**Note: This page is for educational inspiration and is not officially affiliated with World Smile Day. World Smile Day was created by Harvey Ball, the artist who designed the original smiley face. The Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation continues his legacy. For official information and to learn more, please visit their website (www.worldsmileday.com) or Facebook page (www.facebook.com/worldsmileday).
Friday 2nd October 2026
Understanding World Smile Day in EYFS & KS1
Share a smile! 😊 World Smile Day is celebrated every year on the first Friday in October (which in 2025 falls on October 3rd). This special day was created by Harvey Ball, the artist who designed the original smiley face in 1963. He believed that we should all dedicate one day a year to good will and good cheer, focusing on simple acts of kindness. The motto for the day is: "Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile."
For early years settings, nurseries, preschools, childminders, and Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, this day provides a wonderfully cheerful and important theme for exploring emotions, kindness, social connections, and well-being. It's about understanding how smiles make us feel, how our actions can impact others, and the simple joy of spreading happiness. This day offers fantastic planning ideas and inspiration for engaging activities that truly resonate with young minds, making learning about social-emotional health and positive interactions both heart-warming and practical.
Why Is Teaching About Smiles & Kindness Important for Young Children?
Integrating lessons about smiles, kindness, and positive emotions into your practice with young children (aged 0-7) helps their social-emotional development, empathy, and overall mental well-being. Understanding and expressing emotions, especially positive ones, is a fundamental life skill.
Emotional Literacy: Focusing on smiles helps children recognise and understand happiness in themselves and others.
Social Connections: Smiling and acts of kindness strengthen bonds between children and with adults, promoting a positive social environment.
Empathy: Learning how their actions (like smiling or being kind) can make others feel happy helps children develop empathy.
Positive Mindset: Encouraging positive expressions and actions contributes to a more optimistic outlook and a healthier mental state. Our Mental Health - 'healthy minds' display pack support this.
Conflict Resolution: A foundation of kindness and positive interaction can help prevent and resolve minor conflicts.
Engaging Smile & Kindness Activities for World Smile Day (0-7 Year Olds)
Make World Smile Day a truly joyous and heart-warming experience with these planning ideas and activities perfect for EYFS and KS1 children. The focus is on radiating happiness, showing compassion, and connecting with each other! Many of these early years and year 1 activities can be supported by the extensive range of printable resources we have available, especially those on our Emotions and Feelings and Kindness and Friendship pages.
Here's some inspiration for spreading smiles in your setting: (Please use your own discretion and knowledge of your children to ensure appropriateness of each activity and safety concerning any materials given and activity undertaken.)
Draw Yourself Smiling! Use the ‘Draw yourself smiling! activity sheet’ for children to express their own happy faces. You can also use ‘Draw emotions’ for more general emotion drawing.
"What Makes You Happy?" Brainstorm: Have a group discussion about things that make them smile or feel happy. Record their ideas on the ‘What makes you happy? sheets’.
Acts of Kindness Challenge: Encourage children to perform simple acts of kindness throughout the day, aiming to make someone else smile. Use our ‘Let's show kindness - activity prompt poster’ and ‘Let's show kindness - activity prompt cards’. Our ‘Acts of kindness’ activity and display can track these.
Smile "Chain" or Display: Have each child draw or write about something that makes them smile, then link them together to create a "Smile Chain" display.
Emotion Recognition with Emojis: Use our emoji-themed ‘Emotion Cards’, ‘Emotions mat’ and ‘Emotions Fan’’ to help children identify happy faces and other emotions.
"I Am Feeling..." Station: Set up an "All About Me - feelings station display" where children can identify their current emotion. Our ‘Emotions - 'I am feeling...' cards’ can be used here.
Connect with Others: Facilitate activities that encourage positive interaction and connection. Use ‘Let's connect - with each other - activity prompt poster and cards.
Movement for Mood: Discuss how movement can make us feel happy. Use ‘Let's get moving - activity prompt poster and cards to inspire active play.
Music and Emotions: Explore how music can make us feel happy. Use 'This music makes me feel...' activity sheets.
