A Ball of Calm

Explore the calm playlist…

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Teach

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Teaching points

  • Calm is an comfortable emotion. This does not mean it is a bad or negative.

  • Just like all other emotions, Calm ‘visits’ all of us. Feelings are always temporary.

  • Model 3 different times you have been calm for your children linking to what happened to your body and your mind. Emphasise why calm came to visit and how you explored it.

Look

 
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Listen

 
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ASK: This story talks about finding your ‘Heart Song’. What do you think a ‘Heart Song’ could be and which feelings does it link to?

SHOW: Look through the illustrations in our storybook. What activities do the characters take part in that help them find their ‘Heart Song’?

CONNECT: Kaya’s ‘Heart Song’ sounds like this ‘boom taktak boom, shik shak shook’. What does yours sound like?

 

Talk

 
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Questions to discuss:

  1. When was the last time you were calm?

  2. Can we learn well when we are calm?

  3. Are the things that make you calm the same as the person sitting next to you?

  4. How is calm different to happy?

 

Do

 
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Learn

 
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Possible follow up activities that are free to download

  • Emotions detective body mapping

  • Emotions detective thought tracking