan pieces with the following emotions included: happy, sad, scared, tired, worried, excited, angry, disappointed, silly, jealous, confused, poorly, disgusted, surprised and embarrassed. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator.

Sorting and matching shapes and objects helps to build visual perception and thinking skills. This activity requires children to group different objects based on whether they are big or small. This would be perfect for an independent workstation activity. This set comes with 2 base boards and 14 pictures to sort. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator.

6 sorting boards labelled with 6 different colours - red, ornage, yellow, green, blue and purple and then pictures in different colours to cut and stick to the correct boards.  Perfect for an independent workstation activity. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

Non-identical picture matching can help children learn about classifying objects and finding the relationship between them. Perfect for an independent workstation activity. I would advice laminating and using velcro to make this into an activity that can be used again and again. This set comes with 6 base boards each with 4-5 farm animal pictures. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator:

If children learn to understand and recognise emotions both in themselves and others, learning to to identify and label them then this can ensure they will be better equipped to manage and regulate themselves when they experience strong emotions. If children are able to notice how they are feeling and then use strategies to calm themselves down then they are more likely to have successful friendships and to be able to manage set backs. These printables show large blank faces with an emotion word for children to draw how they are feeling and then space to write the corresponding emotion underneath. These can be used as a one off worksheet that children can draw and color in or they can be laminated to be used again and again with dry wipe pens. Included is 12 sheets, 6 boys and 6 girls each with differing hair styles. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt.

Pictures for children to follow instructions to colour and add to.  Promotes listening and concentration skills. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

Reward chart for use by parents having difficulty getting their child into a regular bedtime routine. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

These behaviour prompts can be used in class to easily instruct children without words. This can helpful during whole-class teaching when you do not want to interrupt the flow of teaching and can be particularly helpful for visual learners. Included are 6 cards: Good listening Good looking Good sitting Hand up to speak Well done! Time out

A form to track progress towards reintegration halfway through time spent in a nurture group.