Use this chart to identify and talk about feelings you and ...

1 To improve your child s abilities to identify and describe feelingsFeelings 2016 Partnership for Children. All rights this chart to identify and talk about feelings you and your child might chartHAPPYANGRYNERVOUSJEALOUSDISAPPOINTE DLONELYEMBARRASSEDBOREDSURPRISEDSADNERVO USEXCITEDTo help your child to recognise and identify other people's feelingsDraw or stick pictures in these will needDraw or stick a picture here of a happy boyDraw or stick a picture here of an angry girlYou could also take pictures of each other looking sad, happy, angry or stick a picture of a sad lady hereASK: Why do you think the boy is happy?ASK: Why do you think the girl is angry?

2 ASK: Why do you think the lady is sad?You can also play this game if your child is upset. Drawing pictures helps children to express their feelings and encourages them to s talk..Talk about how the person is feeling and why they think that. This is also a good activity to try when you are waiting for a bus, eating in a busy restaurant, watching TV or walking in the park. Show your feelingsFeelings 2016 Partnership for Children. All rights help your child to identify their feelings and help understand that our feelings changeYou will needDraw, write or stick feelings in these Monday morning I feltOn Tuesday morning I feltOn Wednesday morning I feltOn Thursday morning I feltOn Friday morning I feltIn the afternoon I feltIn the afternoon I feltIn the afternoon I feltIn the afternoon I feltIn the afternoon I feltOur feelings diaryHAPPYANGRYNERVOUSJEALOUSSADLet s talk.

3 Each evening for 5 days, you and your child can talk about one or two feelings you had during the day. This helps children to understand that our feelings 2016 Partnership for Children. All rights will needCut out and stick the reactions on the next page onto the outlines. Or draw and write your own help your child understand what happens in their body when they have different feelingsWhere we feel our feelings Let s with your child when you last felt nervous and ask them when they last did. Did you both feel the same things in your body? How did you make yourself feel better? nervousangryhappyTake turns acting out different physical reactions knees trembling, tummy aching.

4 The other person can guess what the feeling 2016 Partnership for Children. All rights legs are shakingmy heart beats fasterI clench my fistsmy tummy hurtsmy face gets hotI clench my teethI smilemy shoulders relaxReactions in our body to different feelingsFeelings 2016 Partnership for Children. All rights will needFeelings 2016 Partnership for Children. All rights this into a memory game to play on long journeys. 'Today I felt Annoyed', 'Today I felt Annoyed and Brave' together to think of 1 or 2 feelings for every letter of the alphabetTo improve your child s vocabulary to identify feelingsA-Z of feelingsAngryBoredCDisappointedEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUV exedWeXcitedYZToday I will needFeelings 2016 Partnership for Children.

5 All rights about a time when your child has felt sad, angry or jealous. Help them think of lots of different things they could do to feel better. You could write or draw the ideas in the thought help your child find ways to help themselves feel better when they have difficult feelingsFinding a good solutionIt makes me feel better It doesn t hurt me or anyone elseThe Golden Rules for a Good Solution! Let s ta lk..Share times when you have had a difficult feeling and what you did to feel better - did your solutions obey the golden rules?You will needFeelings 2016 Partnership for Children. All rights feelingsTo improve your child s abilities to identify and recognise feelingsA boy pushed you in the playgroundYour teacher congratulated you on your good work in classYou did badly in a testYou received exactly what you wanted for your birthdayYour brother screamed at you because he was in a bad moodIt makes me feel better It doesn t hurt me or anyone elseThe Golden Rules for a Good Solution!

6 Let s talk..You could also ask what you could do to feel better. Remember the Golden Rules!Cut up the situation cards and talk about how they might be will needFeelings 2016 Partnership for Children. All rights improve your child s abilities to identify positive feelingsPositive feelingsDraw or stick pictures, and write in these is a picture of meThings that make me feel proudThings that make me feel happyThings that make me feel excit