Interoception in the Classroom
From noticing a racing heart or a rumbling tummy to short, everyday moments that help a whole group settle.
- All levels
- Two videos (about 40 minutes)
- Interactive activities
- Interactive lesson slides
- Six printable resources
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What it is
Short training on helping children and young people notice what is happening inside their body. For anyone supporting them in a classroom or group, and just as useful at home.
- A five-minute noticing routine you can run with a group
- Watch in your own time, with certificated CPD
- The child chooses the words, cards and body maps
How it helps
Small, everyday noticing moments, built into the week rather than added on, so body signals become easier to recognise and talk about.
Helps withWhat the training covers
Four parts, from understanding to everyday practice.
- 1What interoception is and why it matters
- 2A five-minute noticing routine
- 3Everyday moments and a weekly plan
- 4Words, cards and body maps the child chooses
Before you start
Read the adult guide first. It is in the printable pack.
Start here
The adult guide: how to be alongside, when to stop, and what’s in the pack.
What’s inside
Watch the training, use the slides on screen, and print what you need.
Two training videos
About 40 minutes in all, with interactive activities along the way.
Interactive lesson slides
4 Get curious lessons, 5 noticing breaks and 56 body words, with a choice of guide: a child or plain shapes.
Six printable resources
The Start here guide and 5-step routine, 50 noticing activities in a Weekly Plan, 56 body words and 7 Emotion Body Map pages.
What you can print and keepSeven files, including all six resources in one See all filesHide files
- Start hereThe adult guide: how to be alongside, when to stop, and what’s in the pack (PDF, 145 KB)
- Daily MomentsEveryday moments that make body signals easier to notice, by body part (PDF, 113 KB)
- Weekly PlanThe five-minute routine and a five-day rotation of activities (PDF, 163 KB)
- Word List56 body words in seven groups, with feeling words to use alongside (PDF, 114 KB)
- Word Cards60 cut-out cards, including My own word and I want to stop (PDF, 247 KB)
- Emotion Body MapSix feeling pages and a My own feeling page, each with a body to colour (PDF, 269 KB)
- All six in oneAll six resources together, 26 pages (PDF, 1 MB)
What learners say
Have used this resource so often in school. Thank you!
It helped look at the engagement the child had, the emotional regulation and how I could use the strategies to support children.