Story Time: Happy Stories: Read books that promote happiness, friendship, and kindness. Discuss how the characters feel and what makes them smile. You can also use 'This story makes me feel...' - mark making sheets.
Understanding Other Emotions: While the day is about smiles, it's also an opportunity to acknowledge that it's okay to feel other emotions. Use 'Emotion of the day' - display, basic emotions fan, and resources like ‘When I feel worried’ to support understanding.
Explore Related Pages: For more comprehensive support, visit our dedicated pages:
These activities offer great inspiration for making World Smile Day a memorable and impactful experience in your early years and Key Stage One setting, fostering emotional well-being, empathy, and a culture of kindness.
To explore ideas surrounding additional early years events, please visit our 'Special Dates Calendar' page.
Printable resources to support teaching & learning surrounding: ‘World Smile Day’
The bubbles on this ‘Healthy Minds’ poster all outline an aspect of how to look after your mental health. We hope it helps!
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These cards are intended as a quick choice of ideas to help lift someone’s mood.
Each card has an activity that may help a child feel a little brighter if they are having a sad day.
Everyone is different and each child may respond differently to each activity.
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Emoji Emotion Cards to be used for a variety of purposes.
They can be used as part of a display, given to individual children to enable them to voluntarily express their feelings or as a way to respond to adult questioning in discussions about how various situations may make us feel (1:1 or group).
They could be used in whole class, group or 1:1 to prompt role play depicting situations which evoke a specific emotion and this can then lead to discussions about how to deal with the emotion in question.
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It can often be difficult for children (and anyone) to deal with feelings of worry and anxiety. Once these feelings become overwhelmingly strong, it can be difficult to get passed them.
These 2 sheets are designed for children and adults to discuss what helps a particular child to feel happy when they are worried. This could be things like cuddling a particular soft toy, colouring, playing Lego, reading a book, etc. Once strategies have been decided, the child could make marks in the box(es) that will remind them of this strategy when they need to use it. Alternatively, adults may create picture prompts to place in the box(es).
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Happy Faces ‘Welcome’ posters. 4 colours to choose from. Space to write the name of your setting/room/classroom.
Perfect for use as part of a welcome display.
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Hands on Heart ‘Welcome’ posters. 4 colours to choose from.
Perfect for use as part of a welcome display.
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‘Welcome’ poster including languages: English, Dutch, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, French, German, Arabic, Czech, Italian and Polish. Smiling emoji background.
Perfect for use as part of a welcome display.
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Hands on Heart poster/wall art to prompt natural child led discussion celebrating racial diversity.
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These cards are intended as a quick choice of ideas to help lift someone’s mood.
Each card has an activity that may help a child feel a little brighter if they are having a sad day.
Everyone is different and each child may respond differently to each activity.
Activities included:
Drink some water!
Eat a healthy snack!
Go for a walk!
Do some exercise!
Read a book!
Role-play a character!
Paint a picture!
Make a model!
Sing a song or make some music!
Listen to some music!
Get in the sunshine!
Get outdoors into nature!
Have some quiet time.
Do some yoga stretches.
Help someone else with something. A kind act!
Think of the things you are thankful for.
Talk with a friend or family member.
Do something you really enjoy!
We hope this helps!
Keywords: Emotions, emotion, feeling, feelings, emotional regulation, emotional dysregulation, self-regulation, health, wellness
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This display pack comprises a two-page banner and a set of cloud shaped headings.
p2-3: Banner
p4-11: Cloud headings (large writing with small images)
p12-19: Cloud headings (small writing with large images)
The bubbles all outline an aspect of how to look after your mental health.
Aspects included:
Understanding and identifying feelings
Connecting with people and loved ones
Exploring and developing personal interests
Structure and routine
Sleep
Healthy food and water
Exercise
Connecting with nature
Growth mindset
Kindness and helping others
Thankfulness and gratitude. Finding small positives
We hope it helps!
Keywords: Emotions, emotion, feeling, feelings, emotional regulation, emotional dysregulation, self-regulation, health, wellness
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The bubbles on this ‘Healthy Minds’ poster all outline an aspect of how to look after your mental health.
