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

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.

3 worksheets working on social and emotional issues.

Included in the pack A banner - use your Adobe printer setting to print it as large as you like A Poster - set for A3 printing A star and a rainbow Star and rainbow cards for the children to write on.

Grab yourself a lovely little set of emotion fans. These will appeal to young children especially if they like unicorns! Learning about emotions should start as soon as children begin to speak and even before. As an adult or parent this should be modeled to children constantly because they do learn from you. Explain to the child that they feel sad because … and explain why they might be feeling sad. Show children that emotions come and go all the time. Show them how you deal with your emotions so they are set a good example.

10 emotions covered happy angry surprised shy scared worried sad confused scared excited

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 personalised/social story will help a child to understand about sitting on their chair properly There is a girl version and boy version of the story. A set of prompt cards to have in the classroom, a target sheet and a certificate when the target has been achieved.

This personalised/social story will help a child to understand when it is ok to laugh and when it is inappropriate. There is a girl version and boy version of the story. A set of prompt cards to have in the classroom, a target sheet and a certificate when the target has been achieved.

The main purpose was for the child to identify different levels of anger. So for example, some things might annoy you, some things make you mad and some things make you furious. I chose just those three to make it as simple as possible. The members of the group came up with all these real life scenarios which I have put together as cards. I also included a sorting sheet. Obviously what makes one child mad might be just annoying for another child. What makes one child furious might make another child mad. You need to go through the scenarios with the child and find out their levels of anger. Each child would be unique in how they would react to each situation. Target would be – To identify different levels of anger

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.

This personalised/social story will help a child to understand about not pulling faces at others. There is a girl version and boy version of the story. A set of prompt cards to have in the classroom, a target sheet and a certificate when the target has been achieved.

This is a game aimed at fussy eaters. It encourages them in small steps to eat something new.

This personalised/social story will help a child to understand about using good hygiene. There is a girl version and boy version of the story. A set of prompt cards to have in the classroom, a target sheet and a certificate when the target has been achieved.

This is a game where children race each other up to the pumpkin. You will need counters to play. Included in the pack is a game board and 30 emotion/feeling words.

This ‘Finish the Emoji’ resource will combine emotional literacy with symmetry and art. There are full page mats where children need to finish the emoji face and then name the emotion or to take it a bit further there are worksheets with prompts. 14 emotions are covered with this resource.

Use this activity in the following ways: Warm up or icebreaker at the beginning of your sessions Emotional register at the beginning of your sessions In numeracy lessons when working on numbers 1-10 With SEN children who need a bit more help with emotions or numbers to 10 In early years classrooms as independent activities To learn about the 6 emotions included This pack contains: 6 girl jigsaws numbers 1-5 6 boy jigsaws numbers 1-5 6 girl jigsaws numbers 1-10 6 boy jigsaws numbers 1-10

Mindfulness aims to reduce unpleasant emotions and feelings, help you feel relaxed, and allow space between you and your thoughts; giving you the opportunity to react more calmly. Mindfulness is simply allowing yourself to be in the present moment. This pack of resources is perfect for mindful time, with a bonus of creating something unique and beautiful (perfect for decorating a Christmas Card). This will really help self-esteem too. It FEELS amazing to create something unique. Not only is it perfect for ELSA sessions but also for whole classes especially around Christmas time when children need a little bit of calm time. Included in the pack are *10 templates *Pattern sheet and practice sheet *Instructions

There are 21 different emotions in the pack. One set with ‘I feel’ and just the face and another set with ‘I feel’, the face and a suggested emotion/feeling.

Spaceships is a game where children must make as many spaceships as they can. The aim of the game is to read a card and if correct keep it. Make as many spaceships as you can. The person who has the most full spaceships at the end of the session is the winner.