Feelings and kindness
My Feelings Weather Report
Show today’s feelings as weather: sunny, cloudy, stormy or something brand new.
Thinking sheet · Feelings and kindness
Big Changes
A new home, a new school or a new baby: big changes bring big feelings. Draw before and after and plan what helps.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Kids practice
- naming feelings, coping with change, finding support
What kids do
“Changes can feel exciting and scary at the same time.”
- Before the change
- After the change
- I feel…
- Something that will stay the same:
- Who or what helps me:
How to run it
- Kids can pick a real change or a pretend one.
- Feeling more than one thing at once is normal: tick as many as fit.
- Share with a trusted grown-up if a change is hard.
Talk about it
- What change have you already gotten used to?
- What makes a new place feel like home?
- How can you help someone new?
Take it further
Write a note to someone going through a change.
Pairs well with
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