TRACKING MY FEELINGS

This simple emotion and activity tracker is designed to help individual children identify emotional trigger points and moments of positivity in their day-to-day life.

When a child is feeling heightened emotions, they may sometimes find it difficult to identify specific causes. They may also struggle to employ coping strategies that work well for them.

FEELINGS ACTIVITIES

The three activities outlined in this resource are designed to help children explore their emotions and feelings, and think about the situations that might trigger those emotions

RESILIENCE BOAT

This simple worksheet is for primary and secondary school pupils to help them identify the things in their life that make them feel safe right now. Although we’re not all in the same ‘boat’ when it comes to our mental health, we may be dealing with similar ‘storms’ at the moment. This exercise is a good starting point for pupils to understand how they can sail towards resilience.

HOW MANY POSITIVIES

Introduce the idea of looking for positives, e.g. ask children to think of one good thing that happened the day before. Explain that thinking positively or negatively (being optimistic/pessimistic), can become a habit and can affect your mood and levels of happiness

KINDNESS

Kindness is choosing to do something that helps others or yourself, motivated by genuine warm feelings.   Kindness, or doing good, often means putting other people’s needs before our own. It could be by giving up our seat on a bus to someone who might need it more, or offering to make a cup of tea for someone at work.  Evidence shows that helping others can also benefit our own mental health and wellbeing. For example, it can reduce stress as well as improve mood, self-esteem and happiness.