Activities

Teaching tamariki the neuroscience behind worrying helps them make sense of the way it feels, so they can better work through it.

A game for identifying, naming and sharing emotions.

A calming game that paves the way for tummy breathing.

An activity for thinking about and adjusting our energy levels.

A group exercise for showing and guessing different emotions.

Teaching mindful breathing for focus and calm.

A craft activity that will give tamariki a calming keepsake.

Help tamariki understand and manage their worries.

Two games that helps students discover their inner pause button.

Extending the connection between music and emotions.

Create an interactive classroom rollercoaster, and support tamariki to develop their emotional literacy and regulation

A video-making activity for senior tamariki to learn about managing big emotions, and teach others to too.

A fun activity to help tamariki overcome inhibitions and get to know each other better

This activity helps tamariki learn to manage emotions using a playground slide as a visualisation tool.

This activity uses colours to help tamariki name emotions. Being able to recognise and name emotions is the biggest step towards successfully regulating them.

Anxiety and worry have gotten a bad reputation, but they're pretty normal emotions. Here's some tips on how to support tamariki who feel worried – a little, or a lot.

Anger is tricky... it can often be another emotion in disguise. These tips explore how to 'play detective' and support angry-looking tamariki.

While it's not a first day... this week might have similar deja vu 'feelings' for tamariki. This activity provides and opportunity to kōrero about this and express how they're doing.

Here's our tips and tricks to get the most out of Sparklers - it's easy peasy!

We all know books have super powers. Here’s an activity that will use them to help tamariki develop emotional literacy, tune in to how others are feeling and know how to react to different emotions.