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1. HEALTH ACTIONS PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL
(ERASMUS+ HAPPENS)
NAME OF ACTIVITY
A HEALTHY MENU
PURPOSE Childhoodobesityisanincreaingproblemaandchildren should
knowthe importance of havinga balanceddiet.
GOALS -To reflectabouthealthyfoodandwhichpercentatgeis
recommendedtohave abalanceddiet.alimentsque son
saludablesi lesproporcions que hemde menjar.
-To make a healthyweeklymenu plan.
MATERIAL -Laminatedpicturesof food.
-A blank weekly menuplan grid.
DESCRITION OF THE
ACTIVITY
-We’ll putthe picturesonthe boardor the wall.
-We’ll divide the classintofive groupsof children.
-Each groupwill representadayof the weekandeachchilda meal.
-We’ll playmusicinthe backgroundandthe firstgroup will come to
the front of the classroomto choose theirfood.
-Whenthe musicstops,the menuwill be ready.
-We’ll lookatthe menuandwe’ll analize the quantityandquality
of the food.
-Atthe endof the activity we will have ahealthyweeklymenuplan.
2. HEALTH ACTIONS PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL
(ERASMUS+ HAPPENS)
NAME OF ACTIVITY A JOURNEY THROUGHOUT THE SEA OF EMOTIONS(TEACHERS)
PURPOSE Recent studies certify the relationship betweenemotional
intelligence and effective learning. No matter where people come
from, the Language of emotions is the richest of all and one of the
best way to communicate among ourselves.
GOALS - To be aware of diferent emotions and to be able of explain
them.
- To appreciate thatall emotions are positive because we are
what we are according to what we feel.
- To learn to talk about our emotions without fear.
- To help other people listening to them and emphathiszing
with them too.
MATERIAL - Pieces of paper shaped like “islands” with an emotion
written on each one of them.
DESCRIPTION OF THE
ACTIVITY
1. Participants sit in a circle.
2. We put the papers (islands) upside down in the middle of the
circle.
3. One by one,the participantsstandupand place themselvesnext
to an island. They turn the paper over and read the
island/emotion they have travelled to.
4. The presentar of the activity aks people:
-Do you like this island?
-Do you want to change your island?
-How do you feel in this island?
-Which colour /smell/sensation/animal etc can you define this
island or the way you feel there?
-What do you like/dislike about this island?
-Do you usually travel to this island?Do you like it? Why?
...
5.All the participants talk about their feelings.
6.Valoration of the activity.
3. HEALTH ACTIONS PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL
(ERASMUS+ HAPPENS)
NAME OF ACTIVITY Aboutguiltandshame “ Mariana and Mariana”
PURPOSE The activityfocuson the personal evaluationaboutwhatit’sright
and what’swrongand alsoworkson self-conceptaccordingtoour
actions,acceptingthatultimate responsabilityforouractsdepends
on ourselvesandalsothe factof beingproud(positive
valoration)ornot(negative valoration,guiltorshame)forour
actions.
GOALS -To be able to act consistentlyandindependently.
-To recognize thatwe can act differentlyandwe are capable of
choosing.
- To appreciate the feelingof beingresponsibleforouracts.
MATERIAL Readingof “La Mariana i laMariana”in Catalan(Mariana and
Mariana)
DESCRIPTION OF THE
ACTIVITY
1- The teacherreadsthe introductionof the storyand putsthe
emphasi onhow we imagine the situation.
2- Thenchildrenmustreadthe story and theymusttry to visualize
whattheyare reading.
3- We talkabout whattheyhave visualizedwhile theyhave been
readingthe textandhow the maincharacter feels.
4- Childrenwrite asimilarstorywhere theyare the main
character. Theymusttake intoconsiderationwhatMariana,the
maincharacter, feels:joyforgivingthe bestgift,selfishnessfor
thinkingonlyaboutherself andexploitingthe situationandfinally,
the sense of guiltandshame for theiracts andlies.
5- To read children’sstories.
4. HEALTH ACTIONS PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL
(ERASMUS+ HAPPENS)
NAME OF ACTIVITY EMOTIOMETER (3- year- oldchildren)
PURPOSE -To helpchildrentoidentifyandexpresstheiremotions.
GOALS -To identifydifferentemotions(joy,anger,fear,sadness,quietness,
etc.)
-To start recognizingtheiremotions.
-To talkabouthow theyfeel.
-To start learningstrategiestodeal withtheiremotions.
MATERIAL
The ColourMonster
DESCRIPTION OF THE
ACTIVITY
We tell the storyto introduce the subject.We talkwithall the
childrenabouthow we feel whenwe are angry,whywe getangry,
howwe can deal withthisfeeling…
Each childwhotalksabout his/heremotionswillgetacoloured
paperthat identifythatemotion.He will putthispiece of paper
inside the correspondingpot.
