Pages / Notes
- All about me
- My self portrait
- My best bits
- A sea of me
- My goals and dreams map
- A thing that makes me unique is…
- A thing that makes me magic is…
- Stuff I love about me
- Brilliant Me
- Fly your own flag
- All about me… favourite senses
- All about me… favourite things
These activities are designed to help children become aware of their uniqueness, strengths, and interests, to improve self-esteem, explore who they are / their place in their world and support them to develop healthy relationships.
By exploring 'All About Me' we are able to remind children of their uniqueness and the things about them that make them who they are.
It can be a powerful reminder:
- that they matter
- that they have strengths and skills to bring to the school / class community
- that they belong!
The 'All About Me' activities are reflective. At first it may be difficult for some children to recognise their skills and strengths. With positive support and encouragement they can become more able to do so.
Affirmations and tokens that refer to specific strengths, skills and successes can be tangible reminders and give them a boost if they are feeling low.
The ‘All about me’ activities include:
- exploring and remembering favourite things and positive experiences
- the skills and strengths they already have
- positive affirmations for times when they need a reminder
- things they hope to achieve
Additional Activities
All about Me Question Bank for staff
Resources
Ruby and the Rubbish Bin - Margot Sunderland (plus an accompanying guide book)
Gilly the Giraffe - Karen Treisman A therapeutic story and guide / activity book
More books about self-esteem can be found in our Wellbeing Book Club.
No / low cost resources / ideas
Whole Hearted School Counselling - low cost / free resources to download. Although American (so some terminology / spelling issues) highly recommended. Check out the 'Feelings Comic'
ELSA Support - Low cost / free resources - huge range of resources and information.
Exciting Teacher a few FREE resources. Otherwise a subscription model for some excellent PSHE / emotional literacy materials and ideas
The SEAL Community - a home to the original DfE Social Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) resources alongside a whole range of other resources / articles / case studies.