1st Edition
101 Games for Better Behaviour Supporting Feelings and Building Emotional Understanding
This book is full of engaging games and activities that will help children to develop the skills and attributes needed for positive behaviours and effective learning.
Part of the popular 101 series, this practical resource includes a wide range of games that will help children to explore the five key areas: self-awareness, managing feelings, motivation, empathy and social skills. Designed with busy teachers in mind, all activities are adaptable, easy to implement and require little to no additional materials, with resources available to download.
101 Games for Better Behaviour helps children to learn that an effective community is built on co-operation, tolerance and enjoyment. This revised edition features a new introduction mapping games onto the current curriculum, making it the perfect resource for any primary classroom or early years setting.
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
1 Welcome to Our Group
Great greetings
The magic beanbag
Start with a song
Knowing you, knowing me
Good to greet
Mingle
Shaking circles
A bouncy ‘Hello’
Further activities
2 Encouraging Emotional Literacy
The face fits
How would you feel?
Drawing on feelings
Body talk
Emotional animals
It’s not really funny
Thinking about feelings
What could you do?
Happy or sad?
Emote-ivate
Emotional bonding
Further activities
3 Similarities and Differences
This is me
That’s handy!
Three groups
Group talk
Thinking of you
Body parts
Seeking similarities
Going undercover
One of us
Great gifts
Further activities
4 Personal Strength
Back from the brink
There’s a storm brewing
Volcanoes
That drives me so wild!
Anger rating
I need some space!
Sleeping giant
Body and mind
So strong
Step this way
Walk tall
Further activities
5 Strength in Numbers
Step in time
Synchronised sequences
Tuned in
What would you do?
The call of the wild
Agreeing as a group
A roll of the dice
On cue
Legs eleven
Riddle-me-ree
Further activities
6 Learning to Listen
Follow me
Behind your back
This way or that way?
That’s my cue
Silent but deadly
Let’s get quizzical
Left, right
The ski run
Get to the point
Think on your feet
Further activities
7 Nurturing Imaginative Thought
An alien came
Predictions
Come out, timid alien
The lucky star
Rewards of our dreams
I’ve got your number
Counting on you
School playtime
Don’t destroy our school!
Up the ladder
Good to great
Further activities
8 Energetic Games for Excess Energy
Breaching the wall
Chase the chair
Keep your head
Bean and gone
Two’s company
Mixed messages
A soft-ball sandwich
The mouse, the tree and the wind
At the races
Take your partner
Further activities
9 Games to Promote Calm
Best foot forward
Fast and slow
Fighting the marshmallow
The spring has sprung
Walk the talk
Don’t panic!
A sprinting six
Running water
The golden dome
Floating
Further activities
10 Games to Promote Positive Group Dynamics
The en-chanting class
A good word
Triangular poems
The animal questival
Top ten
What did I do?
The enchanted forest
Colour coded
Down in the woods
It’s a celebration
Further activities
Printable Materials
Training and Resources
Biography
Jenny Mosley is the founder of Jenny Mosley Training Consultancies and originator of the highly acclaimed ‘Quality Circle Time Model’ that is used in thousands of early years settings, primary and secondary schools, nationally and internationally. Her unique approach has featured on BBC Television's Teaching Today, Channel 4 and Open University programmes, in addition to the national press and numerous education journals.
Helen Sonnet is a teacher and author with over 30 years of experience working with children with special needs.
'Jenny Mosley is quite simply a legend, whose work has inspired countless teachers and support staff to create the kinds of classrooms and playgrounds in which children can truly thrive. Her bestselling series of Games books, written with the equally brilliant Helen Sonnet, has only become more relevant in recent years, as schools across the UK grapple with the many challenges facing children today.'
Jean Gross CBE, bestselling author and former government Communication Champion for children'There is something for everyone, no matter how experienced, to have a go at if they are struggling with particular aspects of behaviour. This book is an excellent "pick up and use" tool for class teachers, pastoral support workers, youth engagement workers and anyone else working with children.'
Helen Sutcliffe, Headteacher, Brockholes C of E Junior and Infant School
