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. This is nets to make dice that can be used either for whole class introduction activities or in small groups. The dice show emotions faces and emotion words as well as scenarios. Included are 6 different dice nets. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt.

With phonic tests now containing alien words these name the alien worksheets are a great way to get children used to the idea in a fun way. 27 worksheets each containing a digraph or trigraph - ck, nk, ng, sh, th, ch, ay, ee, ow, oo, ar, or, ir, ou, oy, oa, ur, aw, er, ea, oi, ai, ew, igh, are, ear Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

With phonic tests now containing alien words these name the alien worksheets are a great way to get children used to the idea in a fun way. These ones are the simplest containing just basic phonemes to make 3 letter names. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt C

With phonic tests now containing alien words these name the alien worksheets are a great way to get children used to the idea of nonsense words in a fun way. 5 worksheets each containing a split digraph Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

Circle time questions to start conversations and get children talking. 56 different questions cards.

12 mindfulness colouring pages with positive quotes

List of 66 different circle time game ideas.

Social story about kissing explaining to children that kisses are not always appropriate and that some people do not like to be kissed. The point of a social story is to use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories can be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event but social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation. These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

Social story about hugging explaining to children that hugs are not always appropriate and that some people do not like to be hugged. The point of a social story is to use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories can be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event but social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation. These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

Social story about the importance of sharing. The point of a social story is to use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories can be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event but social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation. These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

CVC words are a key tool in teaching and learning phonics. CVC words help introduce children to reading by using phonics to learn the sounds of the individual letters, and then blending those sounds into one three-letter word. This particular activity shows a picture and a word and children have to match them together. This activity is particularly helpful for visual learners. This includes 60 different CVC words and 2 different sets - one in which the children begin with the word and find the corresponding picture and one where they begin with the picture. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator.

CVC words are a key tool in teaching and learning phonics. CVC words help introduce children to reading by using phonics to learn the sounds of the individual letters, and then blending those sounds into one three-letter word. This activity has a large picture and then 3 boxes underneath in which children can either write the word themselves or contract it using letters. This set includes 48 CVC word pictures with enough corresponding letter cards for each word. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator.

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:

Booklet to practice writing numbers and counting.

Photos of people expressing different emotions to instigate discussions.

CVC words are a key tool in teaching and learning phonics. CVC words help introduce children to reading by using phonics to learn the sounds of the individual letters, and then blending those sounds into one three-letter word. This particular activity uses a fun bingo game to practice reading CVC words. This pack includes two different versions of bingo boards with 3 different ways to play. There are boards with pictures on which children can either cover with the corresponding word or a colored square. Then there is the reverse of this with boards showing the word and cards with pictures or colors to cover. Each set contains 7 bingo boards. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator.

Word and picture flash cards to support learning of words containing different phonic sounds and high frequency words. Included are 56 CVC word flash cards. Clipart courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

Looking at objects and spotting the Odd One Out can encourage children to use logical reasoning and differentiation as well as encourage linguistic development and expand vocabulary. This pack contains 2 different types of worksheet Version 1 has 4 different worksheets and version 2 has 6 different worksheets. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator

Lesson package encouraging children to use kind hands and giving ideas of how to do this and things not to do and a variety of calming strategies to use when angry. Package includes lesson planning, powerpoint persentation, worksheet and posters. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art

This is a self assessment for children about their social skills.  It may help you to see where they think they are at in terms of their own social skills.  Good to do before and after work on social skills or friendships. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art