Finally,we’ll have anemotiometerwherechildrenwill puttheir
name witha clothes-pegaccordingtohow theyfeel.
5. HEALTH ACTIONS PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL
(ERASMUS+ HAPPENS)
NAME OF ACTIVITY EMOTIOMETER
PURPOSE
-To helpchildrentodevelopasense of belongingtothe class
group.
GOALS
- To talk aboutemotions.
- To share theirmoods.
- To create group conscience.
- To solve conflictsandsituationsandcome toan
agreement.
MATERIAL Carboard withthe emoticonsshowingdifferentemotions(quiet,
happy,scared,sad).We can move the frame.
DESCRIPTION OF THE
ACTIVITY
Duringthe dailyassemblywe askchildrenhow theyfeel andwhy.
Finally,we’ll counthow manychildrenfeel sad,happy…andwe’ll
see the general moodof the class.If there are childrenwhoare sad
or scared,we can try to findthe wayto helpthem.
6. HEALTH ACTIONS PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL
(ERASMUS+ HAPPENS)
NAME OF ACTIVITY EMOTIONS CARPET
PURPOSE -Emotionwork.
GOALS
-To identifyemotions.
-To recognize differentmoods.
MATERIAL
-Plasticcarpetwithemoticonsshowingdifferentemotions.
-Dice with emoticons.
DESCRIPTION OF THE
ACTIVITY
Childrenmake acircle.We putt he carpet inthe middle of the
circle.One childthrowsde dice andidentify the emotion.He/She
placeshimself/herselfonthe correspondingemoticon.He/she is
asketto thinkabouta situationthatmakeshim/herfeel thisway
(sad,happy,scared,angry…)
7. HEALTH ACTIONS PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL
(ERASMUS+ HAPPENS)
NAME OF ACTIVITY
HEALTHY BREAKFAST
PURPOSE
-To promote the consumptionof fruitforbreakfast.
GOALS -To identifydifferentfruits.
-To acquire healthyeatinghabits.
-To archieve fruitvocabulary.
-To start countingfruits.
-To classifydifferentfruits.
-To recognize some characteristicsof the fruitstheyeat.
MATERIAL
Fruit,stickers,grid,fruitmural,giantfruits.
DESCRIPTION OF THE
ACTIVITY Every Wednesday (Fruit Day) we all count the different fruits
childrenhave takentoschool forbreakfast. We write down all this
informationonagrid.The winnerfruitisshowntoeverybody.Each
child puts a sticker on the corresponding giant fruit.
8. HEALTH ACTIONS PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL
(ERASMUS+ HAPPENS)
NAME OF ACTIVITY
HEALTHY HANDSFOR HEALTHY MEALS
PURPOSE -Reflectaboutthe importance of washingourhandsbefore meals.
GOALS
- To learnthe stepsto washour handscorrectly.
- -To be aware of the quickspreadof germs
MATERIAL -Warer,soap,glitter,UV light.
DESCRIPTION OF THE
ACTIVITY
- Childrenwatchavídeoabout the importance of washing
our handsbefore meals.
- Childrenwatcha PowerPoint.We all see the bestwayto
washour handsand we wash them.
- Experiment:We dividíthe classintofourgroups:
- On the teacher’sdeskwe have soap,wàter,glitter(germs)
and UV light.
We putglitteronthe handsof a mamberof the firstgroup.
He comesback withhisgroupanf holdshandswiththem.
Group 4 controlsthateach member of the grouphas got
glitteronhis/herhands.
We putglitteronthe handsof one membre of the second
group.Before goingbackwithhis/hergrouphe/she washes
his/herhandswithwàter.He holdshandswithall the
membresof his/hergroup.
Group 4 controlsthateach membre of the grouphas, at
least,a llitle bitof glitteronthis/herhands.
We putglitteronthe handsof a membre of the third
group.Before goingbackwithhis/hergroup,he/she
washeshis/herhandswithwàterandsoapandfollowing
all the stepswe have learnedtowashour handscorrectly.
He/she holdshandswithall the membresof his/hergroup.
Group 4 checksthat there’snoglitterontheirhands.
We use the UV lightto testthat there’snoglitter(germs)
on theirhands.
- To finish the activitywe reflectabouwe have beendoing
and learningandwe watcha vídeo.
Group
1:They
don’t wash
their hands
Group
2:They wash
their hands
only with
wàter.
Group
3:They wash
their hands
with water
and soap.
Group 4:
Testers.
9. HEALTH ACTIONS PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL
(ERASMUS+ HAPPENS)
NAME OF ACTIVITY
LET’S HUG!
PURPOSE
Withthisactivitywe promote the respect fornature while we play
and enjoytogethershowingouremotionsandstrengthenthe ties
of cooperationandfriendship.
OBJECTIVES
-To strengthenthe tiesof cooperationandfriendshipamong
children.
