48 activities that explore emotional issues through drawing. These activities and worksheets use drawing as the basis for exploring emotional issues and promoting children's emotional literacy. For each activity the instructions include a clearly stated aim, a suggested outline of how to conduct the activity and two optional follow-on ideas. The finished drawings can be displayed or kept by children as a visual reminder of their learning. Includes FREE CD-ROM containing the whole book in color.

Organized in three sections:

• Self-esteem - The activities in this section promote a positive sense of self by helping children to identify their strengths and preferences, their achievements and aspirations, the people and things they value. Understanding this concept helps them to take responsibility for their emotions and actions.
• Emotions - In this section children identify and define more complex feelings such as jealousy, pride and embarrassment and they are encouraged to define these feelings in both words and drawings, and through personal experience. When children understand what causes strong emotional reactions, they are better able to manage their feelings in an appropriate way.
• Empathy - These activities encourage children to consider other people's feelings and preferences, and to think from different perspectives. Some offer specific viewpoints to focus on such as an old lady, a baby or an alien. Others promote empathetic skills such as listening.

Written by Ruby Radburn
100 pages