Express yourself Art Doodling is a series of prompts for drawing. Children get so much from drawing. It is a way of self expression and self exploration. Children relax when drawing and are much more open to talking about their feelings. This booklet can be printed as A4 and stapled together or as A3 to give children more room for drawing. You could also just dip into the sheets and print the one you want to use. You could use the same sheet for the whole group or whole class of children. The booklet has purposely been created in black and white so as not to distract from the child’s drawings and of course to save printing costs. There are 40 activities in the booklet covering so many aspects of emotional literacy. I am sure children will get a lot out of the booklet and it will give you valuable information about their thoughts and feelings. It can also be used as a ready made lesson plan for one to one work or group work. Please ensure you use ADOBE to open PDFs because this will give you great options for printing.

The Control your Thunder – ELSA Anger intervention is an ANGER management intervention for KS2 upwards. Included in the pack is: Planning booklet Pupil booklet Circletime rules Relaxation cube Emotion fans ANGER posters Supporting resources Certificate of completion There are five lessons which are based on a letter from the word ANGER A is AWARENESS N is NEGATIVE thoughts G is GAUGING E is EXPRESSING R is RELAXATION

This journal will address many areas of a pupils’ well-being. It is suitable for KS2 upwards and even useful for adults! The journal is a way for pupils to find the positives in their life and to discover mindfulness and relaxation. Here are some of the areas addressed: Positivity Emotions Self-esteem Focus Target setting Mindfulness Relaxation Thinking skills Affirmations Scaling emotions Worries Thoughts and feelings Emotion tracking Gratitude/thankfulness Kindness Creativity Reflecting Planning Included in the pack: One weeks worth of journal – each day has 2 pages of things to fill in Independent journal sheet should pupils want to continue Worry garage Positives Jar 2 emotion trackers – dream catcher and mosaic End of week assessment Bullet journal sheet for creating Weekly review 8 front covers to choose from Doodles, drawings and scribbles sheet How to use the journal with lots of ideas for using in ELSA Sessions with a pupil – would also be useful to teachers, teaching assistants, learning mentors and counsellors.

This journal will address many areas of a pupils’ well-being. It is suitable for KS1 and possibly Lower KS2. The journal is a way for pupils to find the positives in their life and to discover mindfulness and relaxation. Here are some of the areas addressed: Positivity Emotions Self-esteem Focus Target setting Mindfulness Relaxation Thinking skills Strengths Scaling emotions Worries Thoughts and feelings Emotion tracking Gratitude/thankfulness Kindness Creativity Reflecting Planning Included in the pack: One weeks worth of journal – each day has 2 pages of things to fill in, which have certain elements change. Independent journal sheet should pupils want to continue Worry garage Positives Jar 2 emotion trackers – Popcorn, and Heart mosaic End of week assessment Bullet journal sheet for creating Weekly review 4 front covers to choose from Name one thing sheet How to use the journal with lots of ideas for using in ELSA Sessions with a pupil – would also be useful to teachers, teaching assistants, learning mentors and counsellors.

There are: 40 different Mandalas, one to a page with a lovely quote to discuss. Print these as posters, individual worksheets or as a booklet. 20 Postcards -A5 Size – I thought doing them any smaller would make colouring in a bit too difficult.

Feel the Feels range of resources are aimed at older pupils and therefore are suitable for secondary children. They use a range of clipart of teens/preteens. This is a bingo set which can be used for emotions work. This set contains the following emotions/feelings/conditions – angry, sad, surprised, scared, calm, disgusted, embarrassed, happy, and nervous

This is a lovely activity to do with children to discuss separation or divorce. The chances are that the child spends time in both mum’s house and dad’s house. Included in this pack are house templates which can be printed onto A3 or A4 card and made up with the child. This is a lovely, visual and hands on activity where the child can write or draw things and put them in the relevant house. Included in the pack: 2 House templates with bricks 2 House templates blank 30 question prompts A variety of templates for writing or drawing.

20 emotions covered in this resource pack. Simple folds make this unique and exciting for children. Children will learn to identify the facial expression, what makes them feel that emotion, physical signs of the emotion and synonyms of the emotion.

This intervention is written for a group of four children and is led by an ELSA or teaching assistant. It covers emotions, relaxation and lessons around transition either into the next class or new school. It runs for approximately 40 minutes. It is pitched at junior aged children but would work for year 2 to year 3 too. Children will work together in a group which will give them a sense of belonging. This helps to raise self-esteem. All my interventions follow a similar structure: Welcome and emotional register– welcome the children to the group, go over the circle time rules and talk about how they feel today. Warm up – children really respond better if they have had chance to warm up and feel at ease by playing a game or activity. This may or may not be related to the learning objective. Activity – this is where the children work on the learning objective. Relaxation/Mindfulness – Children are more ready to go back to class if they are relaxed and calm. Review of the session – Children talk about their learning experience and perhaps fill in a pupil feedback form on the session. The paper resources for this intervention come in booklet form. Make one up to show the children at the start of your intervention but don’t make their booklets up straight away. Some weeks has a challenge for them to take away with them. Make their booklets up for their last session so they can take them away as a reminder. You can collect any evidence you require each week up to that point. There is a simple assessment for this intervention. This pack includes Planning booklet – please read this first Emotion fans Circle time rules Relaxation booklet Pupil booklet Assessment Certificate Pupil feedback

