Turning Uncomfortable Thoughts / Negative Thoughts into Positive Thoughts

‘Turning Negative Thoughts Into Positive Thoughts’ has been designed to support children and young people with exploring how to turn negative thoughts into more positive thoughts.

This resource can support children with transforming uncomfortable thoughts into comfortable thoughts.

It teaches young people how to rebalance their thinking and start to consciously think about how to reframe their thinking in certain situations.

How could this resource be used?

To support emotional regulation.
To support emotional literacy and identifying what a negative/positive thought is.
To support a child 1:1 or a whole-class activity.

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.
KS2: H29 – about how to manage setbacks/perceived failures, including how to re-frame unhelpful thinking.

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.