Feelings Forecast Slides K-2 Social Emotional Learning Calm Crew Explorers
Welcome to the
Feelings Forecast
Learning how our bodies feel, naming our inner weather, and practicing calm superpowers!
☀️ Sunny Calm
🌧️ Rainy Sad
⚡ Stormy Mad
💨 Windy Excited
What is Your Inner Weather?
Step 1: Notice
☀️
Sunny
Happy, focused, relaxed, and ready to learn.
Body feels light
🌧️
Rainy
Sad, lonely, tired, or feeling left out.
Body feels heavy
⚡
Stormy
Mad, frustrated, upset, or ready to explode.
Body feels tight
💨
Windy
Silly, jittery, nervous, or spinning fast.
Body feels wiggly
🌟 Golden Rule: ALL feelings are okay! Storms always pass.
Body Clues Detective
Step 2: Check Your Body
Your Body Talks to You!
Before your words come out, your body sends you secret signals. A good detective notices them early!
💓 Heart beats fast like a drum
✊ Hands curl into tight fists
🦋 Tummy feels fluttery or knotted
Where Do You Feel It?
When big weather comes, point to where you feel it first:
🧠 In my head
🫀 In my chest
🖐️ In my hands
🦵 In my legs
Touch your heart right now. Is it beating fast or slow? Take a gentle breath.
Power 1: Balloon Breathing
Calm Power
1
Hands on Belly
Place both hands gently on your belly like you are holding a giant balloon.
🎈
2
Breathe In Big
Breathe in through your nose for 3 seconds. Watch your belly push out!
👃
3
Slow Soft Release
Blow out slowly through your lips: "Ssssss". Deflate the balloon.
💨
Let's try it together 3 times right now!
Power 2: Starfish 5-Finger Breath
Calm Power
How to Trace Your Starfish
1
Spread one hand out wide like a sea starfish.
2
Take your pointer finger from your other hand to trace.
3
Trace UP a finger: Breathe in slow through your nose.
4
Trace DOWN a finger: Breathe out slow through your mouth.
🖐️
5 Breaths!
Trace all 5 fingers. By the pinky finger, your storm turns into sunshine!
Ready? Put your starfish hand in the air. Let's trace our thumbs!
Power 3: The Lemon Squeeze
Calm Power
🍋
1. Squeeze Tight!
Imagine you have two big, juicy sour lemons in your hands. Squeeze all the juice out!
• Make tight fists!
• Scrunch up your face and shoulders!
• Hold it: 1... 2... 3...
✨
2. Drop and Melt
Now drop the lemons on the floor. Let your hands, shoulders, and face turn soft like cooked spaghetti.
• Open your fingers wide
• Shake out your wrists
• Notice how warm and relaxed your muscles feel
Great when you feel: Angry, tense, frustrated, or full of wiggly energy!
Power 4: The Butterfly Tap
Calm Power
🦋
Cross Your Arms
Cross your arms across your chest like giving yourself a gentle hug.
Step 1
👐
Lock Thumbs
Hook your thumbs together so your hands look like butterfly wings.
Step 2
🪶
Tap, Tap, Tap
Gently tap one shoulder, then the other: Left... Right... Left... Right...
Step 3
Slow rhythm calms the brain and makes our body feel safe and grounded.
Detective Challenge!
Practice Time
🧱
The Situation:
You worked hard building a tall block tower, but someone accidentally knocks it down!
1. What is your weather?
Does your body feel Stormy (⚡), Rainy (🌧️), or Windy (💨)?
2. Which Calm Power will you use?
🎈 Balloon Breath 🖐️ Starfish Trace 🍋 Lemon Squeeze 🦋 Butterfly Tap
Turn to a neighbor and show them your favorite calming strategy!
Our Calm Crew Promise Repeat After Me!
"All my feelings are okay to feel."
"My body gives me clues when I need help."
"I have the superpower to pause, breathe, and reset."
☀️ I am safe
🌱 I am learning
⭐ I am in charge of my body
Calm Compass Teacher Guide Calm Compass Teacher Guide
K-2 Social-Emotional Learning • Emotional Regulation & Body Awareness
Pacing: 40-45 Min
Lesson Bundle: Feelings Forecast
CASEL Competencies
• Self-Awareness (body signals)
Target Objectives
Identify 4 emotional states & demonstrate 4 self-soothing tools.
Materials Needed
Slides deck, Toolkit Activity sheets, Calm Pocket Cards, crayons.
Essential Questions
"How does my body tell me when big feelings arrive? What can I do to feel safe and calm again?"
Core Vocabulary (Kid-Friendly)
Weather Inside: feelings that change. Body Signal: clues like fast heartbeat. Calm Power: breathing tool.
Step-by-Step Instructional Sequence
1. Hook & Check-In: The Weather Report (8 min)
Circle Time
Display Slide 1-2. Introduce the metaphor: Just like the sky outside has rain, sun, wind, and thunder, our bodies have feelings weather that changes all day long.
