Activity Introduction

Quick summary: This lesson is based on Bluey, Season 2, Bad Mood. It uses intentional teaching strategies to focus on the capability of responsibility. Children will take part in exploring their emotions, investigating what different emotions look like and feel like. As they match their emotions to the Zones of Emotion Regulation chart, they discover that they can help control their emotions and become responsible for their mood. It’s a positive approach to feelings and emotions that everyone can use.

This is an official Bluey lesson that celebrates the joy and curiosity of Bluey and allows children to build social and emotional intelligence and develop oral language skills. Most of all it has been designed to inspire creativity and imagination in your children!

Lesson Values: This lesson has been designed to provide opportunities for children to explore social and emotional learning through imaginative play. All lessons in the Bluey series are underpinned by a philosophy of play and imagination. In addition, this lesson specifically focuses on…

  • Responsibility

Click here for a full list of values, and the explanations and learning philosophy that underpins these lessons.

EYLF Learning Outcome

Elaborations

Outcome 3:

Child have a strong sense of wellbeing

1. Children become strong in their social and emotional wellbeing

2. Children take increasing responsibility for their own health and physical wellbeing

Unit of work: Bluey – Early Learning.

Age group: 2 – 5 years.

Time required: 45 minutes.

Resources required:

  • Copy of the Zones of Emotion Regulation chart
  • Device capable of presenting a video to children
  • Four large pieces of coloured fabric, scarves, towels or flags (red, blue, green and yellow).

Evidence-based Approach

  • These lessons have been developed to support social and emotional learning, oral language development and play-based learning. To find out more, click here.
  • To learn about the Zones of Emotional Regulation, click here.

About Bluey

 

This activity has been developed in partnership with Ludo Studio. We would like to acknowledge the support of ABC Kids, BBC Studios, Screen Australia and Screen Queensland.

 

Worksheets

Teacher Worksheet

Part A: Watch Bluey 

Step 1. Begin by watching the Bluey episode Bad Mood.

You can watch this episode on ABC iView or through Enhance TV.

Bad mood synopsis: Bingo is playing Bad Mood with Dad, standing on his feet as Dad stomps around the house, controlling everything Bingo does and causing chaos. But how will Bluey get her to stop?

Step 2. Once the episode has finished, take a few minutes to talk about what children noticed in the episode.

It is important for children to discover themes and lessons from the episode for themselves. It is open to their interpretation, and they cannot be wrong in terms of what they felt or gathered from the episode.

'I see, I think, I feel and I wonder…' questions are a positive way to engage children to reflect on their learning.

Using questions that prompt ‘I feel…’ thoughts allow the children to reflect on how they feel about what they saw in the episodes. This begins a journey of expressing their own feelings, showing empathy towards oth

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