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Best Selling Flash Cards
Finger Tracing Calming Cards
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Our Finger Tracing Calming Cards include a set of 21 thoughtfully designed flash cards aimed at nurturing mindfulness and self-regulation skills. These A5-sized cards (148mm x 210mm) offer an immersive experience, allowing children to engage their senses while tracing calming shapes. Children can trace each shape using their finger, play dough, beads, and more - the possibilities are endless!
My Zones of Feelings Flash Cards
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Our My Zones of Feelings Flash Cards are a powerful resource consisting of 37 carefully crafted cards designed to support children in learning about their wide range of feelings. This resource is based on the renowned Zones of Regulation framework developed by Leah Kuypers. These A6-sized cards (105mm x 148mm) offer a tangible and engaging learning experience. Each card showcases a specific emotion, helping children to develop self-awareness and emotional intelligence.
My Zones of Feelings Auslan Edition
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Our My Zones of Feelings Auslan Edition Flash Cards include a comprehensive set of 38 cards designed to support children in learning about their diverse range of feelings in Auslan (Australian Sign Language). These A6-sized cards (105mm x 148mm) are a tangible and accessible learning tool. Each card features a specific emotion in Auslan, fostering inclusivity and promoting understanding of emotions through sign language. These resources can empower children to develop emotional intelligence while enhancing their communication skills.
Premium Wooden Resources
Wooden Wheel of Feelings
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Our Wooden Wheel of Feelings is a resource designed to help children to explore and express their feelings. This interactive resource allows children to turn the "I feel…" dial to select from a choice of 12 feelings.
This resource is particularly helpful for children who may not have the vocabulary or words to describe how they feel during heightened states. It encourages children to develop their emotional intelligence and communication skills by providing them with a visual representation of their feelings.
Available in two sizes: small (20cm) and large (28cm).
Wooden Feelings Tokens (24 Pieces)
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Our Wooden Feelings Tokens present a collection of 24 thoughtfully crafted tokens, each mirroring a distinct emotion. This set serves as an effective tool for children to delve into and express their feelings, fostering their emotional intelligence in an engaging and interactive manner.
Crafted from high-quality, durable wood, these tokens offer sustainable learning resources that are designed to last. Their smooth texture and natural aesthetic enhance their tactile appeal, making them perfect for hands-on, sensory-based learning.
Wooden Feelings Puzzle
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Our Wooden Feelings Puzzle is an engaging and interactive resource for children to explore and express their emotions. Featuring 12 distinct feelings, children can match these emotions with corresponding facial expressions on the puzzle board. This interactive experience not only enhances their emotional intelligence but also cultivates their social awareness.
While nurturing emotional growth, this resource simultaneously promotes fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Children are encouraged to manipulate puzzle pieces, thereby boosting their dexterity and precision. This tangible interaction with the puzzle pieces ensures the resource is also beneficial in honing motor skills, reinforcing its multi-faceted approach to child development.
Educator Professional Development
Do your educators find it challenging to support students with social, emotional, and behavioural needs? Our program on implementing Social and Emotional Learning is the solution, offering essential tools and strategies to address these needs efficiently.
Half Day: The Foundations of SEL
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The half day session aims to provide a broad understanding of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), its importance in education, and the foundational elements of the CASEL framework. This session is ideal for schools looking for an introduction to SEL principles.
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Introduction to SEL; Importance of SEL in holistic student development; Overview of the CASEL framework; and Insight into the role of SEL in enhancing educational outcomes.
Full Day: Mastery of SEL Competencies
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The full day session offers a more detailed exploration of SEL, focusing on the mastery of CASEL’s Five Core Competencies, supplemented with practical activities. This session is designed for schools who wish to delve deeper into each competency and understand their application in educational settings.
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Comprehensive exploration of the five core competencies; Practical activities to bring concepts to life; Strategies for implementing SEL principles in classrooms; and In-depth understanding of self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.
Two-Day: Strategic SEL Integration & Resilient Communities
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The two-day package is designed to equip educators with advanced strategies for integrating SEL within the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support framework, enhancing adult SEL, and building resilient educational communities. It is ideal for educators who are looking to implement a robust SEL program in their school.
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Strategies for integrating SEL within the MTSS framework; Advanced strategies for adult SEL; Building resilient educational communities through collaborative approaches; Strategies for data-driven decision-making; and Tiered interventions tailored to students' SEL needs.
Research-Based Resources & Educator Professional Learning
Featured Posters
Body Scan: Mapping My Feelings Poster
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The Body Scan: Mapping My Feelings poster is thoughtfully crafted to assist children in recognising and understanding the unique physical sensations associated with their diverse emotions. This resource serves as an exceptional tool for stimulating conversations around the nature of physical sensations and their manifestations across the body.
The poster is available in two sizes: A3 (297 x 420mm) and A2 (420 x 594mm).
Whole Body Learners Poster
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Our Whole Body Learners poster illustrates various physical expressions of learning, emphasising that every movement, whether it's using hands to think and process or repetitive motions for calming and concentration, plays a crucial role in how children absorb and interact with information. This resource is an eye-opener for educators, parents, and therapists alike, showcasing that actions often perceived as mere fidgeting or restlessness are, in fact, integral to the learning process for many.
The poster is available in two sizes: A3 (297 x 420mm) and A2 (420 x 594mm).
Social & Emotional Learning Poster
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Our Social & Emotional Learning Poster is a visual resource designed to enhance understanding of the five competence domains of social and emotional learning. This poster serves as a comprehensive guide, offering valuable insights and promoting skill development across each domain.
The poster is available in two sizes: A3 (297 x 420mm) and A2 (420 x 594mm).
Popular Printables
Body Scan Board
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The Body Scan Board is designed to help children identify and map their emotions. Begin with the provided body illustration as a foundation. Cut out the feeling circles and physical sensation indicators from the following pages. As children engage with this resource, prompt them to consider where they typically experience each feeling within their body and to place the indicators in those areas. This exercise promotes reflection on the relationship between feelings and bodily sensations. It's important to recognise that each child's experience is unique, and the way they map their feelings may vary accordingly.
Always Ask Before You Touch - Social Story
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Always Ask Before You Touch is a simple and engaging online story for children aged 3-5. The story is about a boy named Andy who learns about asking for permission before touching others. The story uses simple language and colourful pictures to teach children about personal space and respecting others.
Hand Model of Your Brain
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Our Hand Model of Your Brain poster is designed to illustrate how the upstairs and downstairs brain work together - with the upstairs brain influencing the downstairs brain and vice versa, to create cohesive and adaptive behaviour. This model helps to show children how the different parts of their brain work together to produce behaviour and responses.
The poster can be printed on all international paper sizes including A5, A4, A3, A2 and A1.
A Mother's Vision and an Educator's Mission
Founder, Melissa Close
Melissa, an educational academic and a devoted single mum of two, has combined her insights from her research with her personal experiences as a parent. Recognising the emotional and social gaps in our educational system, she founded My Learning Toolbox Education—a platform dedicated to fostering emotional intelligence in children from a young age. Join Melissa in her mission to ensure every child is not only educated but also emotionally nurtured, understood, and valued.