Teacher Script: "Put your hand on your heart and close your eyes. What is your weather right now? Are you sunny and calm, or is there a little rain or wind? In our classroom, all kinds of weather are welcome."
2. Body Clue Detective Hunt (10 min)
Slides 3
Guide students to recognize where emotions show up physically before words are spoken. Have children stand up and freeze-pose: "Show me a mad body" (tight fists, clenched jaw, furrowed brows), then "Show me a calm body" (loose shoulders, soft breath).
Key Takeaway: When our body gets tight or fast, it's ringing an alarm bell telling us: "Time to pick a calming tool!"
3. The 4 Calm Superpowers Lab (15 min)
Slides 4-7
Teach each strategy through direct modeling, whole-group choral movement, and sensory check-ins:
• Balloon Breath: Deep diaphragmatic breathing. Hands expand on stomach; slow "ssss" release.
• Starfish Finger Trace: Tactile 5-count breathing. Slow tracing creates sensory grounding.
• Lemon Squeeze: Progressive muscle relaxation. Tighten fists for 3s, drop like jelly.
• Butterfly Tap: Bilateral shoulder tapping. Calms the nervous system and re-centers focus.
Feelings Forecast • K-2 Teacher Guide Page 1 of 2
Classroom Routine & Support
Calming Corner Protocols, Scenarios, and Tiered Interventions
Teacher Resource
My Calming Toolkit Activity Feelings Explorer
My Feelings Forecast
Name:
Date:
1
Check Your Inner Weather (Circle One):
☀️
Sunny
Calm, happy, ready to learn
🌧️
Rainy
Sad, lonely, tired, heavy
⚡
Stormy
Mad, upset, frustrated
💨
Windy
Silly, jittery, nervous
2
Body Signal Detective: Where do you feel your weather?
Check all the clues you feel:
🧠 Head feels hot, dizzy, or busy 🫀 Heart thumps fast like a drummer 🦋 Tummy feels tight or has fluttery bugs ✊ Hands are squeezed in hard fists 🦵 Legs want to wiggle, jump, or kick
Draw Your Face Today:
Show eyes, eyebrows, and mouth!
👤
Write or tell your teacher: What made you feel this weather today?
Feelings Forecast • Student Worksheet Page 1 of 2
My Super Calm Toolbox
Pick your 4 favorite powers to build your personal calm kit!
Toolbox Kit
Explorer Mission: Draw or write the 4 tools you want to use when a storm rolls in. Keep this sheet on your desk or in your folder!
#1 My Deep Breath Power 🎈 or 🖐️
Circle one or draw it: Balloon Breath / Starfish Breath
#2 My Body Muscle Power 🍋 or 🦋
Circle one or draw it: Lemon Squeeze / Butterfly Tap
#3 My Safe Spot or Object 🧸 or 🛋️
Draw where you like to sit or what you hold to reset:
#4 My Safe Helper Person 🤝 or 💛
Draw the person at school or home who helps you calm down:
My Calm Crew Promise
"When my body feels like a storm, I will stop, take deep breaths, and use my calming superpower!"
Explorer Signature:
Badge: ⭐ Super Calmer
Feelings Forecast • Student Worksheet Page 2 of 2
Pocket Calm Cards Handout Pocket Calm Cards Handout
Cut along dotted lines • Hole-punch top corner for a desk ring or calm-corner lanyard!
6 Strategy Cards
🎈
Balloon Breath
Belly Breathing
1. Hands resting on your belly.
2. Breathe in deep through your nose—feel your belly get big like a balloon!
3. Blow out slowly through lips: "Ssssss".
Repeat 3 times to slow your heartbeat.
🖐️
Starfish 5-Finger
Tactile Grounding
1. Spread fingers wide like a star.
2. Trace pointer finger UP: breathe in.
3. Trace pointer finger DOWN: breathe out.
Trace all 5 fingers to feel completely reset.
🍋
Lemon Squeeze
Muscle Release
1. Squeeze two imaginary sour lemons in your hands as hard as you can!
2. Scrunch shoulders & face: hold 1... 2... 3!
3. DROP lemons! Shake out noodle hands.
Melts away anger, tension, and stiff shoulders.
🦋
The Butterfly Tap
Rhythmic Hug
1. Cross arms across chest, hook thumbs.
2. Tap gently: Left shoulder... Right shoulder...
3. Close eyes and breathe soft slow breaths.
Helps your brain feel protected and calm.
🧱
Wall Push Power
Heavy Work
1. Stand facing a sturdy classroom wall.
2. Place palms flat at shoulder height.
3. Push into the wall with your arm and leg muscles for 5 seconds!
Grounds big wiggly energy through deep muscle input.
💧
Cool Sips & Count
Mindful Pause
1. Take 3 slow sips of cool water.
2. Feel the cold water move down your throat.
3. In your head, count backward: 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... Ready!
Changes body temperature to break high emotional spikes.
Feelings Forecast • Pocket Calm Cards Cut & Laminate for Student Use
