GROUP 6 Born 2017
Book: July 2022
PABLO’S FEELINGS
by Ladybird
Pablo has autism and he sees the world in a different way.
Together with his friends, the Book Animals, he comes up
with a way to let people know what he is thinking!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/pablo
Make a ‘Happiness Box’.
Why not create a box filled with things that make your child happy?
The joy of a ‘Happiness Box’ is that it will be their box, just for them
and they can choose what to put inside. It might be a photograph,
a soft toy, a book, or a blanket.
Can you guess what your child might choose? If You’re Happy
and You Know It
Mirror, Mirror
Identifying emotions and If you’re happy and you know it,
feelings is an important clap your hands.
part of your child’s If you’re happy and you know it,
development. Mirrors are a clap your hands.
great way to practise what
If you’re happy and you know it,
these feelings look and
and you really want to show it,
sound like using their own
if you’re happy and you know it,
faces, bodies, and voices.
clap your hands.
Try sitting with your child so that you can both
make different emotion faces in the mirror You can repeat this verse by letting
and talk about them. your child choose the actions.
You could even change the emotions:
Pretend Play If you’re grumpy and you know it,
Pretend play is a great time to talk to your child about stamp your feet..
emotions. Why not join them and use emotion words
to talk about the stories they are creating!
For example; "Is it time for a
birthday party? I'm so excited,
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/
are you excited?" or, “Is teddy nursery-rhymes-if-youre-happy-and-you-
feeling poorly? Oh, that makes know-it-clap-your-hands/z6rnmfr
me a little bit sad!"
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