Inside;outside: A Nature Themed Resource Book for Embedding - Emotional Literac

This book is a resource for those working with young people of secondary school age, providing a variety of indoor and outdoor lessons and activities to promote and embed emotional literacy. It will be a valuable resource for teachers, youth workers, and anyone looking to facilitate nature connection and introspection.

List of contents

Introduction

• What is emotional literacy?


• Why emotional literacy?


• Why outside?


• How to use this book

Section 1 – Feelings and emotions

• What are feelings?


• Sonic sit-space


• Regulating emotions


• Counting birds


• Self-care and coping


• Design-a-duck


• What do we need?


• Natural colours


• Fear and phobias


• Counting bugs


• Anger


• Sensory sit-spot


• Happiness


• Gratitude scavenger hunt

Section 2 – Self and situation

• Self-awareness


• Texture bingo


• Identity


• Sense of place - street-work


• Conflict


• Our habitats


• Communication


• Mindfulness in nature – bird sounds


• SWOT


• Signs of sustainability


• Respect


• Counting wildflowers


• Friendships


• Bling up a butterfly

Section 3 – Mental health and wellbeing

• Mental health


• Have-a-go-at-Haiku


• Poor mental health


• The A-Z of noticing nature


• Depression


• Nest building


• Anxiety


• Nature mandalas


• OCD


• Fashion a feather


• Stress


• Regulation - outdoors


• An active mind


• Nature calm jars

Appendices

About the author

Joe Harkness is a naturalist and SEND teacher from Norfolk, England, where he runs an autism base in a mainstream secondary school. In 2019, he wrote Bird Therapy (Unbound) which was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize the following year.

Summary

This book is a resource for those working with young people of secondary school age, providing a variety of indoor and outdoor lessons and activities to promote and embed emotional literacy. It will be a valuable resource for teachers, youth workers, and anyone looking to facilitate nature connection and introspection.

Product details

• Authors: Joe Harkness
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.08.2023
• EAN: 9781032364445
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3236444-5
• No. of pages: 132
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, EDUCATION / Special Education / General, Organization & management of education, Secondary Schools, Educational administration and organization, Moral and social purpose of education, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Primary & middle schools, Moral & social purpose of education, Primary and middle schools, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary