This workbook can be made up to suit the child. Work on families can be very useful as it helps children to understand their identity and helping them to see the support network around them.
I have added sheets for different family members such as:
mum
dad
stepmum
stepdad
grandma
grandad
auntie
uncle
pet
sister
brother
stepsister
stepbrother
There are 23 sheets altogether in the pack.
If you require any more family members then please comment below and I can add them to the pack.
This resource consists of:
104 cards
1 game board
5 worksheets
Children will learn that it is ok to say what they like or what they dislike. They will also understand that everyone has different likes and dislikes. Teach diversity.
Children can have lots of fun whilst learning about emotions with this fun activity.
There are base boards for - pumpkin, witch, dracula, frankenstein and a ghost.
There are emotion faces for 15 emotions and 15 emotion vocabulary cards.
The word affirm means to ‘state something that is true’. Affirmation cards have simple but positive messages that help to develop a child’s sense of self. When used regularly it is hoped that the children will absorb the positive message and become more positive in their outlook in life. They will really begin to believe the statement that they are working on. The message needs to be realistic and very simple. Having unrealistic affirmations may make a child feel worse about themselves and your aim with these is to increase their self-esteem.
All these cards begin with the words ‘I am’ and are very simple but achievable statements for all children.
Included in the pack:
25 Affirmation cards – 4 to an A4 page
25 Affirmation cards – 2 to an A4 page
25 Affirmation cards – 1 to an A4 page
Blank Affirmation cards – 4 to an A4 page
Tips booklet
Each child is given a Bingo base board and a set of counters. Cut up the word cards and read out the ‘I can’ statement. The child looks for that statement on their board and covers it with a counter. Continue until someone has a straight line horizontally, vertically or diagonally.
There is also a board for children to choose 3 ideas that they will try to help them relax and be more mindful. There is a set of image cards, image cards plus I can statement to print off and the child can stick them to their base board to take away at the end of the session.
Other ideas to use this game:
Matching pairs game with pictures
Matching pairs game with pictures and ‘I can’ statement
Print out the cards and put on a keyring as a reminder
As a stimulus for discussion
Set 2 is available from my Shop
This ‘Feelings First game’ will help children to learn lots about emotions and will be great fun too. Children will be making facial expressions, acting out body language and using their thinking skills. There is also an element of maths in the game because they need to be able to work out who has the highest number. Also lots of calculating to do at the end. Might be a good idea to have a calculator handy.
There are 24 advent mindfulness colouring sheets for the run up to Christmas, each one highlights a ‘Christmas quote’. These will be fab for colouring in when chatting in ELSA Sessions. Most of them have an important message and work can be done on that message so the child can get a deeper understanding.
Reveal an emotion is a great warm up activity or just a fun introduction to discussion on emotions. It is a PowerPoint game so you do need to have PowerPoint installed on your computer. It is also editable in PowerPoint. This resource will work on IPAD with the PowerPoint app installed, however you will not be able to edit it on IPAD. The animations will not work in Google slides.
Pupils choose a ‘favourites’ question and answer it. Once answered they can click the square to reveal part of the picture. The aim of the game is to label the emotion that is hidden. There is a face, body and word attached to 8 different emotions.
Emotions covered are:
happy
sad
angry
scared
worried
confused
surprised
disgusted
There are 12 ‘favourites’ questions for each emotion which are all fully editable so you can use completely different questions should you wish. That makes a total of 96 questions provided to start you off!
Using as a PRINTABLE GAME
Should you want to print this and use it as a printable game.
Insert a blank slide into your PowerPoint.
Select all the squares from your chosen slide and click CUT.
Paste them into the blank slide.
Save as a PDF and print as normal onto A4 paper or card.
Cut up the squares and place over the image. The child would choose a card, answer it and remove it from the image.
Included in the Thankful Tree pack is *Giant tree with sky background *72 leaves with vocabulary *Banner *Black and white leaves for writing *Leaves in a variety of shapes and colours for display.
The tree is in PDF format and if you use Adobe to open it, then you can choose any size you like and piece together the pieces. I have included one in the Thankful Tree pack that is ready to print on A4 pieces.
This will promote a positive attitude and help increase happiness. Gratefulness or thankfulness is a fabulous habit to get into and helps to change that mindset.
Each child is given a Bingo base board and a set of counters. Cut up the word cards and read out the ‘I can’ statement. The child looks for that statement on their board and covers it with a counter. Continue until someone has a straight line horizontally, vertically or diagonally.
There is also a board for children to choose 3 ideas that they will try to help them relax and be more mindful. There is a set of image cards, image cards plus I can statement to print off and the child can stick them to their base board to take away at the end of the session.