Aspects included:
Understanding and identifying feelings
Connecting with people and loved ones
Exploring and developing personal interests
Structure and routine
Sleep
Healthy food and water
Exercise
Connecting with nature
Growth mindset
Kindness and helping others
Thankfulness and gratitude. Finding small positives
We hope it helps!
Keywords: Emotions, emotion, feeling, feelings, emotional regulation, emotional dysregulation, self-regulation, health, wellness
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This display/activity is intended to help the child/children identify their emotions and the experiences that trigger those emotions.
At the start of the day, one emotion is to be highlighted and discussed with the children. The children are then encouraged to tell someone if they think they experience that emotion during the day. The aim is for the children to become more introspective of their emotions, and more perceptive of the emotions of others.
As a group activity the children have the chance to learn from their peer’s experiences as well as their own.
Pack includes:
• Changeable display banner with space for different ‘Emotion of the day’ cards.
• Emotion of the day display cards for happy, sad, excited, worried, angry, confused, scared, surprised.
• Small A6 emotion cards to be placed around the setting as a reminder of the ‘Emotion of the day’.
Keywords: picture/visual communication aids, feeling, feelings, emotions, emotion/emotional regulation/dysregulation/self-regulation, mindfulness
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Set of 12 A5 ‘I am feeling’ cards. Useful for any individuals who need support in identifying and expressing their feelings.
Feelings include: happy, confused, excited, sad, scared, worried, love, sleepy, fine, angry, bored and frustrated.
Keywords: picture/visual communication aids, feeling, feelings, emotions, emotion/emotional regulation/dysregulation/self-regulation, autism, autistic, non verbal, non-verbal, mental health, wellness, mindfulness
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Set of 12 A5 ‘I am feeling’ colouring cards. Useful for any individuals who need support in identifying and expressing their feelings.
Feelings include: happy, confused, excited, sad, scared, worried, love, sleepy, fine, angry, bored and frustrated.
Keywords: picture/visual communication aids, feeling, feelings, emotions, emotion/emotional regulation/dysregulation/self-regulation, autism, autistic, non verbal, non-verbal, mental health, wellness, colouring page/pages/sheet/sheets, mindfulness
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We created this ‘Why is Teddy sad?’ pack in order for you to be able to explore with children how sometimes something may feel wrong inside when there are no obvious cuts, bruises, etc.
As well as investigating the feeling of ‘sadness’ by talking about what might cause us to feel sad and what it actually feels like, this pack could also be a doorway to talking about mental health. It also aids in the mindfulness practice of recognising emotions.
Keywords: feeling, feelings, emotions, emotion/emotional regulation/dysregulation/self-regulation, autism, autistic, mental health, wellness, colouring page/pages/sheet/sheets, empathy, role play, role-play, mindfulness
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This display is intended to be an interactive self-registration display that can evolve throughout the day. The children can find and add their names to the emoji that expresses how they are feeling at the start of the day and then they are encouraged to change the position of their name as they see fit as the day progresses. It aids in the mindfulness practice of recognising emotions.
An adult can quickly check to see how the group is feeling and follow up on anyone who may have indicated that they are sad, angry, etc.
Two sizes of emoji are included so that the display can fit different settings. Large (p4-9) and Small (p10-12).
For name tags, print p13 as many times as needed.
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PLAY - CONNECT - TALK
On this poster are ideas for fun activities that could be undertaken 1:1 with a child in the hopes of fostering a connection that could lead to talk.
A relaxed, fun situation is conducive to conversation which, as well as developing talking skills, will provide an opportunity for the child to express their feelings about themselves and others.
We hope this helps!
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PLAY - CONNECT - TALK
These prompt cards are ideas for fun activities that could be undertaken 1:1 with a child in the hopes of fostering a connection that could lead to talk.
A relaxed, fun situation is conducive to conversation which, as well as developing talking skills, will provide an opportunity for the child to express their feelings about themselves and others.
We hope this helps!
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This poster gives 20 fun activity ideas to get moving.
As well as being good for the body, movement and exercise are also an important part of a healthy mind!
We hope this helps!
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These prompt cards are ideas for movement activities.
