Reception Personal, Social & Emotional Development

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Spring — Friendship Potions (Reception)

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Encourage children to consider the qualities that make a good friend with this fun activity. Can they combine different ingredients to create their ... More info

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Feeling Good About Me — Calendar of Kindness (Reception)

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This resource can be used to help children develop their skills on showing sensitivity to their own needs and to others' needs. It will help them ... More info

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Being Kind — Kind and Unkind Behaviour (Reception)

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Check children's sensitivity to others' needs with this worksheet. Can they cut and stick the pictures to show whether they demonstrate kind or unkind ... More info

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Feeling Good About Me — One Part of the Whole Jigsaw Piece (Reception)

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Early Years PSED
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Use this fun activity to help explain and demonstrate to children that every individual person is an essential part of the class community. Encourage ... More info

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Learning to be a Good Friend (Reception)

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This PowerPoint is a great way to help children learn how to be a good friend. It encourages children to think about the qualities of a good friend. ... More info

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How to be a Good Friend — Recipe (Reception)

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Early Years PSED
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This activity will test children's understanding of friendship and how to be a good friend. Challenge children to cut out the pictures that show ... More info

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Being Kind to Others (Reception)

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This activity will challenge children to show sensitivity to others' needs and to understand the importance of kindness, listening to, helping and ... More info

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Acts of Kindness (Reception)

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Encourage children to show kindness towards others with this checklist. Can they complete and tick off each act of kindness before the end of the ... More info

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Transition to Reception: Getting to Know You — Game Ideas (Reception)

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Early Years PSED
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This resource contains five different games that you could play with your new class to learn more about them. They’re all great ways for the children ... More info

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Friendship Wreath (Reception)

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Early Years PSED
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This friendship wreath making activity should be carried out in small groups. It is a great opportunity for children to get creative by painting their ... More info

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Heart Compliments (Reception)

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Early Years PSED
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This wellbeing activity is a nice way to help children learn and understand the importance of kindness, help and supporting others. Encourage children ... More info

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Transition to Reception: My Special Things — Drawing Activity (Reception)

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Early Years PSED
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This activity is a great way of finding out about the children in your class, and an opportunity for them to get to know each other. Ask the children ... More info

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Transition to Reception: Create a Class Memory Jar (Reception)

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Early Years PSED
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Capture those special first memories in Reception by making your own class memory jar. Use the sticky note templates provided to record individual key ... More info

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Transition to Reception: My Family and Me — Activities Using Photographs and Drawings (Reception)

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Early Years PSED
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Photographs are a great way of helping children to settle into Reception. These activities will help children to feel a connection between home and ... More info

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Is it Fair? — Sorting Game (Reception)

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Early Years PSED
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This engaging worksheet is a great way for children to explore the concepts of fairness, kindness and equality. Using the included scenario cards, ... More info

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Circle Time — Similarity, Difference and Respect (Reception)

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Early Years PSED
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This worksheet offers a range of lovely activities to help children explore differences, and learn how to show respect, kindness and tolerance. ... More info

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Transition to Reception: Let's Find Out, Let's Connect — Pass the Parcel Game (Reception)

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Early Years PSED
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Get to know your class and help to build relationships with this fun activity. Some prior contact with children and their families will be needed — ... More info

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Challenging Unfairness — Activity Ideas (Reception)

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Early Years PSED
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This thoughtful worksheet offers three engaging activities to help children explore the concept of fairness through role-play, storytelling and ... More info

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Classroom Values — Friendship Charter (Reception)

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Early Years PSED
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Children can work together to create a classroom friendship charter with this lovely worksheet. After discussing the values that help everyone feel ... More info

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