Feelings & Body Sensations Thermometer (Bundle) - Social Emotional Learning

These engaging social and emotional activities are designed to help students identify different feelings and body sensations and begin to identify the different intensities of sensations and emotions. The body sensations and feelings thermometers come in digital and print formats.

What's included:

• Feelings Thermometer
• Body Sensation Thermometer

Please see below for detailed description of each product:

1. Feelings thermometer:

Feelings thermometer is an engaging social emotional learning activity to support your students to begin to identify their feelings, the difference between small and large feelings and how feelings accumulate.

Feelings thermometers are visual tools that support:

• Students to identify different feelings within themselves and others
• Measure how they are feeling
• Identify different intensities of emotions. For example, differences between small, medium and large feelings (e.g. tried (small feeling), frustrated (medium feeling) or angry (large feeling).
• Identify how emotions can accumulate and grow from small to large emotions.
• Support students to identify when they are starting to become anxious or frustrated and implement strategies before the feelings escalate and become difficult to manage.

How to use & what’s included?

Four feelings thermometer resources are included in the pack

1. Digital activity
2. Printable worksheet activity
3. Display for classroom or the home are provided
4. Tip sheet for teaching this activity & discussing feeling thermometers

Digital activity – PowerPoint slides are movable and interactive.

How to use:

1. Student selects a feelings face (face sizes are changeable for activity).
2. Ask student(s) to identify how the face might be feeling.
3. Ask student(s) to identify where the feeling might go on the scale (e.g. is it a small, medium or large feeling). You can use numbers as a guide to support this.
4. Click on face, now drag /move face and place on thermometer
5. Continue same process with remaining feeling faces.

Printable worksheets – comes in pdf format.

How to use:

1. With scissors cut out each feelings face
2. Select a feeling face, identify how face might be feeling… happy, sad, angry, etc.
3. Identify where this feeling might belong on thermometer, e.g. is it a small, medium or large feeling? Attach face to thermometer.
4. Continue same process until finished.

Printable feelings display for classroom or home:

How to use:

• Print and laminate feelings thermometer.
• Create a name tag for students. You could use name tag provided in product, pegs with students name written or students pictures.
• Explain feelings thermometer (tip sheet provided has talking points).
• Create regular opportunities for students to check in and identify how they are feeling. For example, at the start of each day, after lunch, etc.

Tip sheet for teaching feelings thermometer:

1 page pdf with tips for teaching and discussing feelings thermometers

2. Body Sensation Thermometer

The body sensations thermometer is an engaging interoception and emotional regulation activity to support students to develop their ability to notice body sensations, link body sensations to emotions and develop students’ awareness of intensities of body sensations (small, medium, and big sensations).

This is a visual tool that support students to:

• Notice and identify body sensations
• Identify different feelings within themselves
• Measure how they are feeling
• Identify different intensities of sensations. For example, differences between small, medium and large feelings (e.g. breathing slowly (small sensation), steady heart beat (medium sensation) or out of control (large sensation).
• Support students to identify when they are starting to become anxious or frustrated and implement strategies before the feelings escalate and become difficult to manage.

What’s included?

• Digital activity (power point)
• Printable worksheet activity
• Tip sheet for teaching this activity & discussing body sensation thermometers

30 pictures of different sensations included:

• Fast
• Slow
• Shaky
• Warm
• Cold
• Sweaty
• Butterflies
• Sore
• Heavy
• Floppy
• Listening
• Can’t listen
• Low battery
• Full battery
• Can’t sit still
• Sitting up
• Breathing slowly
• Breathing fast
• Out of control
• Focused
• Fast heartbeat
• Slow heartbeat
• Steady heartbeat
• Can’t think
• Focused brain
• Soft voice
• Yelling
• Goosebumps
• 2 x blank cards (for students to write and draw their own sensations)

Digital activity – PowerPoint slide is movable and interactive.

How to use:

• Student selects a body sensation (sensations can be moved and the size is changeable).
• Ask student(s) to identify what emotion/s this sensation might belong to.
• Identify where the sensation belongs on thermometer, e.g. is it a small, medium or big sensation? You can use numbers as a guide to support this.
• Click on picture, now drag /move sensation and place on thermometer
• Continue same process with remaining sensations.

*Please note that we all experience sensations differently. You may not need to use all sensations provided or you might like to use your own describing words with the blank squares provided.

Printable worksheets – 2 pages in pdf

How to use:

• With scissors cut out each of the below body sensations
• Select a sensation. Now identify what emotion this sensation might belong too.
• Identify where the sensation belongs on thermometer, e.g. is it a small, medium or big sensation? Attach to thermometer.
• Continue above process until finished

*Please note that we all experience sensations differently. You may not need to use all sensations provided or you might like to draw your own describing words and pictures to the blank squares provided.

Tip sheet for teaching feelings thermometer:

1 page pdf with tips for teaching and discussing feelings body sensation thermometer

Disclaimer

These activities are intended for general use. This activity is not intended to replace the advice of a physician or occupational therapist. Information provided should not be used for diagnostic or training purposes. If you require specific support contact your physician or OT. Stop any activity if you are unsure about a child’s reaction or ability.

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Questions

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