As well as being good for the body, movement and exercise are also an important part of a healthy mind!
We hope this helps!
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Create an emotions/feelings display using these banners alongside some of our other emotions resources.
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The cards can be used as part of an input about emotions and feelings. The intention is that the cards would be held with the image facing the child/children and the prompts facing the adult. The activity should help the child/children think carefully about what each emotion feels like to them when they experience them. For example, when we are happy we may feel like smiling, dancing, laughing, etc. This process aids in the mindfulness practice of recognising emotions.
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It can often be difficult for children (and anyone) to deal with feelings of worry and anxiety. Once these feelings become overwhelmingly strong, it can be difficult to get passed them.
These 2 sheets are designed for children and adults to discuss what helps a particular child to feel happy when they are worried. This could be things like cuddling a particular soft toy, colouring, playing Lego, reading a book, etc. Once strategies have been decided, the child could make marks in the box(es) that will remind them of this strategy when they need to use it. Alternatively, adults may create picture prompts to place in the box(es).
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It can often be difficult for children (and anyone) to make good choices when they have an overwhelming feeling of anger or frustration. In order to talk about problems and express thoughts effectively it is often necessary to return to a calm state first.
These 2 sheets are designed for children and adults to discuss what helps a particular child to feel happy/calm again. This could be things like cuddling a particular soft toy, colouring, playing Lego, sitting in the reading corner, etc. Once strategies have been decided, the child could make marks in the boxes that will remind them of this strategy when they need to use it. Alternatively, adults may create picture prompts to place in the box(es).
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This poster gives 20 fun activity ideas to show kindness.
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These activity cards outline 20 fun activity ideas to show kindness.
We hope this helps!
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These playdough mats are perfect for gaining an insight into the day to day feelings of those in your care. Useful as a tool to explore feelings 1:1 with a child. However, they may be especially useful as a fine motor activity within a setting/school which also allows adults to tell at a glance the feelings of children within a group. This could be a particularly beneficial tool in assessing the feelings of those settling into a new setting. In addition, it aids in the mindfulness practice of recognising emotions.
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Emoji Emotions Mat to be used for a variety of purposes. To be used as part of a display, given to individual children to enable them to voluntarily express their feelings or as a way to respond to adult questioning in discussions about how various situations may make us feel (1:1 or group). Best used during small group or 1:1 activities, discussions or role-play.
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Emoji Emotion Cards to be used for a variety of purposes. They can be used as part of a display, given to individual children to enable them to voluntarily express their feelings or as a way to respond to adult questioning in discussions about how various situations may make us feel (1:1 or group). They could be used in whole class, group or 1:1 to prompt role play depicting situations which evoke a specific emotion and this can then lead to discussions about how to deal with the emotion in question.
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This emotion fan (emoiji version) gives children an alternate means to express their feelings on a slightly more developed level than the basic emoji fans that have only 3 options. They can be given to individual children to enable them to voluntarily express their feelings or as a way to respond to adult questioning in discussions about how various situations may make us feel (1:1 or group).
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A variety of differentiated drawing/writing/mark making sheets which allow children to express how a piece of music made them feel. This is a great mindfulness tool for helping children to identify and understand their emotions.
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A variety of differentiated drawing/writing/mark making sheets which allow children to express how a story made them feel. This is a great mindfulness tool for helping children to identify and understand their emotions.
