Feelings & Emotions - Dice & Spinners - Discussion Starters & Calming Strategies

This Feelings and Emotions Dice and Spinners resource aims to help learners with strategies they can use to regulate their emotions. This resource includes two variations: calming strategies & discussion starters, each in both spinner and dice format. These spinners and dice can be used during mat sessions to discuss the different emotions and the strategies that can be used when feeling a certain way. Students can consider different situationswhen they have felt these different emotions.

✪ What’s included in this set of Feelings and Emotions Discussion Starters & Calming Strategies resource?

Calming Strategies:

1 x Feelings Dice

1 x Strategies Dice

1 x Blank Dice Template

20 x Feelings Cards to customize a blank dice

40 x Strategy Cards to customize a blank dice 

1 x Spinner including feelings and calming strategies

20 x Feelings spinner wedges to customize a spinner

40 x Strategy spinner wedges to customize a spinner

Discussion Starters:

1 x Feelings Dice

1 x Blank Dice Template

20 x Feelings Cards to customize a blank dice

1 x Questions Dice

Plus:

1 x Teacher Guide
 

✪ How to best use this Feelings and Emotions Dice and Spinner set:

• As a whole class you can introduce the spinner or dice version and pair an emotion to the appropriate strategy. 
  
  
• With the discussion starters, you can discuss various situations when your students may have felt particular emotions by asking them the questions on the spinner/dice.
  
  
• Once the students have an understanding of how to use the resource, they can then work in pairs or small groups by spinning the spinner or rolling the dice and asking each other the questions.