One of the five books in the Mental Health and Wellbeing Teacher Toolkit for teachers and other professionals working with children, this practical resource focuses on the topic of 'Emotional Literacy' and how to support children and young people on a journey of self-discovery where they learn to recognise, understand, share and manage a range of emotions. Promoting a proactive rather than a reactive approach to dealing with the social and emotional aspects of learning and managing the world of today, Emotional Literacy addresses the increasing number of mental health issues arising among young people. Chapters span key topics including Recognising Emotions, Understanding Emotions, Self-Regulation and Empathy. This book offers:
• Easy to follow, and flexible, lesson plans that can be adapted and personalised for use in lessons or smaller groups or 1:1 work.
• Resources that are linked to the PSHE and Wellbeing curriculum for KS1, KS2 and KS3.
• New research, 'Circles for Learning', where the introduction of baby observation into the classroom by a teacher is used to understand and develop self-awareness, skills for learning, relationships, neuroscience and awareness of others.
• Sections on the development of key skills in communication, skills for learning, collaboration, empathy and self-confidence.
• Learning links, learning objectives and reflection questions.
Offering research-driven, practical strategies and lesson plans, Emotional Literacy is an essential resource book for educators and health professionals looking to have a positive impact on the mental health and wellbeing of the children in their care; both now and in the future.
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To identify a range of emotions and describe how they make the body feel.
To be able to describe an event that may have caused an emotion.
Session Outcomes
✓ To be able to identify a range of emotions and describe the features of the person affected by these displays.
✓ To be able to describe how an emotion makes their body feel.
Lesson Plan
➢ To support the children and young people in identifying the range of emotions that their class baby exhibited when they visited.
➢ To support the children and young people in describing what they observed about parent or baby in relation to their emotions.
For those classrooms not able to undertake the Circles for Learning Project, video clips or photographs can be used to support the discussion around the topic and stimulate thoughts and ideas from the children and young people.
Task
KS1: To play Emotional Charades.
KS2/3: To create a picture depicting an emotion.
KS3: To create a game to teach younger children about emotions.
KS1
Share photographs of people showing strong emotions.
Ask the children to observe and then describe what they can see – mouth wide and turned up at the edges with teeth showing, crinkled lines around the eyes, eyes sparkling and twinkling.
Ask the children what the emotion is.
Ask the children to think of a time when they felt this emotion – share stories about the time.
Ask them how it made their body feel – list the words under the emotion on the board – tingly, warm, soft, relaxed, light, energised.
Divide the children into groups and give them each an emotion: Sad, Angry, Happy, Frightened, Excited, Jealous, Worried.
Ask them to:
Draw a person feeling this feeling.
Write how this feeling makes their bodies feel – one word on a sticky note.
Create a colour chart to show the colours of this emotion.
Find a story that talks about this emotion.
Write a label for this emotion and colour it in the emotional colours.
KS2/3
Show the children a range of pictures of people expressing emo...
