Contents |
Introduction | 4 |
Section 1: Knowing myself | 8 |
1. About me | 8 |
2. Who do I trust? | 8 |
3. Trusting each other | 9 |
4. Showing respect | 9 |
5. Developing self awareness – feelings words | 10 |
6. Our feelings range in intensity | 10 |
7. Talking about feelings | 11 |
8. Are all feelings OK? | 11 |
9. How do we recognise our feelings? | 12 |
10. The way we think about ourselves | 13 |
11. Beliefs and self talk | 14 |
12. How important are our memories? | 15 |
Section 1 worksheets | 16 |
Section 2: Developing empathy | 22 |
13. We all see and feel things differently | 22 |
14. How do others feel? | 22 |
15. Different people feel differently | 23 |
16. Understanding points of view | 23 |
17. Accident or not – how do we know? | 24 |
18. How can we support others? | 24 |
19. Supporting others by listening | 25 |
Section 2 worksheets | 26 |
Section 3: Managing feelings | 29 |
20. Choosing our behaviour | 29 |
21. Developing optimism | 29 |
22. Recognising and managing anger | 30 |
23. Using a problem-solving strategy | 31 |
24. Impulsive and thinking behaviour | 31 |
25. Recognising and managing frustration | 32 |
26. Changing how we feel | 32 |
27. Using affirmations | 33 |
28. Seeing things from a different perspective | 33 |
29. Am I willing to take risks? | 34 |
30. My strengths and how I like to learn | 35 |
31. Setting goals for myself | 35 |
32. How can being resilient help us? | 36 |
Section 3 worksheets | 37 |
Section 4: Developing social skills | 46 |
33. What is a friend? | 46 |
34. Friendship words and actions | 46 |
35. Judgements | 47 |
36. Non-verbal communication | 47 |
37. Empathy and sympathy | 48 |
38. Expressing feelings respectfully | 48 |
39. Passive or assertive? | 49 |
40. Learning to negotiate | 50 |
41. Being part of a team | 50 |
42. The importance of saying sorry | 51 |
43. How to pay compliments | 52 |
Section 4 worksheets | 54 |
Section 5: Reflecting on where I am now | 57 |
44. What are our values? | 57 |
45. What have we learned? | 57 |
Section 5 worksheets | 58 |
Appendices | 59 |
Appendix 1: Games to use in emotional literacy lessons | 59 |
Appendix 2: Feelings words | 60 |
Appendix 3: Further resources | 60 |