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Activities to promote resilience in my future classroom - Coggle Diagram
Activities to promote resilience in my future classroom
Emotional awareness
Using dolls/puppets or storybooks to model relatable scenarios to children featuring different emotions
Emotional check ins throughout the day
Draw how you feel activity
Calm corner
Soft lighting, calming music, fidget toys, soft furnishings
Allow children space to regulate their emotions
Display visual images of how children can regulate their emotions, such as breathing techniques and sensory strategies
Sports
Team games can help children to practice good communication
Competitions develop empathy as children practice how to respond to others when they do or do not win
Adult-led activities
Social and emotional development curriculum sessions which explicitly teach children about their feelings and how to understand them
Providing children with realistic challenges during lessons to extend their learning and encourage greater depth of thinking
Children's interests
Planning activities that link to children's interests to encourage engagement and show the child their interests matter
Weekly topics in class, each chosen by an individual child based on their interests
Acknowledge achievements both in and out of school
Problem Solving
Role play situations featuring different emotions so children learn how to respond appropriately, such as how to help a friend who is feeling sad
Board games/ other games in small groups, so children can practice how to handle winning and losing
Allow the children to problem solve with no adult intervention to encourage resilience
Use the 'Gradual Release of Responsibility' model when scaffolding children's learning
Outdoor provision
Climbing frames and obstacle courses encourage children to problem solve
The outdoors encourages independence among children, and they are often slower to ask an adult for help than when indoors, which highlights resilience and determination
Making children feel valued
Giving children class jobs so that they feel they have purpose and responsibility
Actively listening when children are talking
Remembering weekend plans the children mention and asking them how they went
1:1 time with the children, where possible, to build meaningful relationships
Using a child's name when talking to them
Positive reinforcement such as praise and letters home