My Feelings Radiator: BIG Feelings Scale (inspired by 5-Point-Scale)
‘The Feelings Radiator’ has been designed to support children and young people with regulating their emotions inspired by the 5 Point Scale.
It emphasises that feelings are temporary and can change. The sheet encourages children and young people to identify where on the scale they are feeling and what they can do to support themselves to feel better.
Sometimes we experience BIG feelings and this is okay. We can think about describing our feelings and how in control of them we are like a radiator.
For example, when calm, we might be cool like the snowflake setting but when angry we may be more boiling hot like a 5.
Children are invited to create their own radiator with a moving scale for the dial.
How could this resource be used?
- To support emotional regulation.
- To support emotional literacy and identifying feelings on a scale.
- To support a child 1:1.
Relevant Curriculum Links
England PSHE Statutory Curriculum Strands:
- KS1: H13. how feelings can affect people’s bodies and how they behave.
- KS1: H15. to recognise that not everyone feels the same at the same time, or feels the same about the same things.
- KS1:H18. different things they can do to manage big feelings, to help calm themselves down and/or change their mood when they don’t feel good.
- KS1: H19. to recognise when they need help with feelings; that it is important to ask for help with feelings; and how to ask for it.
- KS2: H18. about everyday things that affect feelings and the importance of expressing feelings.
- KS2: H19. a varied vocabulary to use when talking about feelings; about how to express feelings in different ways.
- KS2: H20. strategies to respond to feelings, including intense or conflicting feelings; how to manage and respond to feelings appropriately and proportionately in different situations.
Scottish Health and Wellbeing Curriculum Outcome(s):
- I know that we all experience a variety of thoughts and emotions that affect how we feel and behave and I am learning ways of managing them. HWB 0-02a / HWB 1-02a / HWB 2-02a / HWB 3-02a / HWB 4-02a.
- I understand that my feelings and reactions can change depending upon what is happening within and around me. This helps me to understand my own behaviour and the way others behave. HWB 0-04a / HWB 1-04a / HWB 2-04a / HWB 3-04a / HWB 4-04a.
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