‘The Volcano in my Tummy’: Exploring BIG Feelings and Negative Emotions

‘My Volcano’ has been designed to support children and young people with exploring BIG feelings, such as anger, frustration, sadness, envy, jealously and more.

The volcano encourages children and young people to identify their thoughts, feelings, actions and bodily sensations.

In turn, this allows them to self-identify when they might be ‘bubbling up’ and what they can do to support themselves.

How could this resource be used?

To support emotional regulation.
To support emotional literacy and identifying BIG feelings.
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: 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.