Free Resources
Supporting children to understand their emotions, build resilience and develop emotional wellbeing through practical, trauma-informed activities.
Welcome to our growing library of free resources. At Connection First Resources, we believe every child deserves access to high-quality, engaging wellbeing activities. Download our free resources to use in schools, nurture groups, ELSA sessions, pastoral interventions or at home.
Understanding My Brain & My Emotions
Help children understand the difference between their Wise Brain and Alarm Brain through this engaging, trauma-informed activity page.
Designed for ELSA, SEMH, SEND, nurture groups and classroom wellbeing sessions.
Daily Feelings Diary
A simple daily check-in resource designed to help children and young people recognise, reflect on and communicate their emotions. Perfect for supporting emotional awareness, wellbeing and meaningful conversations.
Big Feelings Toolkit
Help children recognise, understand and manage big emotions with this engaging, trauma-informed activity page.
Perfect for ELSA, SEMH, SEND and classroom wellbeing.
Friendship Skills Activity
Help children build positive, respectful friendships through this engaging, trauma-informed activity page.
Perfect for ELSA, SEMH, SEND, nurture groups and classroom wellbeing sessions.
Looking for more structured support?
If you're supporting a child or young person to recognise emotions, understand their responses and develop practical regulation strategies, our Emotional Regulation Intervention provides a structured, ready to use programme for targeted support.
Created for ELSA, pastoral, SEMH and SEND settings, with practical activities designed to build emotional awareness and regulation skills.
Explore our full collection of intervention packs, social stories and practical resources.