My Wellbeing Journey
PREP My picture
My name: ................................................................................................. My Class: ................................................................................................. My Teacher: ................................................................................................. 1
Learning About Me Dear Parents and Teachers, To ensure that this journal assists your children, please explain the research-based activities and direct them on what to do. The intention is about children developing a self-awareness of who they are to grow their wellbeing. LEARNING CURVE SELF-AWARENESS AND WELLBEING INDEX – PREP Learning About Me and Index................................................................................................... 2 Sharing Who I Am ................................................................................................................. 3 My Triangle of Safety ............................................................................................................. 4 Watching Me Grow ............................................................................................................... 5 My Gratitude Bucket.............................................................................................................. ..............................................................................................................11 11 Writing Numbers ................................................................................................................ 23 I Spy .................................................................................................................................. ..................................................................................................................................37 37 What Am I Thankful For?....................................................................................................... 51 Animal Yoga ....................................................................................................................... 65 Find the 5 Differences ........................................................................................................... ...........................................................................................................77 77 The Gratitude Tree ................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................91 91 A Few of My Favourite Things ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................105 105 Class Bingo ........................................................................................................................ ........................................................................................................................110 110 What Am I Good At? ........................................................................................................... 111 My Feelings ........................................................................................................................ ........................................................................................................................112 112 Class Feel Good Search ......................................................................................................... .........................................................................................................113 113 My Senses ................................................................................................................... 114-115 What Shape Is That? ........................................................................................................... 117 Healthy & Unhealthy Foods ................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................118 118 Hygiene and Me .................................................................................................................. ..................................................................................................................119 119 Feeling Safe and Healthy ...................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................120 120 Warning Signs and Symbols .................................................................................................. ..................................................................................................121 121 My Friends ........................................................................................................................ 122 2
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Sharing Who I Am This Lesson: Wellbeing Learning Intention is for children to have fun learning about themselves by drawing pictures in the boxes below. My name is:
My birthday is:
How old will I be?
My eye colour is:
My height right now is:
My favourite toy is:
My nickname is:
A drawing of me, my family, my friends and my pets. Their names are:
Acknowledgement: ACARA F HPE
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My Triangle of Safety WHO KEEPS ME HAPPY, SAFE AND HEALTHY? This Lesson: Wellbeing Learning Intention is to draw a picture of, or stick a photo in, of each special person that helps to keep them happy, safe and healthy.
A drawing of me feeling happy, safe and healthy.
Special person 1
Special person 2
Acknowledgement: ACARA F HPE
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Watching Me Grow This Lesson: Wellbeing Learning Intention is for children to begin to learn about how their bodies are growing and changing. They are to measure their height each month during the year; you can do it more often should you wish to. This activity can be done either in class or at home. As a numbers activity, children will need to be taught how to use a measuring tape.
January ................cm ................ cm
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March ................cm ................ cm
April ................cm ................ cm
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June ................cm ................ cm
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August ................cm ................ cm
September ................cm ................ cm
October ................cm ................ cm
November ................cm ................ cm
December ................cm ................ cm
How much have you grown this year? ................ ................cm cm Acknowledgement: ACARA F HPE
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Colouring In
Fill in the missing letter
inosaur
Words
Curiosity
Write the correct letter to finish the picture word.
Did you know that horses and cows sleep standing up? Draw them sleeping.
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Readers are Leaders Reading Communication Week beginning / MONDAY
Tick the ones you did this week.
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Book title:
Pages
Minutes
TUESDAY
Book title:
Pages
What did you do this week?
Sang a song
Tried something new
Laughed a lot
Wrote a story
Coloured in
Visited relatives
Played a new game
Drew a picture
Played sport
Minutes
WEDNESDAY Book title:
Pages
Minutes
THURSDAY
Book title:
Mindfulness Activity FIVE SENSES. When eating ice cream which of your five senses do you use?
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Minutes
FRIDAY
Book title:
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Minutes
Tick the box for the sense/s you use.
Parent/Carer Signature: How did you feel this week?
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Words Write the correct letter to finish the picture word.
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Reading Tip Ask family to buy books as presents for your child.
Join the dots and colour in
Fill in the missing letter
Mindfulness Time Lifting Breathing. Lie on your back and put your favourite soft toy on your tummy. Breathe slowly in and out and watch your toy lift and fall on your tummy. Acknowledgement: Kabat Zinn & Baer
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Readers are Leaders Reading Communication Week beginning / MONDAY
What did you do this week? Tick the ones you did this week.
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Book title:
Pages
Minutes
TUESDAY
Book title:
Played with your pet
Read a book
Enjoyed exercise
Played with Played friends
Had fun laughing
Went for a walk
BU S
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Minutes
WEDNESDAY Book title: Went Went shopping
Rode on Rode a bus
Rode a bike
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Minutes
THURSDAY
Book title:
Mindfulness Activity
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SOUNDS. Go outside, close your eyes and listen to the sounds around you for one minute. Then write down some of the sounds you heard.
FRIDAY
Book title:
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Minutes
Parent/Carer Signature: How did you feel this week?
Acknowledgement: Kabat Zinn & Baer
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Mindfulness Time
Curiosity
Shapes Search. Breathing slowly and sitting quietly, think about all your toys that have a triangle shape in them or are shaped like a triangle.
