This week we've been looking at feelings wheels, a popular tool to help children identify and learn about different emotions. With the clocks going forward, we're also welcoming a new season all about new beginnings - Spring! Take a look to see what's new to the Be Happy Hub.
We have some lovely new resources for you this week, including a cracking Friday Freebie. Want to see why we're named the number 1 tool for ELSAs? Then read on to see what's new!
Feelings Ferris Wheel
Just like a ferris wheel goes round and round,
Our feelings can also go up and down!
So hop aboard our ferris wheel,
Which carriage best shows how you feel?
This is the Feelings Ferris Wheel. It's here to help young children age 1-5 learn about emotions. This is our take on the traditional feelings wheel, a tool used by professionals and psychologists to help children identify their emotions. Our Feelings Ferris Wheel also gets your children thinking how they can regulate their emotions, if they're in the sad carriage for example, what can they do to change into the happy carriage?
Feelings Wheel (ages 5+)
For older children we have our more traditional looking feelings wheel that will help children learn all about the primary human emotions and the feelings that accompany these. Recommended for ages 5-11.
Colour a Feeling
As we grow, we naturally associate feelings with colours - for example, red can be angry, blue can signify calm - but what does your child think? Perhaps they see the world differently to us. This is a fun resource to get your children thinking all about how colours can make us feel!
Spring Clean My Thoughts
Spring is a time for new beginnings and ditching old habits. This resource encourages your children to spring clean their thoughts! Were they thinking some thoughts over the winter that made them feel sad that they'd rather leave behind? We've tasked them with coming up with three thoughts they wish to leave in Winter, and three new, helpful thoughts they wish to take into Spring!
Step into Spring
The beginning of Spring can be a natural mood-lifter, lighter evenings, more vitamin D and the promise of warmer weather can help us to feel good - so let's get exploring what we love about this season. Children can create their own Spring footprint and list all the things that make them happy. Plus, we challenge them to walk with a spring in their step all day!
This week's *FRIDAY FREEBIE!* - For Mailing List subscribers only
What Makes Me Crack
An egg can be surprisingly strong, but if you apply uneven pressure, it will crack. Just like us, we can crack when we're angry, overwhelmed or frustrated. This week we're exploring our triggers and things that make us CRACK and lose control!
Directions: This resource asks your child to come up with four things that can cause them angry, upset or frustrated. This is a great talking tool to help you and your child explore things that can cause us to lose control. Perhaps it's not one thing, but a series of events or maybe it's difficult for your child to identify their own triggers. This is why discussion is so important in this resource, you could even share your own triggers too! Understanding our triggers, can help us to minimise them and manage our response to them more effectively.
Please note: We'll be taking a short break for the Easter holidays, our Friday Freebie will resume on Friday 14th April.
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