Planning tools
Plan an Emotional Literacy Session
From a concern to targets and matched resources.
Emotional literacy and more
From a concern to a plan in minutes. Everything at your fingertips.
Give children and young people the tools to regulate their own emotions. Describe what you notice and get “I can…” targets, lesson plans and resources in minutes. No more hours spent planning.
For any role, any setting
- ELSAs
- Thrive practitioners
- Nurture leads
- Pastoral teams
- Learning mentors
- Teaching assistants
- SENCOs
- Counsellors and therapists
- Youth workers
- Alternative provision
- and anyone who supports children and young people
- 207 “I can…” targets across 14 areas
- New resources every week
- Included in Annual membership
The BOUNCE® Approach · Emotional literacy
Emotional Literacy Session Sheet
BOUNCESession 1 of 6
Main target
I can spot my signs of worry
Within 6 sessions, the child or young person will identify at least 3 personal signs or sensations that may occur when they are worried.
Starting point: Understanding it
Adult’s rating
Not yetWith supportYes
Their view
Not yetSometimesYes
Supporting target (optional)
I can sort a worry
Within 6 sessions, the child or young person will identify whether a worry is about something they can act on, need support with or cannot currently change, in 4 out of 5 examples.
Adult’s rating
Not yetWith supportYes
Their view
Not yetSometimesYes
Review targets by 14 December 2026 Initials only. Nothing is saved.
- One to oneTheir own plan, targets and My Target page.
- Small groupsOne shared target, a sheet for each person.
- Remote sessionsA unique link for safe access from home.
- Any ageStick People versions for older ages.
Everything in one place
No more hours spent planning. It’s all at your fingertips.
Your targets link straight to lesson plans, printables, slides, makers and interventions. Print, create and get started in minutes. The resource bank grows every week.
Lesson plans
Ready-made sessions
Six Emotional Literacy Sessions and a year of PSHE.
Therapeutic interventions
Training to run longer work
From LEGO® Therapy to sand tray and Story Massage.
Resources
Something for every way of communicating
Printables, slides, interactive tools and makers.
What learners say
I came away feeling confident, inspired and well equipped to start implementing Lego-Based Therapy with my young people. …
— DaviniaLEGO®-Based Therapy Training
This has given me some great ideas on ways to work with children when they don’t always have the words to explain how they’re feeling.
— HayleyRunning a Play-doh Feelings Session
Very informative and simple to understand. I have a better understanding of how to run Sand tray sessions and how they can help children express their emotions.
— AsraRunning a Sand Tray Intervention
The planner
From a concern to a plan in five steps.
Targets build from noticing it with an adult alongside to using what helps on their own.
Safeguarding comes first. If a concern suggests harm, the planner points you to your Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Who is it for, and what is the concern?
Who is this session for?
One child or young personA small group
Describe the concern in a few words
worries a lot before school
This sounds like
Anxiety, Worry and Uncertainty16 targets in this area
Not quite right? Show more options
Choose what to work on
Where are they now?
Noticing itUnderstanding itUsing itUsing it more widely
Beginning to make sense of it with support.
Choose 1 or 2
✓
Main targetI can spot my signs of worryThis helps with: recognising my own signs of worry
✓
6 sessionsWeeklyReview by 14 DecemberSupporting targetI can sort a worryThis helps with: working out what kind of worry it is
Regulation activities
Start every session with a body-based exercise. These videos are for you. Watch one, try it yourself, then model it in the session.
Physiological SighTwo breaths in, one long breath out
Added ✓Butterfly HugGentle, rhythmic tapping
Add to planFinger BreathworkBreathe while tracing your fingers
Add to planWhat would you like to use?
Interactive online toolsOn-screen, used together
PDF printablesReady-made or design your own
Lesson slidesReady-made slides to present
InterventionsTraining for longer work
Interactive toolWorry MachineLinked to: I can spot my signs of worry
Printable packWindow of Tolerance Activity PackLinked to: I can spot my signs of worry
InterventionInteroception in the ClassroomLinked to: I can spot my signs of worry
Download the session sheet
Pages to include
Session sheet rated after each session
Progress across sessions and the review
My Target the child’s own page
A note for home
A note for staff
Download session sheet (PDF)
Initials only. Nothing you type is saved or sent anywhere.