Did you know that the blue whale is the largest animal on earth? Draw a blue whale.
How many do you have?
Acknowledgement: Kabat Zinn & Baer
Acknowledgement: Catherine Ann Rauch
Fill in the missing letter
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Colouring In
Writing Numbers Practise writing the numbers from 1 to 10.
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Mindfulness Time
Curiosity
Yummy Foods. Close your eyes and think of yummy foods you love and feel the taste of them in your mouth and their smells in your nose.
Did you know that your teeth are as hard as a shark’s teeth? Draw your teeth.
Acknowledgement: Kabat Zinn & Baer
Acknowledgement: Catherine Ann Rauch
Fill in the missing letter
utterfly
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Colouring In
What Am I Thankful For? Write down or draw the things in your life you are thankful for.
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Numbers Find two things outside shaped like a circle, a triangle and a square.
With your child put food items in order of weight or cost.
Join the dots and colour in
Fill in the missing letter
wellbeing@school What things can you do to keep yourself safe and healthy? Draw or write one.
Acknowledgement: ACARA F HPE
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Readers are Leaders Reading Communication Week beginning / MONDAY
Tick the ones you did this week.
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Book title:
Pages
Minutes
TUESDAY
Book title:
Pages
What did you do this week?
Sang a song
Tried something new
Laughed a lot
Wrote a story
Coloured in
Visited relatives
Played a new game
Drew a picture
Played sport
Minutes
WEDNESDAY Book title:
Pages
Minutes
THURSDAY
Book title:
Mindfulness Activity NAME GAME. Write down all the objects you know that begin with the letter C and what they are used for.
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Minutes
FRIDAY
Book title:
Pages
Minutes
Parent/Carer Signature: How did you feel this week?
Acknowledgement: Kabat Zinn & Baer
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Words Write the correct letter to finish the picture word.
Growing my wellbeing What things can we do for others that are THOUGHTFUL THOUGHTFUL.. Discuss as a family.
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Reading Tip Ask your child to ask questions about the story and retell it.
Fill in the missing letter
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The Gratitude Tree This Lesson: Wellbeing Learning Intention is for children to write in the Gratitude Tree leaves the things they are grateful for in their lives.
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Class Bingo Born in the same month as me.
Is left-handed.
Has a cat and a dog.
Has green eyes.
Likes sweet potato.
Is learning a musical instrument.
Enjoys being outdoors.
Has a pet fish at home.
Has a brother or sister.
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This Lesson: Wellbeing Learning Intention is for children to move around the class, or you run the activity yourself, looking for classmates who have some of the things in the boxes below. When someone gets to seven classmates they yell BINGO!
What Am I Good At? This Lesson: Wellbeing Learning Intention is for children to circle pictures of what they are good at. Activities creating a feeling of accomplishment and positivity such as painting, gardening, drawing, listening, cooking, helping out, being kind, sharing and so on.
Painting
Gardening
Drawing
Listening
Cooking
Helping Others
Being Kind
Sharing Toys
Singing
Riding a Bike
Being Funny
Dancing
Swimming
Caring for Pets
Reading
Playing Sport Being a Friend Skateboarding
Something I am good at...
Acknowledgement: ACARA F HPE
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My Feelings This Lesson: Wellbeing Learning Intention is for children to match how they could feel for each of the activities by joining the activity and a feeling with a line. A class brainstorm is a good way to start.
Went to a birthday party
I would feel happy
I would feel sad
Playing with a pet
I would feel excited
Watching TV
I would feel lucky
Colouring in a picture
I would feel good
Tripped over at school
I would feel relaxed
Eating a cake Acknowledgement: F RRRR, Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
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I would feel wild
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Playing with friends
Class Feel Good Search This Lesson: Wellbeing Learning Intention is for children to move around the class, or you run the activity yourself, looking for other classmates who have done any of these feel good things this week. Enjoyed reading a book
Visited a park
Went for a family walk
Had a good sleep
Ate something yummy
Had fun and laughed
Danced with friends and family
Drank plenty of water
Exercised a lot
Acknowledgement: ACARA F HPE
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My Face and Feelings I am feeling happy
I am feeling sad
I am feeling
I am feeling
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Acknowledgement: ACARA F HPE
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This Lesson: Wellbeing Learning Intention is for children to learn about how the look on their faces tells others how they are feeling. Ask them to draw their faces for each of these simple feelings and as a class come up with two of your choice.
What Shape Is That? This Lesson: Wellbeing Learning Intention is for children to draw along the dotted line around each shape and learn the names of the different shapes. Ask them to explain the emotion on each of the shapes faces.
Acknowledgement: Walsh
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Feeling Safe and Healthy This Lesson: Wellbeing Learning Intention is for children to learn about feeling safe and healthy by having a class brainstorm about safe and healthy places. Ask them to colour in the buildings in the top box and draw a safe place for themselves in the bottom box.
Acknowledgement: ACARA F HPE
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A place I feel safe.
Warning Signs & Symbols This Lesson: Wellbeing Learning Intention is for children to learn about road, water and beach signs and symbols, to warn them of dangers to keep themselves safe. Ask them to colour in these warning signs. TRAFFIC LIGHTS
STOP SIGN
SWIMMING FLAG AT THE BEACH
SCHOOL CROSSING
Acknowledgement: ACARA F HPE
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