Disappointment is a part of life and children who are able to identify and handle disappointment are able to interpret failure, have a stronger sense of self and are able to bounce back when things don't go the way they want in their lives.
Encouraging children to look at the positive, rewarding their efforts and reminding them of ways to calm themselves when faced with a disappointment can give them a right start in developing this life skill.
My thoroughly researched pack of activities and resources will help you plan and teach children about handling disappointment.
The well laid out information will help you to work on the skill consciously and the suggested activities can be used at any time of the day. Our adorable mascot, Skipper, the Penguin will make learning fun and interesting.
Handling Disappointment
This pack includes the following:
- 3 book suggestions
- Questions to ask children when discussing the skill
- 5 activity suggestions along with resources to build the skill of handling disappointment
- Posters that encourages children to learn the meaning of disappointment and different ways to handle it appropriately
- Sorting Cards for appropriate and inappropriate ways to deal with disappointment
- Situation cards that children can enact and learn how to make appropriate choices
- Needs Vs Wants Poster
- Needs Vs Wants Game
- Coloring Sheet
- An interesting deep breathing exercise poster
- A student handbook that includes an assessment sheet and 4 practice sheets (2 differentiated levels) that can be done at school and home
- A letter for parents, explaining the skill and suggestions on how they can work on the mentioned skill at home
This unit is part of the SEL program, Social Slate that I have conceptualized and created for young learners. The program lays a strong foundation to build social and emotional skills in children. It aims at helping children to understand and express emotions, resolve social conflicts and develop self-awareness. I have referred to the research work by CASEL while creating this program. The program consists of 12 units that help teachers and parents to lay the right foundation in formative years of children so that they can enjoy a successful & rewarding personal / professional life as adults.