The session sheet
Everything you need to track and review.
One set for each child or young person. Type into it or print it.
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Session sheet
Your SMART targets, rated after each session, with the adult’s rating and their own view side by side.
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Progress across sessions
Session by session, then the review: achieved, partly achieved or not yet, and the next step.
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My Target
The child or young person’s own page: how I feel at the start and the end, and did I do my target today?
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A note for home
What you are working on and how families can help, with a slip to send back.
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A note for staff
For the adults who support them, with a log of what they notice between sessions.
Evidence you can share
- Progress session by session, with their own view
- A review for your SENCO, staff and families
- The same “I can…” language as our EHCP and provision mapping tools
Initials only. Nothing you type is saved or sent anywhere.
The library
Print it, present it, make it. Or learn to run it.
Every printable, slide set, maker and intervention, with new resources every week.
Download, print and use straight away.
- Brick BuildsCards, makes + board game
- Yoga Pack6 sessions
- Chimp FeelingsCards + poster
- BOUNCE Bricks Intervention Pack6 sessions
- BOUNCE Bricks Feelings Session Plans12 sessions
- BOUNCE Bricks Body Scan5 printables
- Emoji Feelings Body Map19 pages
- Window of Tolerance Activity Pack8 sessions
- Metaphors of Emotion72 picture cards
- Metaphorical Stories25 stories
- Emotional Intelligence Question CardsCards + guide
- Grounding Cards42 cards
- Beliefs to Values6 sessions
- LEGO® Style Beliefs and Thinking Patterns6 sessions
- MINECRAFT Style Thoughts6 sessions
- Sensory Differences Activity6 sessions
- How I CommunicateAnimal cards
- Restore, Repair, PreventCards + mats
- Executive Functions Prompt Cards8 groups
- Creating a Neuroprofile4 activities
- Student PassportPrint, cut and stick
- Using a Visual TimetableUse any time
Chimp Feelings: four steps to go through together, then choose cards to print and keep.
Present them full screen, one step at a time.
- Chimp Feelings SlidesFeelings
- Tree of Life Lesson SlidesFeelings
- Metaphorical Stories SlidesFeelings
- Interoception Lesson SlidesBody and senses
- Sensory Story Massage SlidesBody and senses
- Sensory Differences SlidesBody and senses
- Yoga Activity SlidesBody and senses
- Grounding Techniques SlidesBody and senses
- LEGO® Belief and Thinking Pattern SlidesThinking
- Minecraft Belief and Thinking Pattern SlidesThinking
- Restore, Repair, Prevent SlidesRelationships
Emotion Card Maker: character, feeling, message, cards, download.
Choose the words and pictures together, then print.
- Emotion Card MakerEmotions
- Mood Monster MakerEmotions
- Stick People Card MakerEmotions
- Feelings Scale MakerEmotions
- Emotion Wheel MakerEmotions
- Energy MakerRegulation
- Make Your Own Grounding CardsRegulation
- Sensory Diet MakerRegulation
- Make Your Own Sensory CircuitRegulation
- What I Need Card MakerCommunication
- How I CommunicateCommunication
- Build Together Plan MakerBuilding
- Visual Timetable MakerDisplay
- Display Letter MakerDisplay
- Bunting MakerDisplay
Training for longer work, by BOUNCE pillar.