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These emoji emotions colouring sheets are ideally made available to children within more focused activities surrounding 'All About Me' and 'Feelings' topics. Alternatively, each individual colouring sheet could be used as the basis for discussion/role-play about an individual emotion and then children can colour the sheet to consolidate their knowledge further.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Emotion cards to be used for a variety of purposes. They can be used as part of a display, given to individual children to enable them to voluntarily express their feelings or as a way to respond to adult questioning in discussions about how various situations may make us feel (1:1 or group). They could be used in whole class, group or 1:1 to prompt role play depicting situations which evoke a specific emotion and this can then lead to discussions about how to deal with the emotion in question.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Handy Emotion Cards with matching statements. Extremely useful to prompt discussions and role play about how situations may make us feel, beginning to understand other people's emotions and how to deal with our own. Each of the statements were developed considering what situations children may experience themselves. Adult to read cards, match to appropriate picture with the help of child(ren). This can then lead to further discussion and/or role-play.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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These Emotion Cards with matching word labels are designed to be used for a variety of purposes. Print large for use in an interactive display or whole class activity or smaller for 1:1 individual work. Children (with support from an adult) think about how the person in each picture is feeling in order to identify the emotion. You may or may not wish to use the word card labels depending on the age of your children.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Emotions Mat to be used for a variety of purposes. To be used as part of a display, given to individual children to enable them to voluntarily express their feelings or as a way to respond to adult questioning in discussions about how various situations may make us feel (1:1 or group). Best used during small group or 1:1 activities, discussions or role-play.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Emoji cards intended for use in conjunction with a musical listening activity and/or interactive display.
Children can be encouraged to select the card which shows how the piece of music makes them feel. Great form of picture communication and also to prompt communication and language development.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Emoji card colouring sheets intended for use in conjunction with a musical listening activity and/or interactive display.
Children can be encouraged to select the card which shows how the piece of music makes them feel. Great form of picture communication and also to prompt communication and language development. This set of cards can also be coloured once selected. CLICK HERE for full colour versions.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Creative and hands on way for children to convey the emotion they feel when listening to a piece of music.
Laminate this sheet for children to use time and again to respond to different pieces of music by creating emotions in the form of playdough facial features.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Banner and emoji cards intended for use in conjunction with a musical listening activity and/or interactive display.
Children can be encouraged to select the card which shows how the piece of music makes them feel. Great form of picture communication and also to prompt communication and language development.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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This pack includes:
A full colour ‘This music makes me feel…’ mat for display/activity station use. Children can be encouraged to listen to music and point to the emotion(s) that represent how the music makes them feel.
A black and white colouring in version of the mat for individual use. Again children can be encouraged to listen to music, but this time colour in the emoji(s) that represent how the music makes them feel.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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These emotion fans give children an alternate means to express their feelings on a slightly more developed level than the basic emotion fans. They can be given to individual children to enable them to voluntarily express their feelings or as a way to respond to adult questioning in discussions about how various situations may make us feel (1:1 or group).
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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These emotion fans give children an alternate means to express their feelings on a basic level. They can be given to individual children to enable them to voluntarily express their feelings or as a way to respond to adult questioning (1:1 or group). Additionally, they can be used to allow children to begin to learn how to self-evaluate how well they feel they have understood an activity and/or how much they have enjoyed it.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Traffic light fans with Green, Amber and Red lights.
Designed to be cut out, laminated and then joined with a split pin or short treasury tag.
Children can use to self-evaluate how well they think they have understood/enjoyed an activity.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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These emotions colouring sheets are ideally made available to children within more focused activities surrounding 'All About Me' and 'Feelings' topics. Alternatively, each individual colouring sheet could be used as the basis for discussion/role-play about an individual emotion and then children can colour the sheet to consolidate their knowledge further.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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'What makes you happy?' idea templates. Perfect for use after circle time as part of 'Ourselves' and 'Feelings' work. Children have space in thought bubbles to draw and/or write about 3 things that make them happy.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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These sheets are designed to encourage children to think about their emotions and what causes them to feel a certain way. Children learn to identify a feeling and pinpoint when they have felt that way. The sheets can be used as simply a prompt for discussion or as a stimulus for children to draw about their feelings. Why not have a look at our ‘Write Emotions’ sheets?
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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These sheets are designed to encourage children to think about their emotions and what causes them to feel a certain way. Children learn to identify a feeling and pinpoint when they have felt that way. The sheets can be used as simply a prompt for discussion or as a stimulus for children to draw and write about their feelings. Why not have a look at our Draw Emotions sheets?
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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To compliment the Emotion Cards in the All About Me topic, these blank faces can be coloured in with children adding their own choice of eyes, nose and mouth to convey expression.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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To compliment Emotion resources, these blank faces are ideal to be laminated and used as playdough mats with children adding their own choice of eyes, nose and mouth to convey expression.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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