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Flip the Feeling!: Changing feelings from negative to positive

Sally Featherstone

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2

...What you need Pieces of card, about 10cm (4 inches) square Felt pens Pairs of photos of faces with angry and happy facesBefore you start Take photos of the children and adults in your setting to use in this game. Ask them to make a cross...

Simnel cake for mum: Make a cake to share with mum

Judith Harries

Activity

2

...Introduction This is an iced fruit cake traditionally made before Easter around Mother’s Day. The recipe is for a tray bake which can easily be cut up into pieces for children to take home and share.What you need Large mixing bowl...

Holi Shadows: Spray paint colourful shapes in the style of Pollock

Judith Harries

Activity

2

...Introduction Talk to the children about the Hindu festival of Holi, the ‘festival of colours’, which falls in the Spring (10th March 2020). Celebrations include fireworks, dancing and spraying coloured paint on each other! Relate...

Jump into the Basket!: Popcorn parachute games

Sally Featherstone

Activity

2

...Introduction Parachute play depends on co-operation, and this needs practice. This game helps children to work together in a group to achieve a shared aim. Holding onto the fabric keeps their hands occupied as they work in a group to play...

Leap Year Fun: Enjoy a Leap Year party on or around February 29th

Judith Harries

Activity

2

...Introduction Use the excuse of an extra day in the year to organise a Leap Year party full of fun activities. Keep it simple and tell the children that in a Leap Year, the month of February has an extra day. How would they like to spend...

Hands High!: Use your hands to express how you feel!

Sally Featherstone

Activity

2

...Introduction This very simple activity enables children to make a physical response to what they feel.What you need A felt pen for each pair of childrenBefore you start Secretly draw a smiley face on one palm and a sad face on the other...

Our Happy Mood Board: Making a mood board can reinforce feelings of happiness and wellbeing.

Sally Featherstone

Activity

2

...Introduction A mood board is an arrangement of images, materials, pieces of text, etc. intended to evoke or project a particular mood. Mood Boards are a good way to focus on one feeling at a time. The seven most important positive feelings...

Changed for Ever!: This twist on an old story of when the wind changed gives an opportunity to change feelings and expressions very quickly, and how feelings can affect your whole body

Sally Featherstone

Activity

2

...What you need A space indoors or outside, big enough for the group to move freely A tambourine or shakerBefore you start Sometimes big spaces trigger boisterous movements and difficulty in concentrating. Children need plenty of experience...

A Patchwork of Feelings: A group activity to explore individual feelings and expressions

Sally Featherstone

Activity

2

...Introduction This whole group activity is great to do at any time, but the beginning or end of the year would affirm a group feeling.What you need An old sheet or large duvet cover, patterned or plain Fabric squares about 12cm (6 inches...

The Sleeping Slippers: Wake up in slippers that affect how you feel and move

Sally Featherstone

Activity

2

...What you need A big space – indoors is best A shaker, tambourine, or jingle bellsBefore you start Think of all the feelings you want the children to experience. It’s a good idea to write these on a small card so you can use a range...