BBody and the Nervous System
- Grounding Techniques46m
- Drumming for Regulation3h 30m
- Running a Mindfulness Intervention53m
OOpenness and Trust
- Running a Sand Tray Intervention5h 40m
UUnderstanding Sensory Differences
- A Somatic Toolkit1h 40m
- Interoception in the Classroom1h 52m
- Running SEMH Sensory Circuits Intervention3h 18m
- Creating a Multi-Sensory Regulation Toolkit2h 10m
- Running Sensory-based Story Massage2h 12m
- Creating a Sensory Diet
NNavigating Emotions
- Delivering Learning Journeys1h 10m
- Running a Drawing Feelings Intervention3h
- Running a Play-doh Feelings Session2h 20m
- Lego Feelings Intervention2h 15m
- Creative and Expressive Arts4h
CConnection and Communication
- Running a Theory of Mind Intervention1h 58m
- Running a LEGO Therapy Session3h
- Running a Comic Strip Intervention2h 16m
- Running Solution Circles1h
EEsteem and Identity
- A Parts Approach4h 30m
- Running a Tree of Life Intervention1h 56m
Stick People: a simpler, more grown-up style that can look like them, or like anyone they choose.
Any age, any stage
Not just for younger children. Adapt it for any age.
Choose the style that fits the person in front of you, from early years to young adults.
- Targets by readiness, not age
- Stick People versions for older children and young people
- Extras that reflect them, from glasses to AAC devices
PSHE Learning Journeys
PSHE lesson plans for the whole year.
Thirty Learning Journeys across six terms, covering every area of BOUNCE.
- Term 1Body and the Nervous SystemSessions 1–5
- Term 2Openness and TrustSessions 6–10
- Term 3Understanding Sensory DifferencesSessions 11–15
- Term 4Navigating EmotionsSessions 16–20
- Term 5Connection and CommunicationSessions 21–25
- Term 6Esteem and IdentitySessions 26–30
Working in alternative provision?
Built for small groups, mixed ages and different starting points.
- Keep the intention, flex the route, with adaptations from EYFS to KS4+
- Regulation first, then trust, then harder thinking
- Print it, make it or use a Professional Studio tool
What comes with it
- Session plans for all 30 Learning Journeys
- Curriculum overviews with PSHE links
- Staff, family and impact guides, plus a CPD course
Ready-made lesson plans
Six Emotional Literacy Sessions. Built brick by brick.
Want a ready-made series? Work through six sessions in order, from finding the Just Right Zone to building a Map of Me. Each one adds a step: notice, understand, try, personalise, connect, then bring it all together.
Session 1Notice
The Just Right Zone
Finding my starting point
Finding a starting point: the Just Right Zone, the body clues that go with it and three parts of the brain. Children build a brick window together and notice which brick feels like them today.
Shown: My Window
Session 2Understand
The Growth Zone
Colours, brains and what helps
Linking colours, energy and body clues, and starting to experiment with what helps. Short animated slides open each session and invite the child to get curious.
Shown: The Growth Zone slides
Session 3Try
My Regulation Toolkit
Noticing the clues and finding what helps
Spotting the clues for leaving the zone, meeting four kinds of tools and starting a toolkit. Where am I? Pick my tools. Try them out. Where am I now? Skipping a tool is always an option.
Shown: Regulation
Session 4Personalise
Leaving the Just Right Zone
Listening to my body and my senses
Giving sensations a number, noticing sensory likes and dislikes, and finding tools that suit. Noticing nothing much is fine too.
Shown: My Body Scan
Session 5Connect
My Parts and My People
Getting to know my parts, and who helps me
Getting to know different parts, what each one needs, and the safe people who help. Children choose what each part looks like, from a person or an animal to a robot or a blob.
Shown: My Inner Team
Session 6Bring together
My Map of Me
Tricky thoughts, my map and celebrating what I’ve found
Rebuilding a tricky thought, making a Map of Me and celebrating strengths, such as kindness, courage, listening and being funny.
Shown: celebrating strengths
Inside a session
One page for the child. Start to finish.
Slides and every tool in order, each opening full screen.
- WatchTo beginShort animated slides introduce the idea, with questions to wonder about.
- Start5 to 7 minutesA settling check-in. In Session 1, My Battery, then Breathe: follow the bricks round a shape together, breathing along.
Let’s see how full your battery feels today. There’s no right amount.
- ExploreAbout 30 minutesThe main activities, one after another. In Session 1, the Magic Tree, the slides, My Window, My Body Scan and The Scale.
Which bricks feel like you right now? More than one is fine.
