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Which monster looks happy?

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Hannah connects with people• She plays with her friends• She plays with her brothers and sisters.• She is friendly and talks to her neighbours• She talks to the adults in school.

Let’s look at the things that make

Hannah feel happy…

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Hannah is very helpful• She helps her friends• She helps her teachers• She helps at home• She helps her neighbours

• She helps her brothers and sisters..

Hannah is very active• She is in the football team at school• She loves to play in the park• She loves running races• She loves to run around at playtime• She goes on long walks with her family• She likes climbing trees.

Hannah takes notice• She likes to notice things around her.• She likes to watch the clouds float by• She likes to watch a spider weaving its web.• She likes to sit and daydream

Hannah learns new things• She learnt how to ride a bike• She learnt how to skip• She learnt how to do a cartwheel• She learnt how to read• She learnt how to do difficult maths• She learnt all about the world

Hannah has hopes, wishes and dreams• She hopes Santa will bring her lots of

presents.• She dreams about meeting her favourite

pop star.• She wishes she could win the colouring

competition.

Hannah is thankful/grateful for• Her friend who included her in a game.• Her ham sandwiches in her packed lunch.• Her teacher giving her a sticker.• Her dad taking her to the park after school.

Hannah smiles lots!• She smiles at her friends.• She smiles at her family.• She smiles at her teachers.• She smiles at her neighbours.• She smiles at the shop keeper.

I bet there are lots of times when you felt happy. Have a good think about something or perhaps a memory that makes you feel happy.Talk to the person next to you and tell them about what makes you feel happy.

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How big is my feeling?

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It is helpful to scale your happiness,

every time you do something new. If it

makes you really happy it is worth

doing again!

Look at the thermometer. Number 1 is a teeny bit happy and

number 5 is VERY VERY happy.

Imagine a time when you were happy. What

number would you give your happiness?

Let’s look at some words. If you think

this is a happy word then clap your hands together. If you think it is not a happy word then wave your hands

in the air.

joyful

sad

afraidexcitedfurious

good

delightedDo you know of any other ‘happy’ words? What are they? Tell your partner.

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ok

proud

How do you feel in your body when you are happy?

Talk to the person next to

you.

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Hannah has• Lots of energy• She feels calm and relaxed• She has a big smile on her face• Her body feels warm• She might even laugh

What sort of things might you say when you are

happy?

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Hannah says• WOW!• Fantastic!• Brilliant!• That is amazing!• I am so grateful• Yes!• I am so looking forward to that!

How can you help someone? Talk to the person next

to you.

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Hannah is very helpful• She shares her colouring pencils with her friends.• She opens the door for her teachers.• She always makes her bed and tidies her toys away.• She goes to the post box for her neighbour to post a

letter.• She helps her little sister get dressed in the

mornings.

When you help others it really does boost your own happiness. Try it! It works!

How can you be more active

every day? Talk to the person

next to you and tell them.

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Hannah is active by…• Playing football once a week• Playing in the park with her friends at the

weekends.• Goes for long walks with her family at the

weekends.• Runs around the playground 4 times every playtime.• Rides her bike to school and back every day.• Climbs the tree in her garden lots and lots.• Skips with a skipping rope every day.• Goes swimming once a week with her mum.• Plays tig games with her friends after school.

When you do exercise EVERY day it really does boost your happiness. Try it! It works!

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Hannah connects with people by:• Talking and playing with her friends.• Reading a story to her sister at bedtime every

night.• Visiting her grandma every week.• Goes to Rainbows every week.• She is pleasant and friendly to everyone and

especially to new children in the class.• She goes to football matches with her dad.• She spends time in the garden with her grandad.

When you build relationships with others and spend time with them every day, it really does boost your happiness. Try it! It works!

How can you connect more with other

people? How can you spend more time with

people you care about? Talk to the person next to you

and tell them.

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Hannah takes notice by:• Watching the clouds float by.• Listening and watching the rain trickling down the

window pane.• Really concentrating and tasting chocolate when

she eats it.• Smelling the bubblebath when she is laid in the

bath.• Feeling the fur on her teddy bear.

Taking notice of things around you right now, in the present moment, is also called mindfulness. You might have heard of it. It is a really good way to boost your

happiness. It is calming and relaxing and it takes your mind off any worrying thoughts.

How can you be more mindful? How can you take notice of things

more? What can you do? Just take a minute now

and be mindful. What can

you see? Hear? Feel? After one minute talk to the person next to you

and tell them.

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You can even keep a mindfulness diary and concentrate on each of your senses. Our senses are sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. Each day record something

for each of your senses.

See Hear Touch Smell Taste

Monday A ladybird Raindrops Icy water Baking bread

Chocolatebuttons

Tuesday A rainbow Bird singing Stroking the cat

Coconut Shampoo

Fresh bread

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

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Hannah has learnt:• How to ride her bike.• How to swim without arm bands.• How to read really tricky words.• Her 2 times table.• How to bake cup cakes.• How to play the recorder.• How to make a cut out snowflake.• How to tie her shoe laces.• How to use the computer.

Learning new things really boosts your happiness. It is a good feeling isn’t it when you manage to learn something new. Aim to learn something new EVERY day.

What would you like to learn to do? Talk to the person next

to you and tell

them..

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Hannah has lots of hopes, wishes and dreams:• She hopes Santa will bring her lots of presents.• She dreams about meeting her favourite pop star.• She wishes she could win the colouring competition.• She hopes she meets some more friends at her new

school.• She dreams about playing on the beach on her holidays.• She wishes she could get picked for the football team.• She hopes grandma will do some baking the next time

she visits.• She wishes it would snow and she could make a

snowman.

Let’s look at ‘Hopes, wishes and dreams’. When you look forward to something in the future it makes you feel happy and excited. What are your

hopes, wishes or dreams for the future? Tell the

person next to you.

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Hannah is thankful or grateful for:• Her friend who included her in a game.• Her ham sandwiches in her packed lunch.• Her teacher giving her a sticker.• Her dad taking her to the park after school.• Her mum giving her a cuddle and reading a book to her.• Her sister sharing her sweets with her.• Her grandma and grandad visiting her after school.• Her cat coming and sitting on her knee.• For not having a cold like lots of her other classmates.

When you look at all the things in your life that you can be thankful or grateful for it makes you realise how lucky you are. It helps you to think in a more positive way. Every day try and think about something you are grateful or thankful for.

Take a minute to think about today.

What are you

thankful or grateful for? Tell the

person next to you.

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You can keep a simple gratitude diary and it really helps you to focus on the positive things in your life. Try it!

Things I am grateful or thankful for today…

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

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Hannah smiles at:• Her friends.• Her family.• Her teachers.• Her neighbours.• The shop keepers.• The bus driver.• The policeman.• The doctor.• The dentist..

The more you practise smiling the happier you will feel. Smile as much as you can. It really does work. Try and see!Smile at the person

next to you right

now. Did they smile back?

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• Be helpful• Be active• Connect with others• Take notice• Learn something new• Have hopes, wishes and

dreams• Be thankful or grateful• Smile

Aim to do these

EVERY day!

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There are lots of Mind Monster resources available on the site.The Mind Monster characters were created by Alexandra Palphreyman

Please check out these resources:

Mind Monster ‘Anger’ resource pack.Mind Monster Display and resource pack.Mind Monster Fan pack.Mind Monster Poetry bookWorry Monster poem.

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