Emotion Fan
Subject: Whole school
Age range: 5-7
Resource type: Visual aid/Display
Emotion Fan
What is an emotion fan?
This emotions fan covers the different emotions that our children might experience. This helps children visualise these emotions and put a name to them.
The emotions we have included are:
happy, excited, calm, OKAY, sleepy, unsure, sad, worried, nervous, fidget, silly, anxious, scared and angry.
We have also included a blank template for if you wish to include more emotions.
How do I use this emotion fan?
A child can use this emotion fan in discussion with an adult or use it as a non-verbal method to communicate how they’re feeling. Teachers can also use it to show and explain the child’s emotions they might be feeling in a particular moment. “I can tell that you’re really calm at the moment.” or “Ooh, I can see that you’re getting fidgety, what could we do to help that?”
Depending on how advanced your class is with their emotional literacy journey, you may wish to only start with a few emotions on the fan and then build it up one at a time as your class becomes ready. Having too many emotions to choose from straight away may be not useful to a child.
Thank you @spectrumpatronum:
This emotions fan resource was inspired by a free Widget download Sammie (@spectrumpatronum) shared on her Instagram. Sammie is a SEND teacher and shares lots of brilliant resources on her website. Thank you Sammie for the inspiration!
Each download comes with a how-to-use guide and includes FAQs relevant to each resource.
For more ideas and related content, please follow:
@keystagecatchup
@yearthreeandme - Lisa
@primaryteachuk - Olivia
Please note: this resource and all hand-drawn illustrations are covered by the non-derivative license which means you may only use the content as it appears and in full (you cannot partially use it, or change it).
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