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

There is a poster and a worksheet for children to come up with their own mindfulness and relaxation ideas.

Emotions are just so important to mental health. The more children learn about them the better. These can be used as a way of discussing different emotions, looking at vocabulary and gauging how they are feeling.

3 worksheets working on social and emotional issues.

Group activity 1 Choose number of spots to match the number of children in your group. Lay out the spots before the children arrive and ask them to read the spots and sit on one of them. If there are arguments over who sits where ask them to try and sort it out between themselves. Observe their skills at doing this. Only intervene if necessary. When every child is sitting on a spot ask them to place their spot in their lap and then ask them questions on why they chose that spot. How have they shown this characteristic? What does it mean? Then they must give their spot to someone else who they think shows this characteristic. Each person is only allowed to be given one spot so if someone has already given them one they cannot have another one. Do this one child at a time. Why did they give their spot to this person? How does this person show that characteristic? Group activity 2 Play a version of musical chairs but with the spots. Lay out the spots in a large open area. Play music and they walk around. When they music stops they must stand on a spot. What did they land on? What word is it? How do they show this characteristic? Carry on starting and stopping the music until children have landed on quite a few different spots.

Choose the Feeling cards Each card has a thumbs up or a thumbs down section. The child has to say whether the feeling is correct or not. Print onto card and laminate. Please ensure you round off the corners for safety. Children can either use a whiteboard pen to choose the thumbs up or thumbs down, or they could use a peg and peg to the correct answer. An alternative would be for them to give the actual hand signal to you. So a thumbs up if correct and a thumbs down if incorrect. Choose the Feeling game There is a game board included so a simple game can be played. This is better for a small group of children. Give each child their own counter. Invite each child to throw the die and the highest number goes first. Work clockwise around the children from that person. As the child to throw the die and moves that number of spaces. If they land on a thumbs up or thumbs down they take a card. If they land on a thumbs up and the card is a thumbs up they can keep the card. If they land on a thumbs up and the card is a thumbs down then that card goes back into the pile and vice versa. When everyone has completed the game and reached the finish then the person with the most cards is the winner.

This covers: Skills Luck Feelings around winning and losing Poor sports Cheating Sportsmanship Making a Loser Plan Cheating The PowerPoint makes this available to whole classes or groups but also works well with individuals. This resource pack contains the following: PowerPoint show – you can use this for individual, group or whole class. When used for individual, you can act as the partner. PDF of the show – so you can print it out if you need to or if you don’t have a computer or Whiteboard to work on. Supporting worksheets The powerpoint has 14 slides

16 different emotions to match. Can be used in the following ways: Recognise facial expressions Read the feeling word Discuss reasons for feelings Discuss coping strategies Warm up to a session Use for emotional register Use in early years

This bingo game is great for boosting self-esteem. Every child has strengths and talents but sometimes they find it hard to see that. This game will help them to understand some positive character traits. They will learn new vocabulary and will explore each strength and talent. Strengths covered are: good listener agile caring organised helpful kind sporty musical confident Included in the pack: 9 bingo boards calling cards strength sheet 9 comic strip strengths worksheets

Included in the pack: 90 full page questions A4 size The 90 questions A5 size The 90 questions A6 size PowerPoint show of the 90 questions 15 Cubes with the 90 questions

This Good Mental Health workbook pack will help to promote good mental health Included in the pack: 24 page workbooklet 1 certificate in 15 cards in All in PDF format