- Finish5 to 10 minutesBack to the first tool to notice again, then a calm close: stretch, breathe out slowly, shake hands gently.
You don’t have to be somewhere different from when we started.
About 30 minutes or more. A session can be split across sittings, and each tool can also be used on its own.
For the adult
A lesson plan with every session.
Know what to open, say and notice. Nothing to prepare.
- Targets, timings and tools at a glance
- What to say and the answers to allow
- A record and a progress tracker
More from people using it
This was really interesting to find out about the brain and the impact on neurodiverse children. The strategies are fab and I look forward to using them.
— BryonyEmotional Regulation and BOUNCE
This course has taught me new techniques to use to help children regulate their nervous system! It has enabled me to deepen my knowledge and given me new ideas to implement within the setting.
— ElizabethWindow of Tolerance
Great training. Information is relevant for all age groups and settings.
— KatieUnderstanding Sensory Differences
This is a brilliant course. It has helped me so much with my job as an INA, but also as a parent and an autistic person myself. Highly recommend this course!
— JoanneCertified BOUNCE Approach Practitioner
Easy to follow, not too overwhelming, and a bank of resources to use without any specialist equipment. Fantastic.
— KellieRunning SEMH Sensory Circuits
Highly recommend the training and resources to parents and professionals; anyone who works with children will find this helpful.
— HelenConnection and Communication
Annual membership
Everything you need, whatever your role, in one membership.
The planner, the lesson plans, a year of PSHE, intervention training and every resource are included in Annual Professional Membership. Choose just you, or your whole team.
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Professional Membership
AnnualEverything in the Learning Portal for one person, for twelve months.
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How many people?
Each person gets their own login. We set up your team leader, who sends each person their link to join.
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Questions
Frequently asked questions.
Is it only for emotional literacy?
No. The planner covers 14 areas: emotions, regulation, worry, self-esteem, social interaction, friendships, communication, boundaries, resilience, change, self-awareness, asking for support, attention and goals.
Who is it for?
Anyone who supports children and young people: ELSAs, Thrive practitioners, nurture leads, pastoral teams, learning mentors, teaching assistants, SENCOs, counsellors, therapists, youth workers and alternative provision staff. It sits alongside the approach and training you already have.
Do I need extra training to use it?
No. Every lesson plan tells you what to open, what to say and what to notice. If you want to go deeper, the intervention training and courses are included.
Can I use it with groups or remotely?
Yes. Plan for one child or young person, or a small group with one shared target and a sheet for each person. To work remotely, share a session using its unique link for safe access.
Does it work for older young people?
Yes. Targets are chosen by readiness, not age. Many tools, slides and session plans have Stick People or older versions, and the PSHE Learning Journeys include adaptations from EYFS to KS4 and beyond.
How does it help me show impact?
Each plan includes a session sheet, progress across sessions with the child or young person’s own view, and a review with next steps. The same “I can…” language runs through our EHCP and provision mapping tools, and the PSHE Learning Journeys include an Impact Evaluation Toolkit.
What about the start and end of a block of sessions?
Start with getting-to-know-you tools such as the Student Passport, How I Communicate and Creating a Neuroprofile, and send A note for home. At the end, use the review page, then celebrate with tools such as My Superpowers and the Bunting Maker.
What happens to the information I type?
Use initials only. Nothing you type into the planner is saved or sent anywhere. It only goes into the sheet you download.
Does it count towards my CPD?
Yes. Annual membership includes all 65 courses, around 127 hours of CPD, each with a certificate of completion.
What if I get stuck?
Ask Mini T in the Learning Portal, or use live chat to reach our team.
How often is new content added?
New resources are added every week, and they are included in your membership.
Can my setting pay by invoice?
Yes, at no extra cost. Raising an invoice is included in your Annual membership. Choose Raise an invoice above and your order is added to the form for you.
Tools they can use for themselves. Everything you need to get there.
From noticing a feeling with an adult alongside to using what helps on their own. The planner, the six Emotional Literacy Sessions, a year of PSHE lesson plans, intervention training and a resource bank that grows every week come with Annual Professional Membership.
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