BIG Feelings Scale (5 Point Scale) Display for Supporting Emotional Regulation

‘BIG Feelings Display’ has been designed to support children and young people with regulating their emotions using the 5 Point Scale.

This A4 volcano display encourages children and young people to identify where on the scale they are feeling. This could also be scaled to A3 if needed.

We have a complete guide to implementing the BIG Feelings Scale and Volcano through a whole-school approach for PLUS+ members.

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.
To support your whole-class and whole-school approach through a Classroom Display Poster.

Relevant Curriculum Links

England PSHE Statutory Curriculum Strands:

KS1: H13 – how feelings can affect people’s bodies and how they behave.
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.
KS2: H20 – how to manage and respond to feelings appropriately and proportionately in different situations.

Scottish Health and Wellbeing Curriculum Outcome(s):

I am aware of and able to express my feelings and am developing the ability to talk about them. HWB 0-01a / HWB 1-01a / HWB 2-01a / HWB 3-01a / HWB 4-01a.
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.