Combining literacy lessons with wellbeing, this accessible guide, full
of practical lesson plans and photocopiable activities is the ideal
resource for the busy primary school teacher. Using popular children's
books to explore themes such as relationships, friendship, listening,
anxiety, sadness, resilience and confidence, each book focuses on the
key areas shown to impact mental health and wellbeing to enable children
to explore and think about difficult things.
Divided into five chapters, each chapter focuses on an area that creates
positive foundations for mental health and wellbeing: relationships,
emotional literacy, sense of self, skills for learning and understanding
how our brain influences our learning and behaviour. Developed into a
series of lesson plans for teachers and links to the literacy
curriculum, each story contains a range of teaching techniques that
develop the key areas impacting mental health and wellbeing.
This invaluable resource will enable KS1 teachers to focus and develop
their knowledge, skills and understanding to incorporate wellbeing into
the literacy curriculum.