My Wellbeing Journey - Prep

My Wellbeing Journey

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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

February ................cm ................ cm

March ................cm ................ cm

April ................cm ................ cm

May ................cm ................ cm

June ................cm ................ cm

July ................cm ................ cm

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.

_nt Reading Tip Role model a love of reading for your child.

Acknowledgement: Catherine Ann Rauch

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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?

Pages

Minutes

FRIDAY

Book title:

Pages

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

Pages

Minutes

WEDNESDAY Book title: Went Went shopping

Rode on Rode a bus

Rode a bike

Pages

Minutes

THURSDAY

Book title:

Mindfulness Activity

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Minutes

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:

Pages

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

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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.

Pages

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.

F RRRR, Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne

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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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