This is a huge pack of resources for children to learn how to rid themselves of negative thoughts through mindfulness type exercises. There are 3 zipped files included in the download due to the size of the resource. The children are asked to think about an animal, then to stop thinking about the animal. This will demonstrate how it is difficult to stop thinking about something just by telling yourself not to think about it. They are then asked to do an exercise to demonstrate how that will rid them of the animal. If the animal comes back they do the exercise again. There are: 24 A5 cards to print 24 Powerpoint shows for each exercise 24 PDFs of the Powerpoint shows Supporting worksheets – 3 main sheets but offered with colour, black and white, with and without lines.

There are: 14 Posters with funny quotes coloured background 12 Posters with Emotion words – Coloured background 12 Posters with Emotion words – White background 12 Fans colour background 12 Fans white background 12 Emotion cards coloured background with text 12 Emotion cards white background with text 12 Emotion cards coloured background without text 12 Emotion cards white background without text

This is a compliments game where children have to think of many things they can compliment not just appearance. Appearance is included but there are so many things they can compliment as well. This resource will help them to think of all those other things too. Included in the pack: A4 gameboard A3 gameboard 60 Scenarios to help children think about other things they can compliment Winner’s certificate Player’s watches Supporting worksheets (8)

Brain Break cards and fans. Great for children who need a break. 8 cards and 4 fans included

This resource is to help children understand the emotion of ‘disgust’ and was requested from a Reception teacher. Disgust is one of the core emotions and is quite an important emotion to teach. The other core emotions are ‘sadness, happiness, surprise, anger, and fear’. Disgust tends to help us keep safe by turning us away from things that might hurt us or make us ill. This resource is suitable for EYFS and KS1. It may even be suitable for older children with limited emotional literacy. This resource consists of: Disgusted Doug PowerPoint show Disgusted Doug PDF of the show if you do not have use of a computer. Disgusted Doug Poster Disgusted Doug Poem Disgusted Doug Supporting worksheets (4 worksheets)

This resource is to help children understand the emotion of ‘anger’ and was requested from a Reception teacher. Anger is one of the core emotions and is quite an important emotion to teach. The other core emotions are ‘sadness, disgust, surprise, happiness, and fear’. This resource is suitable for EYFS and KS1. It may even be suitable for older children with limited emotional literacy. Included in the pack: Angry Adam Powerpoint Show (9 slides) Angry Adam PDF of the show if you want to make this up as a booklet to read through rather than use a computer. Angry Adam Poem Angry Adam Poster Angry Adam Supporting worksheets (4 worksheets)

This resource is to help children understand the emotion of ‘surprise’ and was requested from a Reception teacher. Surprise is one of the core emotions and is quite an important emotion to teach. The other core emotions are ‘sadness, disgust, happiness, anger, and fear’. This resource is suitable for EYFS and KS1. It may even be suitable for older children with limited emotional literacy. Included in the pack: Surprised Sam Powerpoint Show (10 slides) Surprised Sam PDF of the show if you do not have a computer to work on Surprised Sam Poem Surprised Sam Poster Surprised Sam Supporting worksheets(4 worksheets)

This resource is to help children understand the emotion of ‘fear’ and was requested from a Reception teacher. Fear is one of the core emotions and is quite an important emotion to teach. The other core emotions are ‘sadness, disgust, surprise, anger, and happiness’. This resource is suitable for EYFS and KS1. It may even be suitable for older children with limited emotional literacy. Included in the pack: Scared Sophie Powerpoint Show (10 slides) Scared Sophie PDF of the show should you not have a computer to work on Scared Sophie Poem Scared Sophie Poster Scared Sophie Supporting worksheets (5 worksheets)

This resource is to help children understand the emotion of ‘happiness’ and was requested from a Reception teacher. Happiness is one of the core emotions and is quite an important emotion to teach. The other core emotions are ‘happiness, disgust, surprise, anger, and fear’. This resource is suitable for EYFS and KS1. It may even be suitable for older children with limited emotional literacy. Included in the pack: Happy Hannah Powerpoint Show (10 slides) Happy Hannah PDF of the show Happy Hannah Poem Happy Hannah Poster Happy Hannah Supporting worksheets (3 worksheets)

This resource is to help children understand the emotion of ‘sadness’ and was requested from a Reception teacher. Sadness is one of the core emotions and is quite an important emotion to teach. The other core emotions are ‘happiness, disgust, surprise, anger, and fear’. This resource is suitable for EYFS and KS1. It may even be suitable for older children with limited emotional literacy.