Understanding Emotions Mental Health PSHE Lesson

A complete KS2 mental health lesson on understanding emotions. Includes an engaging PowerPoint leading you through the lesson, differentiated activities, resources and a mini assessment.

Develop children’s understanding of their emotions, show them how to identify emotions and teach what to do when you have negative emotions.

Animated PowerPoint Covers:

• identifying emotions within memories,
• knowing the four main emotions,
• understanding why all emotions are healthy, even negative ones,
• strategies for identifying emotions,
• healthy coping strategies for managing emotions,
• understanding emotion scales,
• preventing negative emotions from turning you into a monster

Use the activities to foster high quality dialogue. Provide reflection time. Create a positive and calm atmosphere which enables progress.
Get children talking about mental health and provide them with strategies for understanding and managing their emotions.

A range of mental health support options are offered if children feel they need to follow up/delve deeper with anything covered in class.

Ideal for a KS2 class, easily adaptable for KS1.

All reviews welcome.

You might also be interested in my other mental health lessons covering:

• Self Esteem
• Dreams and Aspirations

Or why not check out my mental health awareness week resources:

• KS1 Mental Health Bundle
• KS2 Mental Health Bundle