The Emotional Eggs: Role Play / Small World Puppets (Easter Resources)

The Emotional Eggs have been created to encourage children to talk about different feelings and the varied vocabulary associated with them. It is a tool for developing emotional literacy and feelings vocabulary.

The Emotional Eggs are the perfect Easter addition to any EYFS or KS1 setting.

These eggs can be turned into lolly-stick puppets making them ideal for tuff spots, role-play or small-world play.

How could this resource be used?

To support emotional regulation, emotional literacy, and identifying different emotions.
To support a child 1:1.
To help children to identify a variety of vocabulary to describe their feelings.

Relevant Curriculum Links

England PSHE Statutory Curriculum Strands:

KS1: H11. about different feelings that humans can experience.
KS1: H12. how to recognise and name different feelings.
KS1: H13. how feelings can affect people’s bodies and how they behave.
KS1: H14. how to recognise what others might be feeling.
KS1: H15. to recognise that not everyone feels the same at the same time, or feels the same about the same things.
KS1: H16. about ways of sharing feelings; a range of words to describe feelings.
KS2: H19 – a varied vocabulary to use when talking about feelings.
KS2: H18. about everyday things that affect feelings and the importance of expressing feelings.

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.