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My Feelings (EYFS)
EYFS My Feelings Activity Book. Explore this exact learning topic with focused guidance and activities.
My Feelings (EYFS) is a warm, five-play Reception PSED activity book mapped to the EYFS framework and the Self-Regulation Early Learning Goal. Children name feelings — happy, sad, cross, worried, excited and calm — notice how they look on faces and feel in their bodies, practise gentle calming ideas like big dragon breaths, cuddling a teddy and telling a trusted grown-up, think of kind ways to help a sad friend, and build a cosy feelings check-in chart to use at home. One play is auto-marked on screen with instant friendly feedback; the rest are talking, drawing and home tasks a grown-up can share, and the whole book can be printed with a full answer sheet. Emotionally supportive with no pass-or-fail tone, and fully SEND-friendly with high-contrast and large-text modes.
Key stage
Early years foundation stage
Subject
Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED)
Time
~15 min
Access
Free
Format
Activity Book
Inside My Feelings (EYFS)
naming feelings — happy, sad, cross, worried, excited and calm; how feelings look on our faces and feel in our bodies; big dragon breaths, teddy cuddles and other calming ideas; and kind ways to help a sad friend. About 15 gentle minutes with a grown-up.
Learning objectives
- name feelings — happy, sad, cross, worried, excited and calm — and hear that every feeling is okay;
- notice how feelings look on faces and feel in our bodies, like butterflies in the tummy;
- try gentle calming ideas — big dragon breaths, cuddling a teddy and telling a grown-up;
- think of kind ways to help a sad friend;
- build a cosy feelings check-in habit at home with a trusted grown-up.
Activities in this book
Play 1 — Naming Feelings
read each little story slowly with a grown-up, and try making the face the child might be making — your own face can help you find the feeling word!
Play 2 — Faces & Bodies
look in a mirror together and pull happy, sad and cross faces. Then ask, 'Where do you feel it in your body?' — tummy, shoulders, hands or heart.
Play 3 — My Calm-Down Ideas
practise the big dragon breath together when everyone is already calm and giggly — then it's easy to remember when a big feeling comes along.
Play 4 — Helping a Sad Friend
there is no single right answer here — wonder out loud together: 'What would help YOU feel better? Maybe that would help your friend too.'
Play 5 — My Feelings Check-In Chart
pop the printed chart on the fridge and make check-in a cosy little habit — breakfast or bedtime works beautifully. Every feeling your child names is a win.
Suggestions for teaching
- Name it to tame it. Simply naming a feeling ("You look a bit worried") helps children understand and settle it.
- All feelings are okay. Keep the tone warm — feelings are never naughty, even when big; it is what we do with them that we practise.
- Use your own face and body. Pull the faces in a mirror together and talk about where feelings live — tummy, shoulders, hands, heart.
- Practise calm when calm. Try dragon breaths during happy, giggly moments so the idea is ready when a big feeling arrives.
- Talk to a trusted grown-up. Gently repeat that telling a grown-up how you feel always helps — it is the most important idea in the book.
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