One of the simplest emotional literacy games I have played for years with children is entertainingly called, ‘I am a…
Category: activities
The Same but Different – activity pack
This activity pack complements my latest book: The Same but Different which encourages children to celebrate diversity as well as…
Managing anger
I made this video about anger: What can we say about anger? to help (Key Stage 2 and 3) children…
Empathy Walk
For empathy day, which was a while ago now, I was inspired by the Empathy Lab to go on an empathy walk.…
Create a worry machine
I created this worry machine a while ago for World Book Day, setting children the task of creating one for themselves.…
How are you feeling today? Book 2 by Molly Potter and Hampton Junior School
The teachers of Year 6 of Hampton Junior School contacted me about an exciting project based on my book, ‘How are…
A Collage of Feelings
For an absolutely wonderful local independent book shop and for World Book Day, I made a video (still available here)…
Never label emotions ‘good’ or ‘bad’
It is really important that we never label emotions ‘good’ or ‘bad’ with our children as this can create extra baggage…
Low-Mood Menu
We all know what ‘moods’ are but we don’t often give them a lot of thought. Such little thought is…
Looking at Individual Emotions in Greater Detail
This is a short post to introduce the idea of taking an emotion at a time and exploring it in…
It’s OK to Cry by Molly Potter – free activity pack.
You can download a free activity pack that is great to use alongside my book, ‘It’s OK to Cry,’ activity…
Emotion check-ins
Generally, our emotions are not focussed on other than when the reactions to them are extreme. We are not in…