Learning objective
- To talk about what I can do when I have big feelings.
Cross-curricular links
Communication and language
ELG: Listening, Attention and Understanding
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant questions, comments and actions when being read to and during whole class discussions and small group interactions.
ELG: Speaking
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary.
Expressive Arts and Design
ELG: Creating with materials
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Make use of props and materials when role playing characters in narratives and stories.
See Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, 2021 – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
EYFS outcomes
Early years foundation stage statutory framework
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
ELG: Self-regulation
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Show an understanding of their own feelings and those of others, and begin to regulate their behaviour accordingly.
See Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, 2021 – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Development matters
Personal, Social and Emotional development
Children in reception will be learning to:
- Express their feelings and consider the feelings of others.
- Identify and moderate their own feelings socially and emotionally.
Characteristics of effective learning
- Playing and exploring.
- Active learning.
- Creating and thinking critically.
See Development Matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance) – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Adaptive teaching
Adults could give support by:
- Revisiting the Resource: Feelings cards from Lesson 1: Identifying my feelings or the feelings jars display from Lesson 2: Feelings jars to help the children identify the characters’ feelings.
- Using the Resource: Amira and Jayden story pictures to help children recall and retell the story in the adult-led task.
- Using the Resource: Coping strategies as a visual prompt during the adult-led task. This could also be displayed in the classroom to support children choosing coping strategies if they feel big emotions during the week.
Key vocabulary
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calm
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excited
