Managing Emotions | SEL Story + Activities

Liam and the House of Five Feelings is a short story about a boy named Liam who  "walks through" a house with five rooms: happy, sad, angry, scared and calm. After  reading the story, students  talk about what is happening to them, what  they feel, and what might help them. The resource is designed for Grades 3–5 and can be used during morning meeting, class meeting or counseling.  The pack includes the story about Liam for read-aloud or small-group reading, question pages for the text, a simple  reading check, and pages where students create their own "feelings house" and write or draw what is inside it. There is also  a creative task about a new “feeling room,”, several short school situations for role-play, a one week "feelings passport", and black and-white coloring  pages that can be  used during lessons or in a calm corner. Everything can be printed and used right away, with very little  prep. You can use the pack in  different ways. If it іs just one  lesson, the teacher reads the story and occasionally asks simple questions such as, "Which room is Liam in right now"? After reading, you can choose  a  few pages to work with: the comprehension questions, the "My Feelings House" page or a coloring page. If you have more time, you  can spread the resource over several  days: each day you focus on one "feeling room", reread the part you need, and complete one or two  tasks. The activities are easy to adapt: students who find writing difficult can do more drawing and oral answers, while those  who are ready for more can do extra writing, short  entries about their own feelings, or a calm group discussion.