This is an interactive ‘Would you rather’ PowerPoint game for teaching on a computer/IPAD, through zoom or google classroom.
Pupils pick a card and the card will flip over to reveal a ‘Would you rather?’ Question.
This is a poem I wrote in our ELSA Groups and it is copyright to me and should not be altered in anyway.
Put the poem near the worry monster so children are reminded what to do. Hopefully they will feel relieved once their worry is eaten by the monster. You can put this with any worry monster or even a monster that you have made out of an old tissue box.
This is a Halloween Pumpkin Scary expressions worksheet to use.
This is fab for teaching about the emotion of fear. What sort of expressions do you make when you are scared about something? Ask the pupil to draw as many as they can on the pumpkins. Black and white worksheet included too!
This is a set of Scared Synonym Posters which are differentiated according to age. These all print as A3 posters.
There is one for early years, kS1 and KS2 upwards.
It is so helpful for pupils to learn vocabulary around feeling words. Being able say exactly how you feel with accuracy (Emotional granularity) can really help reduce the emotion felt.
This one is about being scared.
These would be great in your area, and a brilliant way for you to try and encourage your pupil to be more specific when they say ‘I feel scared’ You can help them to explore other words by using these posters.
This is an odd socks anti bullying poster I made for anti bullying week. It prints on A3 so is a decent size. If you want it bigger use your Adobe print settings and choose poster. You can then alter the tile scale to make it bigger.
It reminds us all that socks come in all colours and patterns and they are all different and unique.
This growth mindset intervention can be run as a whole class, or group. The lessons will take 40 mins to an hour and are suitable for children from about 7 years old.
Learning Objectives:
M – I understand how making MISTAKES can help me learn.
I – I understand how seeing success can INSPIRE me.
N – I understand the importance of the words ‘NOT YET‘.
D – I understand what it means to be DETERMINED.
S – I can celebrate SUCCESS and understand how that makes me feel.
E – I understand that EVERYONE is different but that EVERYONE has the potential to succeed.
T – I know how important it is to THINK positively and have a ‘can do’ attitude to learning.
Included in the pack:
7 lessons, each corresponding to a letter from ‘MINDSET’.
‘A mistake that made my brain sparkle and grow’ worksheet.
‘Who inspires you? Who is your hero?’ worksheet.
‘My Goal’ worksheet
‘Questionnaire’ and ‘Bookmarks’.
‘What have you been successful at?’ worksheet.
2 different puzzle pieces
Everyone is different poster
Display heading
Rubbish bin/Treasure chest
Positive/negative cards for sorting
Mindset certificate
7 Posters 'Mindset'
This car emotions pack will appeal to younger children. It covers the basic six emotions of:
happy
sad
angry
scared
surprised
disgust
There are a huge bundle of resources in this pack. There are:
6 Full page emotion posters
Emotion cards with and without the words
Dominoes with and without the words
Emotion spinners with the emotion cars with and without words
Emotion spinners with questions on each emotion
Emotion fans with and without words
An emotion game with and without words
Park your emotion with and without words
Scale your emotion with and without words
Starring me Emoji style can be printed as a booklet or you can use the sheets individually. My interpretation of the different emojis with worksheets to fill in. Lots of opportunity for discussion.
There are 40 emojis covered with 42 sheets altogether. The second page is a blank to enable it to be printed duplex and booklet style.
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 pack includes:
10 different stories – which can be personalised with a photo and a name. These are available in a girl version and boy version where needed.
Prompt cards – these take the key points from the story which can be put on a keyring and used often to remind children of what they are trying to achieve
Target sheet – Children colour a star and number each time they hit their target.
Certificate – Children get to take a certificate home when they have filled in the 5 stars on the target sheet.
This pack of resources will help children with common social skill problems. There are 10 stories included in this pack.
The pack includes:
10 different stories – which can be personalised with a photo and a name. These are available in a girl version and boy version where needed.
Prompt cards – these take the key points from the story which can be put on a keyring and used often to remind children of what they are trying to achieve
Target sheet – Children colour a star and number each time they hit their target.
Certificate – Children get to take a certificate home when they have filled in the 5 stars on the target sheet.
Here are the stories included in the pack
Saying sorry – Story
Prompt cards, Target sheet, Certificate
Using my kind hands – Story
Prompt cards, Target sheet, Certificate
Using my kind feet – Story
Prompt cards, Target sheet, Certificate
Not ok to hit or hurt others – Story
Prompt cards, Target sheet, Certificate
Shouting out in class – Story
Prompt cards, Target sheet, Certificate
Someone doesn’t want to play with me – Story
Prompt cards, Target sheet, Certificate
Someone doesn’t agree with me – Story
Prompt cards, Target sheet, Certificate
Personal space – Story
Prompt cards, Target sheet, Certificate
Showing I care – Story
Prompt cards, Target sheet, Certificate
Being a good sport – Story
Prompt cards, Target sheet, Certificate
17 feelings thermometers showing different children - light skinned, dark skinns, girls, boys.
Emotions - happy to upset, happy to angry, happy to scared, happy to worried.
Print as A4 for individual use but can be blown up using the ‘POSTER’ setting on your computer.
This is a matching game using emotions from different nationalities. Of course it has the underlying message that we all feel emotions no matter who you are, where you live or whatever your skin colour is.
Included in the pack:
A game board
A feelings mat in colour and black and white
worksheets covering all the emotions shown in boy version and girl version
Each child throws a die and moves that number of places. If they land on a ‘child’ they must match that emotion to their mat. They can circle it on their mat with a dry wipe pen. Encourage them to name the emotion. This could be extended to ‘Tell me a time when you felt like that’. If they land on an instruction then they must move that number of places either forwards or backwards.
The winner is the person who has circled the most emotions on their mat when everyone has reached the end of the game board.
The feelings mat could also be used as an emotional register or a prompt for including emotions in their writing.
There is a set of worksheets for each emotion (boy and girl version) to explore the child’s emotion in more detail. It is simply drawing a picture and writing a sentence or two.
this ‘What are they thinking?’ resource has 72 cards with a character or characters and a thinking bubble. The idea is that the child must come up with something that the character is thinking. Look at where the thinking bubble is pointing for those pictures with several characters. You can of course ask what they think the other characters are thinking, feeling or why they are behaving in that way.
There is a whole range of emotions, body language, positive and negative behaviour cards included.
This is a great inference tool for children to look carefully at what is happening in the picture or to look carefully at the facial expression or body language. Great for speech and language activities as well as social and emotional. Children will learn how to really look at something and analyse what they can see. They will learn to infer what is happening. This will help them with reading different situations in their everyday life and of course for reading comprehension activities.
This is a ‘talking’ activity rather than a writing one but you could print the cards bigger, on A3 rather than A4, laminate them and they could be used with a dry wipe pen.
They could be used for one to one working, small groups or circle-time. This is also a great ice-breaker resource to help warm up the child before working with them.
14 foldables for emotions work. Instructions on how to make up are in the files. Girl or Boy provided where necessary. Make emotions work more interesting. Perfect for ELSAS, Teaching Assistants, Learning Mentors or working one to one with children with social or emotional problems.
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
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.
This bundle contains all 4 different Affirmation cards which have been created by ELSA Support
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