Other ideas to use this game:
Matching pairs game with pictures
Matching pairs game with pictures and ‘I can’ statement
Print out the cards and put on a keyring as a reminder
As a stimulus for discussion
Set 1 is available from my shop
The word affirm means to ‘state something that is true’. Affirmation cards have simple but positive messages that help to develop a child’s sense of self. When used regularly it is hoped that the children will absorb the positive message and become more positive in their outlook in life. They will really begin to believe the statement that they are working on. The message needs to be realistic and very simple. Having unrealistic affirmations may make a child feel worse about themselves and your aim with these is to increase their self-esteem.
All these cards begin with the words ‘I am’ and are very simple but achievable statements for all children.
Included in the pack:
25 Affirmation cards – 4 to an A4 page
25 Affirmation cards – 2 to an A4 page
25 Affirmation cards – 1 to an A4 page
Blank Affirmation cards – 4 to an A4 page
Tips booklet
The word affirm means to ‘state something that is true’. Affirmation cards have simple but positive messages that help to develop a child’s sense of self. When used regularly it is hoped that the children will absorb the positive message and become more positive in their outlook in life. They will really begin to believe the statement that they are working on. The message needs to be realistic and very simple. Having unrealistic affirmations may make a child feel worse about themselves and your aim with these is to increase their self-esteem.
All these cards begin with the words ‘I am’ and are very simple but achievable statements for all children.
Included in the pack:
25 Affirmation cards – 4 to an A4 page
25 Affirmation cards – 2 to an A4 page
25 Affirmation cards – 1 to an A4 page
Blank Affirmation cards – 4 to an A4 page
Tips booklet
These Flipbooks are brilliant for working with children. Each flipbook concentrates on different areas.
Included in the pack
18 emotion books which use our senses to describe each emotion
An ‘About me’ book
3 books dealing with negative feelings such as anger, anxiety and sadness
A book dealing with ‘Restorative Practice’
A book on increasing happiness
24 flipbooks all together.
Included in the pack:
90 full page questions A4 size
The 90 questions A5 size
The 90 questions A6 size
PowerPoint show of the 90 questions
15 Cubes with the 90 questions
This Good Mental Health workbook pack will help to promote good mental health
Included in the pack:
24 page workbooklet
1 certificate in
15 cards in
All in PDF format
This is a set of 56 anxiety cards with lots of helpful tips on how to manage anxiety. These can be used with children from KS2 upwards.
There are 8 cards to an A4 sheet of paper.
Use them as a focus for your sessions or just to read through and discuss with your pupils.
Growth mindset posters- This is a set of posters to inspire children to try hard and understand that it is ok to make mistakes. Mistakes help us learn.
These print beautifully on A3 paper so are great to display.
Use each quote as a lesson plan and display one each week in the classroom.
There are 19 different quotes altogether.
These are useful in so many ways:
Use them during circle-time to open up discussion.
Display one each week in your classroom and discuss. Refer to the poster often to reinforce how important it is to try your best.
Create lesson plans around one of the posters.
Here are some emotion faces based on Christmas characters.
This resource can be used in many different ways. Laminate the ‘face sheet’ and then laminate all the expression and vocabulary cards. Cut out the expression and vocabulary cards. Use a blob of bluetac to stick items onto the face. Add a whiteboard pen, a mirror and some playdough to extend the use of this resource.
All images have been drawn by myself.
This is a Christmas compliments cup activity.
Pupils can send a cup to someone special to give them a compliment. You could also use the cup without the poem for pupils to write their own little poem or message. Just delete the text if want to do that. You could also use it to put on the front of a Christmas card. They could also collect compliments using a plain heart. You could make a different message. This would work well for a group circle time activity.
All the text is editable in PowerPoint. Great for our Welsh ELSAs to translate if they want to.
To edit just click on the text and type. This font has been embedded in the file.
Once you have edited the resource, save it and then save it again as a PDF file. You can now print your cups.
There are 7 different Christmas mindful backgrounds and 1 cup that is blank so pupils could decorate themselves. This one could mean that you could use this at any time of the year, not just Christmas. Pupils will enjoy the mindfulness of colouring their cups.
You will receive a PDF file if you just want to use it as it is and a PowerPoint file if you want to change the text.
The poem is my poem and copyright to me so please do not alter or change this in anyway. You can obviously write your own poem or message if you want to edit it.
Benefits of this activity:
Mindfulness and being absorbed in the present moment
Thinking of others
Giving to others
Thinking of nice things to say to others
This is a growth mindset sorting activity and is suitable for all pupils.
Which statements are indicative of a growth mindset and which ones are a fixed mindset. Help your pupils learn with this colourful and engaging activity.
Included in the pack:
Growth Mindset pocket
Fixed Mindset pocket
Sorting sheet
64 statements – 32 for fixed mindset and 32 for growth mindset
A set of blank cards so pupils can write their own
Character sheets for sorting without the pockets if you are wanting to do a quick activity
All the above in black and white
The pockets without clipart for older pupils