Lesson summary
The animated series Bluey serves as a valuable tool in fostering children's development of imagination, curiosity, and social and emotional learning.
This lesson focuses on the capability of patience. Students will explore elements of being patient by thinking about how it feels when we need to be patient. They will then explore games we can play to help pass the time when we need to be patient. Finally, they will create their own games to help develop patience.
This suite of resources supports emotional and social learning and oral language development through a values framework. Each lesson uses intentional teaching strategies to develop a specific value. This lesson focuses on:
Click here for a full list of the values that underpin these activities.
This lesson showcases a Bluey episode, which can be viewed on ClickView or iview.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand that developing patience can be challenging but simple games can help.
Success criteria
Students can:
- reflect on their own experiences of boredom and how they managed it
- play games as a way to manage boredom
- develop their own games to manage boredom and practice patience.
Lesson guides and printables
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Lesson details
Curriculum Mapping
Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description:
Foundation Year Health and Physical Education
- express and describe emotions they experience (AC9HPFP03)
Year 1 & 2 Health and Physical Education
- identify how different situations influence emotional responses (AC9HP2P03)
Syllabus outcomes:
General capabilities: Personal and Social Capability
Relevant parts of Foundation Year Health and Physical Education achievement standards: Students describe similarities and differences between themselves and others, and different emotions people experience.
Relevant parts of Year 1 & 2 Health and Physical Education achievement standards: Students describe how emotional responses affect their own and others' feelings.
Level of teacher scaffolding: High - Facilitate class discussions and lead students in patience games.
Resources Required
- device capable of presenting a video to children
- outside area where students can lie down.
Additional Info
This is not an official Bluey lesson. Cool.org does not have an official partnership with Bluey.
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