Inside-Out Mask For hidden feelings and emotional honesty What you need: How to do it: Why it helps:Children often suppress difficult emotions like jealousy or frustration. This activity externalises those feelings safely, reducing guilt and increasing self-awareness.
Have you ever seen a child become so overwhelmed by anger, worry, frustration, or sadness that they couldn’t think clearly? Flip Your Lid & Find Your Calm helps children understand why that happens and, more importantly, teaches them what they can do about it. Inspired by child-friendly neuroscience and emotional intelligence, this beautifully illustrated book …
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Sensory bottles are a simple, calming, and engaging tool that can support children through transitions, emotional regulation, and hands-on exploration. Whether you use them in the classroom, at home, or in a calm-down space, sensory bottles can help children focus, self-soothe, and discover new materials in a safe way. What is a sensory bottle? Sensory …
By Laura Driscoll https://www.socialemotionalworkshop.com/calming-strategy-activity-deep-breathing/?utm_source=Pinterest&utm_medium=organic Deep breathing is one of the best calming strategies you can teach your students. It’s effective and they always have it with them. While it is simple, students often need to be exposed to it many times and in many different ways. This calming strategy activity has students make their own breathing …
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Is it difficult for your child or students to maintain friendships?Or is it hard for them to move their friendships to the next level?You may want to help but don’t know how, orYou may have tried some strategies but they are not quite effective. What Is a Friend and How Can I Be a Good …
Is it difficult for your child or students to make friends?Do they wander alone at recess with no one to play with?You may want to help out but don’t know where to start, orYou may have tried many things but nothing seems working! As the 1st book in the Making Friends! series, What Is a Friend and How …
The books in this series are quick, simple to read, useful resources for parents and teachers. They will give you a common language to use to help children self-regulate. Kids learn well through repetition, and simple easy to ‘get’ kid-language. Your child will incorporate the idea of ‘I Can Handle It’ almost immediately after reading …
Squash It! is a hands-on social emotional learning game designed to help children explore and understand a wide range of feelings and situations. The set includes 10 soft, squishable animal characters—each individually wrapped—plus 10 character description cards and 42 situation cards covering important emotional topics. The 42 Situation Cards guide players through scenarios related to …
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