Worry dolls

Worry dolls (Spanish: Muñecas quitapenas, "Dolls [that] remove worries"),[1] or trouble dolls, are very small and colorful dolls traditionally made in Guatemala.[2] A person (usually a child) who cannot sleep due to worrying can express their worries to a doll and place it under their pillow before going to sleep. Some medical centers use them in conjunction with treatment for disease in children.[3][4] According to folklore, the doll is thought to worry in the person's place, thereby permitting the person to sleep peacefully. The person will wake up without their worries, which have been taken away by the dolls during the night. Parents may remove the doll during the night, reinforcing the child's belief that the worry is gone. Some parents involve the child in making the dolls to further increase the psychological benefits of releasing worries, and instructions may be found online.

This could be a nice PSHE/Seal activity.

Here are some instructions I have found to make them...




 (Wikipedia)

Friendship bracelets - craft

I have found a very simple fun way of making friendship bracelets. Excellent for pshe or seal activities as well as craft, fine motor skills etc.

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I know I will be definitely be using it with my friendship group. Will be a lovely activity to begin the sessions. They can all make a bracelet for each other.

Word web

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Haunted house board game - adding

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Save the princess - sounding out game

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Save the princess - word game

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Halloween writing frames





Zap the dinosaur (number bonds to 10)

Zap the dinosaur game
Children have a game board each and a set of counters. Child picks a number card and zaps the corresponding bond to 10 on his/her board. The first person to zap all their dinosaurs is the winner. I have included a set of number cards but am sure you could use the digit cards from school.

Number gossip

A fab way of finding out about any number

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Number formation practise

These could be printed and laminated for lots of practise, or used as a worksheet. They could also be put together as a book.

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Here is an example picture.

Emotion game for small group work

This game is very simple but very effective. We all know children love to talk. They throw a die and which ever number they get they have to describe a time when they felt like that.

Zap that dinosaur (doubles game)

Very simple game where children throw a die and double the number. They then cover up one of the dinosaurs on their board. The first person to cover (zap) all the dinosaurs is the winner

Emotional literacy - words

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Emotion fans

Click here for all the fans on a pdf

Emotion fans pdf

 

Counting dinosaurs

These cards could be used for alsorts of games.

Snap - mix the cards and deal out.
Sorting the dinosaurs
Give the child a number and they have to count out that many dinosaurs.
Pairs games, deal a selection out and place face down, child has to find 2 that match.
Adding numbers together. 5 dinosaurs add 3 dinosaurs equals ?
Take a handful of dinosaurs and find the correct number.

Dinosaur double the number

Throw a die and use a counter to count that many squares, double the number you land on.

Dinosaur adding or subtracting game

Write your own rule in the starburst, eg add 1, subtract 1, add 2, subtract 2, double the number, number bonds to 10 etc.

Ghost game recognise the numbers

Children to throw a die and move that many spaces, they then have to read the number and count out that many ghosts to keep. If incorrect they must go back to the beginning.

Ghost writing frame (Halloween)

How many ghosts can you catch (counting game)

Learning Objective: to count objects upto 5

Children to have a counter each. Throw a die. Which ever square they land on they have to count the ghosts. If correct then they can stay on the square. If wrong they have to go back to the beginning.

Letters and sounds - sound it out board game

ch board game, letters and sounds phase 3

satpin, blend it and read it

Phase 3 board game ( the first few sounds)

Throw a die and put a counter on the sound. Read it! If correct you stay there and if not you have to go back to the beginning.

satpin game phase 2 letters and sounds

Very simple game, the child rolls a die and moves a counter. He has to say the sound he lands on. If he is right the counter can stay there if wrong he has to go back to the beginning.