The Creative Educator

AUTHOR STUDY LESSONS: PAMELA ALLEN 5 lessons in PDF format suitable for Prep/Foundation - Year 2 students. Lessons include relevant ACARA codes, General Capabilities and Information Fluency Framework references where applicable.

Students can use this resource to identify what they feel, think, say and do when they are angry. This is designed to be a tool to understand the emotion of anger and lead to developing ways to recover from it. There are boy and girl sheets, one each in colour and black and white. Please leave a review if you enjoy this product.

A poster with simple prompts students can use to independently try to resolve a conflict in the classroom or playground. This is accompanied by a set of 5 question cards that can be used as palm cards or put on a keyring for students to use. Based on Restorative Practices. Sassoon font is used. PDF file. Print pages 2-5 back to back (2 sided, flipping on long side) for the cards to be double sided.

AUTHOR STUDY. 4 lesson plans (45 mins-1 hour) suited for the Prep/Foundation - Year 2 classroom based on the work of author Alison Lester. The four lessons cover the books Are We There Yet?, Magic Beach, Tricky's Bad Day and My Dog Bigsy with suggestions for comprehension questions and activities. All lessons include ACARA outcomes and Information Fluency Framework (NSW) references where applicable. PDF

This thermometer can be used to represent through colour, drawings and words how the student feels when they are mildly through to very anxious. They can also identify ways to help themselves calm down at each of the stages of anxiety. Please let me know if you find this resource useful. Enjoy!

Use these four-piece puzzles to help your students explore emotions and how to react to others with empathy. The 10 emotions used are ANGRY, SAD, FRUSTRATED, ANNOYED, SCARED, DISAPPOINTED, EMBARRASSED, ANNOYED, SORRY, NERVOUS and AGGRESSIVE. Each puzzle contains an emotion, a scenario and two ways you could help in that situation. If you like this resource, please leave a review. Thanks and enjoy!

8 bright and colourful posters depicting a diverse range of kids with positive and encouraging statements. Perfect for classroom decoration. Suitable to be printed in A4 or A3 (please note a small white border may be present).

52 affirmation cards (13 pages of PDF in colour and 13 pages in b/w) for students. Ideal to have on a desk, on a keychain or in a schoolbag. Aimed at primary aged students. Sassoon font is used. Bright and colourful but black and white PDF is also included for students to decorate with their own meaningful images. Great for wellbeing lessons or to give to parents. Can be used as a whole-class activity or for selected students.

Students can kick goals using this simple template. Students and teachers can collaboratively set and record goals for literacy, maths and other areas. Perfect to laminate and put on desks or use as a poster display. Five template choices, including female characters, male characters, unisex characters and simple templates. Enjoy!

This foldable resource lets students identify things that make them angry, warning signs, calming down tips and ideas of who to go to when you need help calming down. Students can keep it on their desk or somewhere closeby to refer to when needed.

Three beautiful colouring sheets to spread positivity and calm during mindful colouring sessions. Can be printed in A4 or A3.

Students can use this resource to identify how they feel as they get more and more angry, using both words/pictures and colours in the thermometer to represent their feelings. There is also space for students to brainstorm ways to calm down at each point in their anger spectrum. Please leave a review if you find this product useful. Enjoy!

Seven A4 pages visually representing everyday objects made from the materials wood, rubber, metal, paper, fabric, glass and plastic. Smaller signs also included to use on sorting tables.

A poster and worksheet that help students to realise that anger is the result of an underlying emotion. Naming that emotion may reduce anger and angry outbursts.

This resource includes 2 posters with tips for students to try to assist them calm down when they are anxious and to prevent anxiety. This could be used as a classroom display or put on an individual's desk. There are also 8 flashcards. If you use and enjoy this resource, please leave a review. Thanks and enjoy!

This resource features 9 angry faces with 9 tips to try to calm down. Once students have tried the calming strategy, they lift the flip to reveal a happy face and a message to try another strategy if they still feel angry. All printing instructions are included. Very cute! Please leave a review if you find this product useful.

72 colour, double-sided flashcards to use when teaching vocabulary, sight words and life skills. There are flashcards for animals, numbers 1-12, fruit, shapes and colours. Print double sided, flipping on long edge. Enjoy!

A set of 20 provocations to display in the classroom. Print out students names and the headings 'yes' and 'no' then get students to think about their answer and move their name tag accordingly. Great for fast finishers and to get students thinking and discussing. Sasson font is used.

Students can practice addition to 20 using these 31 colourful and fun flashcards and a set of pegs. Students simply place the peg over the number they think is the correct answer. You may like to place a dot on the back of the flashcards so that students can self-check their answer.

A set of 30 colourful flashcards with sums focusing on subtraction from 20. Use with pegs - students work out the answer then place a peg over the correct number. You may wish to put a dot behind the correct answer so students can self-check.