Happiness: Find Joy and Contentment by Colouring in These Beautiful Patterns

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For instance, autistic children tend to struggle to understand the body language and emotions of others, as well as recognising and regulating their own. This colouring sheet features three levels of happiness, fine, very happy and most happy, accompanied by the facial expressions that are associated with those levels of joy. Take some time to sit with your autistic child, one-on-one, to help them learn the meaning of the facial expressions. Autistic children can often speak bluntly without consideration of the affect their words may have on another person. This will help them to navigate social interactions with their peers and understand whether what they’re saying is making someone happy, meaning that their line of conversation is appropriate. This lovely colouring sheet is designed to remind students of the spirit of World Smile Day - an event to promote human kindness and the things make us wonderful, loving human beings. We can spend some time on International Happiness Day reflecting on what brings us joy, how we can help others feel happy, what we can do to bring happiness into our daily lives and how we can boost the happiness of our community, too. Want to explore more about International Day of Happiness with your children? Our KS1 PowerPoint is perfect for children in years 1 and 2. Using this EYFS I Am Feeling Happy PowerPoint is a great way of celebrating International Day of Happiness with younger children. We also have this KS2 Happiness PowerPoint for older children. With that said, there does tend to be consensus in the colors that inspire happiness. Moving forward, the discussion will focus on seven specific colors that are known to elicit feelings of joy and happiness. Using Colors to Elicit Happiness

We can see a bit more of her than the previous two people, so you could add some fun details by drawing some small pictures or patterns onto her clothing.

Red or violet

Try to avoid distractions, this is about gaining focus. I did mindfully colour when my children were around but I find I’m more absorbed when I’m on my own. This is not by any means an exhaustive list, but gives you a little insight as to why colouring can be so beneficial to your mental health. Photo by Anima Visual on Unsplash Where do I Start? Got any plans for International Happiness Day on 20th March yet? Look no further than this handy blog full of brilliant International Happiness Day ideas, fabulous resources and joyful activities you can share with your children! Twinkl Top Tip: Hand out pencils, pens and paints - or incorporate a collage into the activity - to improve confidence in art. You might even decide to print and enlarge the sheet, using it as a continuous provision art activity during Children's Mental Health Week. Once children have worked together to complete it, present your final piece on a display wall to promote the event. Mental health is all about how we are feeling, the thoughts we are having and how we cope when we face challenges. We can all have times when we are struggling. If children are feeling anxious, worried, frightened or stressed, it is important to help them manage these feelings. You can:

It’s separated into sections, so one way to create a colorful explosion would be to color each section in a different color. Don’t judge your work. Mindfulness = no judgement. There is no right or wrong, it’s just a form of self-expression. RELATED: What I learnt about happiness from a Buddhist Monk Colours to influence your mood If you find your mind wandering, just make a non-judgemental note of it and allow yourself to return to the moment. Encourage children to channel their inner wordsmith with our lovely Happiness Is… Poem Activity, which asks children to create their very own poem all about what happiness means to them. This activity is a great way to motivate children to reflect on what brings them happiness and create something beautiful in the process! For a more colourful version with some prompts to get children started, try this lovely Happiness Acrostic Poem. Another idea would be to draw her into some kind of setting. Perhaps you could depict a location that brings you happiness whenever you visit it!

While red is known as the color of alertness and warning, it’s also a color that makes people happy. It creates energy, which creates a desire for people to do things that make them happy. Here is a list of red items that might make you feel a sense of happiness: Valentine’s day card, the heart, a red rose, Santa Clause, cherry pie, apples, hibiscus, strawberries, the Red-Breasted Robin, and an Indian sunset. 4. Orange Do some lovely, happiness-themed colouring with this Happiness Words Colouring. This colouring sheet is perfect for a plenary activity at the end of your PSHE lesson. Teachers, teaching assistants and parents can use this ‘What Makes Me Happy?’ Worksheet with individuals or with larger groups to encourage discussion and thinking skills around the nature of happiness. Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention in the present moment. With mindful colouring, we draw our attention to the present moment through colouring-in using a colouring book* or colouring sheet (ones usually designed for adults).

Making a personalised bookmark is easy! No matter your age or your favourite genre of book, you can create one to suit your own individuality and style. Use Twinkl Create to experiment with a range of easy-to-use-design tools and pre-formatted bookmarks. With thousands of illustrations and text designs to choose from, you can create a personalised bookmark that’s made for you. We really love the style that the man in this happy coloring sheet is drawn in! This guy is drawn in a bit of a caricature style, and it makes for a really fun image. Mindful colouring first entered my life in Costco. Yes, in the most overloaded of places I was introduced to one of my most calming pastimes. In the book section, my sister-in-law – an occupational therapist – handed me a book she claimed would benefit me (and my stress levels) massively. It was a colouring book for adults.We experience many different emotions in our day-to-day lives. Some are unpleasant responses to bad things that happen, but others are much better to get to experience. This simply yet useful Different Levels of Happiness Colouring Sheet can be used in a number of ways, at home or in the classroom, to help your SEN children better understand the basic spectrum of ‘happiness’. You could also design another fun setting for him to be in. What kind of happy place do you imagine he may be in? How to celebrate International Happiness Day with your children 1. Introduce International Happiness Day to your children

Our Growth Mindset Activity is the perfect visual tool to help your class learn how to identify and differentiate between positive and negative statements.We, as humans, feel a wide range of emotions throughout our lives and many even in just one day. They all boil down to a select few that act as main core emotions that other, more specific feelings evolve from. They are as follows: Our Draw Your Feelings Children's Mental Health Week Poster is a great activity to help your students safely express their feelings. How can I help an anxious, worried or stressed child? Confidence of expression is important for our mental health and wellbeing. This Happiness Worksheet is a great way to encourage children to express themselves. You can use our Happiness Worksheet as part of your Be Yourself lessons for PSHE. This activity is taken from our Be Yourself PSHE and Citizenship KS1 Unit. We've designed this PSHE worksheet tomotivate children to discuss their feelings and celebrate what makes them happy. Everyone loves to experience happiness, and it’s great to have good things happen that bring this wonderful emotion about!