The Heart Masters Red Book - Bob Bellhouse

" motivate themselves

" persist in the face of frustration

" control their impulses

" regulate their moods

" improve their study skills

" develop goal-focused habits

" have friendly, positive relationships.

The Heart Masters series provides schools with an exciting way to build resilience and emotional intelligence in their students.

Each volume provides the teacher or facilitator with lesson plans designed to develop the following key aspects of emotional intelligence:

" the ability to read and take into consideration the feelings of others

" an awareness of our own feelings

" the ability to regulate or calm our feelings

" a sense of contentedness and belonging.

The programme has a strong language focus with emphasis on writing, reading, speaking and listening. Every session has a core activity, discussion questions, copiable worksheets and habit builders.

In the red book the key aspects of emotional intelligence covered include:

" team work

" friendship

" knowing your feelings and reading the feelings of others

" positive self talk

" the ability to regulate or calm our feelings.

The key concept of Habit Building activities are designed to teach students how to generalise the learned skills beyond the classroom into their lives.

Each lesson has comprehensive teacher notes, activities, drama and role-play extension ideas and photocopiable resources.

A simple reporting / evaluation tool is included.