-To promote the respectforanimalsandnature.
-To learnbasicanimalsvocabularyinEnglish.
-To enjoyplayingtogether.
MATERIAL -Laminatedpicturesof animals(if we are studying
farm/forest/wild/wateranimalswe canuse thisactivitytohelp
childrentolearntheirnames)
DESCRIPTION OF THE
ACTIVITY
-We say “Everyone ina circle!”.Childrensitdown.Theyhave
learnedthe namesof animalsinEnglish,sothisactivitywillhelp
themto reinforce whattheyalreadyknow.
-We give eachchildrenalaminatedcardand we tell themthatthey
mustnot show it to theirclassmates.Notyet.We have prepared,
at least,12 differentanimals.We mustmake sure that eachchild
will have,atleast,apartner.
-We tell themthatwhenwe say “rabbitsandeagles!”theymust
jointogetherandhug.
-We can say :”rabbitsand rabbits!”,“foxes,rabbitsandbears!”.
-Atthe endof the activitythe whole grouphugeach other.
10. HEALTH ACTIONS PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL
(ERASMUS+ HAPPENS)
NAME OF ACTIVITY
LET’S JOIN TOGETHER!
PURPOSE
GOALS Empathize with classmatesandrespectindividual differences.
MATERIAL Differentcoloredstickers.
DESCRIPTION OF THE
ACTIVITY
We start the activity without a previous introduction. We tell
childrenthatwe’ll stick a coloured sticker on their forefront. They
won’t know what color it is. For example, 8 children with a blue
sticker,8 childrenwitharedsticker,4 childrenwithagreensticker,
3 children with a yellow sticker, 1 child with a black sticker and 1
child with an orange sticker. Once we have sticked them on their
forefront, we tell them to join together. We just check what
happens. It is supposed that children will join by colour.
Throughout this process, they’ll experience different emotions.
Children who can’t join by colour could have felt rejected or
discriminated. We’ll talk about all these feelings. Did you have
difficulties? How did you feel when nobody accepted you in a
group? Why have you joined by colour? I just told you to join
together… We can talk about how to empathize with others. We
can tell them that people tend to join those who are similar
without taking others people feelings into consideration.
If it were the case that children didn’t join by colour, we could
encourage this attitude because, in fact, we just told them to join
together. We can talk about feelings and emotions. The goa lis to
empathise with others.
11. HEALTH ACTIONS PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL
(ERASMUS+ HAPPENS)
NAME OF ACTIVITY OUR FEARS
PURPOSE The activity isabout the personal evaluationof ourfears.
GOALS -To be able to recognize ourfears.
-To appreciate the sense of fearandacceptthat it isnot bad to
have fear.
MATERIAL “Catch my fears”box.
Photocopyof a ghostto write our fearson it.
DESCRIPTION OF THE
ACTIVITY
1- Teachertalksabout fears.
2-Childrenmustsaywhattheyare afraidof.
3.Theywrite theirfearsonthe ghost.
4.Theyput the paperin the “Catch my fears”box.
12. HEALTH ACTIONS PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL
(ERASMUS+ HAPPENS)
NAME OF ACTIVITY RESPECT
PURPOSE To knowwhat respectmeansandidentifydiferentsituationswhere
respectispresent.
GOALS -To knowwhatrespectis.
-To identifydiferentsituationsinandoutthe classroomwhere
respectispresent.
-To reflectabouthow we feel whenwe respectandare respected
by others.
-To reflectaboutthe lackof respectand how we feel aboutit.
MATERIAL Mural: cardboard andcolouredpost-it.
DESCRIPTION OF THE
ACTIVITY
- What’srespect?
-Reflectionaboutwhatrespectis:Whichare the situationswhere
we showrespector we don’t...
-Afterthe reflection:Toreachan agreementadressedtoimprove
respectful favorable attitudesinthe classroom basedonchildren’s
reflections:talkpeacefully,don’tscream, tellthingsassertively,
respecttheirturn,don’tall speakat once...
- To give a star to each groupand tell themthattheyall mustreach
and agreementandgive thisstarto the childthat showsthe most
respectful behaviour.
-Childrenwhohave receivedastar come to the front of classe and
theirclassmatestell themwhytheythinktahttheydeserve the
star.
Childrenwhohave receivedthe startell theirclassmateshow they
feel andif theythinktheydeserve itornot.
-We sticka cardboardon the blackboardor wall and we draw a big
hearton it.We give a postit to each childandwe ask themto write
a reflectionaboutthe activity:whattheylikedthe most,whatthey
didnot like,whattheycando to be more respectful...
-We read the reflectionsandwe talkaboutthem.
