WELCOME TO WELL-BEING (W2W):
SAMPLE (free) WELL-BEING LESSON PLANS FOR JUNIOR PRIMARY (Ages: 4-7+)
This page has been designed to give teachers of lower primary school children an opportunity to trial this new Positive Psychology programme called Welcome to Well-Being (W2W). Here you will find all the components, physical and digital, to deliver up to three well-being lessons to children in Junior Infants, Senior Infants and First Class.
The programme consists of three Teacher Resource books, each with ten lessons on well-being. There is a corresponding Pupil Book and Digital Companion Page (similar to this one) for each level. Digital companion pages typically contain a PowerPoint presentation for each lesson and a complete Teacher Lesson Plan. They also contain a mixture of supplementary worksheets, videos, posters and other activities related to the lesson. Classroom Posters enhance each lesson and these can be found in the Teacher Resource book and on the Digital Companion Page. The posters can also be ordered separately on A3 silk-quality card and come in a keep-safe polythene folder.
Below you can see what each of the three levels cover. The highlighted lesson under each set of book covers is the topic that is available for free. Choose a year programmme, click on the highlighted lesson or scroll down to see all three available lessons, one for each class.
You can find out lots more information about the programme by visiting the Welcome to Well-Being Homepage
WELCOME TO WELL-BEING
Book A – Junior Infants (Ages: 4-5)
Teacher Resource Book
(includes Digital Companion Page)
+ Pupil Book + Set of A3 Posters (optional)
Topics covered in Book A:
(Highlighted Topic is free to try)
- It’s Good to be Me
- All Feelings are OK
- I’m Ready for my Big Feelings
- Spread Happiness
- It’s Cool to be Calm
- It’s OK to Feel Sad
- I’m Proud of Myself
- It’s OK to Feel Angry
- I can Be Brave
- It’s Good to be Me
WELCOME TO WELL-BEING
Book B – Senior Infants (Ages: 5-6)
Teacher Resource Book
(includes Digital Companion Page)
+ Pupil Book + Set of A3 Posters (optional)
Topics covered in Book B:
(Highlighted Topic is free to try)
- I can be my Best Self
- I can Name my Feelings
- I can Name More Feelings
- I can Tame my Feelings
- Sprinkle Kindness
- I’m ready to Relax
- It’s OK to Feel Worried
- Today I’m Thankful
- My Friends have Feelings too
- It’s Good to be Us
WELCOME TO WELL-BEING
Book C – 1st Class (Ages: 6-7+)
Teacher Resource Book
(includes Digital Companion Page)
+ Pupil Book + Set of A3 Posters (optional)
Topics covered in Book C:
(Highlighted Topic is free to try)
- We all Belong
- We can Name our Feelings
- We can Express our Feelings
- We can Feel our Energy
- We can Change our Energy
- We can do Hard Things
- We are Good Enough
- We Care and Share
- We can Solve our Problems
- It’s Good to be Us
W2W: Book A (Junior Infants - Ages: 4-5) - Spread Happiness (Lesson: 4 of 10)
Spread Happiness - Additional Activities
VideoWatch: Singalong: If You're Happy and You Know It
This popular multilingual song is a great way for children to sing about being happy and how they can demonstrate that they are – YouTube (02:57)
VideoWatch: ReadAloud Book: Everybody Feels Happy By Jane Bingham
Listen to this read-aloud of the book ‘The Way I Feel’ By Janan Cain brought to you by StorytimewithMsMelange – YouTube (04:09)
W2W: Book B (Senior Infants - Ages: 5-6) - It's OK to Feel Worried (Lesson: 7 of 10)
It's OK to Feel Worried - Additional Activities
VideoWatch: Read Aloud Book: Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival
Look and listen to this read aloud story called Ruby Finds a Worry – My Cozy Corner | Youtube (03:36)
VideoWatch: Feelings in My Body
Look and listen to this video with Elmo and Leon Bridges, joined by some of the Sesame Street crew, to sing about how thankful they are for their friends! We have so many things to be thankful for – what are you thankful for? – Sesame Street | Youtube (02:49)
W2W: Book C (1st Class - Ages: 6-7+) - We can Express our Feelings (Lesson: 3 of 10)
We Can Express Our Feelings - Additional Activities
VideoWatch: Name it to Tame it!
Watch this video to learn how to ‘Name it to Tame it’! Naming your emotions is like letting the air out of a balloon before it explodes all over the place. Learn about some common emotions and how they feel so YOU can name it to tame it! Credits: bensound.com (music) / KidsIn Charge / Youtube (05:16)
VideoWatch: Feelings Quiz
Sometimes we have big feelings that feel wild. We can tame our feelings by naming them. Take this Feelings Quiz and see how many feelings you can guess – Armagan Citak | Youtube (02:41)
Parent Letter
Welcome to Well-Being – Book A: Meet Mo and Ko (Junior Infants / Ages: 4-5+)
€4.95 – €44.55The Welcome to Well-Being programme is a multi-year programme for children from Junior Infants to First Class (Ages: 4-7+). It is designed to enhance children’s well-being across all dimensions – social, emotional, spiritual, physical and mental. The theme of the programme is that two small, gender-neutral aliens called Mo and Ko arrive from the planet called Zo to help children feel happy, strong, kind and brave, loving and well. The characters Mo & Ko are gender-neutral – to order a gender-specific version, please click HERE.
Select a single book from the ‘Choose an Option‘ dropdown menu to LOOK INSIDE:
Welcome to Well-Being – Book B: Good to Be Me with Mo and Ko (Senior Infants / Ages: 5-6+)
€4.95 – €44.55The Welcome to Well-Being programme is a multi-year programme for children from Junior Infants to First Class (Ages: 4-7+). It is designed to enhance children’s well-being across all dimensions – social, emotional, spiritual, physical and mental. The theme of the programme is that two small, gender-neutral aliens called Mo and Ko arrive from the planet called Zo to help children feel happy, strong, kind and brave, loving and well. The characters Mo & Ko are gender-neutral – to order a gender-specific version, please click HERE.
Select a single book from the ‘Choose an Option‘ dropdown menu to LOOK INSIDE:
Welcome to Well-Being – Book C: Feeling Good with Mo and Ko! (1st Class / Ages: 6-7+)
€4.95 – €44.55The Welcome to Well-Being programme is a multi-year programme for children from Junior Infants to First Class (Ages: 4-7+). It is designed to enhance children’s well-being across all dimensions – social, emotional, spiritual, physical and mental. The theme of the programme is that two small, gender-neutral aliens called Mo and Ko arrive from the planet called Zo to help children feel happy, strong, kind and brave, loving and well. The characters Mo & Ko are gender-neutral – to order a gender-specific version, please click HERE.
Select a single book from the ‘Choose an Option‘ dropdown menu to LOOK INSIDE:
Welcome to Well-Being: Starter Kit (Lower Primary – Junior Infants to 1st Class / Ages: 4-7+)
€89.50 – €140.00The Welcome to Well-Being programme is a multi-year programme for children from Junior Infants to First Class (Ages: 4-7+). It is designed to enhance children’s well-being across all dimensions – social, emotional, spiritual, physical and mental. The theme of the programme is that two small, gender-neutral aliens called Mo and Ko arrive from the planet called Zo to help children feel happy, strong, kind and brave, loving and well. The characters Mo & Ko are gender-neutral – to order a gender-specific version, please click HERE.