All About Feeling Sad Workbook – Item 768

All About Feeling Sad is a printable, child-friendly workbook designed to help children aged 5–7 (and those with additional needs) explore, understand, and manage the feeling of sadness. Through simple, engaging, and highly visual activities, children learn to recognise what sadness looks like on the face, how it feels in the body, and the different ways it can appear in their thoughts and behaviours.

This workbook uses a variety of drawing-based tasks, colouring exercises, and gentle prompts to encourage children to reflect on their feelings without the need for lots of writing. It supports children in identifying situations that can make them feel sad, understanding the thoughts that accompany sadness, and noticing sadness in themselves and others. Its clear, structured approach makes it especially suitable for SEN learners, providing confidence-building opportunities at an accessible level.

A standout feature of the workbook is the “Sad Toolbox,” which introduces practical and gentle strategies for coping with sadness, expressing feelings safely, and developing self-soothing skills. By connecting facial expressions, body sensations, thoughts, and actions, the workbook helps children develop emotional awareness and early emotional literacy in a calm, supportive, and child-friendly way.

The workbook ends with a colourful, child-friendly certificate, celebrating the child’s achievement in exploring and understanding sadness. This final page provides a sense of accomplishment, encouraging children to feel proud of their learning and the emotional skills they are developing.

Perfect for use in classrooms, nurture groups, ELSA sessions, or at home, this workbook is a gentle and effective resource for helping children explore their emotions, develop coping strategies, and build confidence in understanding and managing sadness.

There is a cover sheet, 11 additional pages and adult instructions included in this download.

Designed and made by a trained ELSA