13. HEALTH ACTIONS PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL
(ERASMUS+ HAPPENS)
NAME OF ACTIVITY SEVEN STONES GAME .Traditional game(Teachers and students)
PURPOSE - The migration phenomenon that takes place not only in our country
but in the rest of the world, pushes us to approach to games from
other cultures different from ours to know more about them and also
to appreciate it as a positive phenomenon that allows a real cultural
exchange.
- Cooperative games are designed to diminish agressive attitudes
promoting awareness, cooperation, communication and solidarity.
Cooperative games provide meetings with other children and contact
with nature. They ask for participation and common objectives are
more importantthat individual goals. People play with others and not
against others. They play to overcome challenges or obstacles, not to
overcome others..
GOALS - To workin a team, makingdecisionstogether, organizingthe group to
archieve the goal, etc.
-To enjoy a team play.
-To analize the importance of collaboration and cooperation.
-To reflect about competitiveness in nowadays games and how
implement collaborative alternatives .
MATERIAL - 1 rubber ball.
- 7 flat stones.
- Not less than 2 players but it’s funnier with more players.
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DESCRITION OF THE
ACTIVITY
5. We make twoteamswiththe same numberof players. One will be
the team attacking and the other will be the team defender.
6. We make a circle and place the stones one over the other in the
middle of the circle.
7. We make two straight rows. Each team must be 10 m away from
the tower of stones. The players throw the ball and the first team
that tears down the tower will be the team atacking.
8. The objective of the team attacking is to make a tower of stones
againand the team defender must hit the team attacking with the
ball to eliminateall the players. The game finishes when the team
attackingrebuildthe tower o when the team defender eliminates
all the team attacking.
Rules:
-The team defender cannot run with the ball.They must pass the
14. ball to the other players.
-If the team defenderdrops the ball, the team attacking can throw
the ball out of reach.
15. HEALTH ACTIONS PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL
(ERASMUS+ HAPPENS)
NAME OF ACTIVITY THE ANGRYCHAMELEON
PURPOSE To make knownand identifydifferentkindsof emotions.
GOALS To knowdifferentkindsof emotions.
To identifydifferentkinds of emotions.
To reflectonhow we feel experiencingall theseemotions.
MATERIAL Book“El camaleónenfadado”(The anglychameleon).It’sin
Spanish.
-Cut-outchameleon.
DESCRIPTION OF THE
ACTIVITY
- Readingof the story:
Before readingthe story,let’shave alookat the title page and
make assumptionsaboutwhatthe storyisabout.
Duringthe Reading,we can talkaboutwhat happens,whatcould
happen,whattheywoulddoina similarsituation…
Afterthe Reading,we cantalkabout the story, identifyall the
emotionsthathave beenreflectedinthe story…
-Reflectionandclosingof the activity:
-Make a listof emotions.
-To make a chameleonwithall the emotionswe have beentalking
about.
16.
17. HEALTH ACTIONS PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL
(ERASMUS+ HAPPENS)
NAME OF ACTIVITY WE’RE FRIENDS!
PURPOSE -To getthat childrensolve theirconflictsthroughdialogue.
GOALS -To developempathy.
-To solve Little conflicts throughdialogue.
MATERIAL -Wall mural withpicturesthatshow the stepsto be takento solve
little conflicts.
-A table and twochairs placedinthe corridor.
DESCRIPTION OF THE
ACTIVITY
We have puta wall mural withpicturestocreate the Good Friends’
Cornerbetweentwostudents( orevenmore).
Whenthere’sadiscussion,childrenmustgoto the Good Friends’
Cornerto solve itfollowingthe rightsteps
18. HEALTH ACTIONS PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL
(ERASMUS+ HAPPENS)
NAME OF ACTIVITY YOU ARE MY MIRROR (students)
PURPOSE The activityfocusesonhow difficultitistoaccept new
classmatesandmake new friends.
GOALS - To be able to put themselves in someone else's
position to comprehend their thoughts and feelings (empathy)
-To be able to understandhow the otherfeels.
-To be aware of how our behaviour affects other people’s
emotions.
MATERIAL Youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SDSl9FgI90
DESCRIPTION OF THE
ACTIVITY
1- To watch the videoonyoutube.
The videoisaboutthe difficultiesthatanew studentgoes
throughwhenhe goesto a new school.There isa group of
classmateswhoaccepthimbut othersdon’t.
2- To talk aboutthe videoandabout the feelingstheythinkboth
victimsandagressorshave.
3- Role play.Studentsmake groupsandperformeveryday
situations.Everychildhasgota role (agresor,agressor’sfriend,
victimvictim’sFriends) Elsalumnesfangrupsi representen
diferentssituacionsdeldiaadia a l’aula. Cadanen/até un rol
(agresor,amicde l’agressor/a,víctima,amicsde lavíctima). It is
interestingthatchildrenwhohave gota role at school can
performa differentonte toexperiencehow otherpeoplefeel.
4-To talkabout hoe theyfeltplayingthatrole.