feel brave videos

Daily Doses

Feel Brave orignal and curated videos to use every day in the classroom - Click on any image to play the video and use the same video many times.

For more quick and easy wellbeing ideas for the classroom, try the Feel Brave Teaching Guide.

Click here to download a sample of 60 days worth of 'Daily Doses'

Recommended wellbeing programme 'Kick Off' introduction Video (4 - 12 year olds)

Avril introduces the characters and why she wrote the books (great assembly starter video)

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Sing-along 4 mins

Self-confidence - 'Nothing Like a Good Friend'

Avril tells a story - 6 mins

Self-confidence and response (ability)
The Wolf is Not Invited storybook

Avril tells a story - 6 mins

Response (ability)
The Wolf and the Shadow Monster storybook

Avril tells a story - 6 mins

Resilience and response (ability)
The Grand Wolf storybook

Avril tells a story - 6 mins

Resilience and self-confidence
The Wolf's Colourful Coat storybook

Avril tells a story - 6 mins

Response (ability)
The Wolf and the Baby Dragon storybook

Avril shows a gratitude poem

Self-confidence and response (ability)
Avril does 'Stars in the Night' a gratitude exercise which helps put children in a powerful positive mental state

Sing-a-long 4 mins

Self-confidence - sing-a-long to the 'Nothing Like a Good Friend' song in Maori and English

Stretching Video - 2 mins

Self-Confidence

Random Acts of Kindness - 5 mins

Building Empathy

Make a 'Thankful Jar'

Response (ability)

Avril talks about why it's helpful to think of the rings that we are thankful for and demonstrates how to make a 'Thankful Jar'

What are your superpowers? 2 mins

Self-Confidence

Random Acts of Kindness

Resilience and response (ability)
A short video that explains what 'Random Acts of Kindness' are and inspires children to try and come up with their own to try

How our brains work - 9 mins

Response (ability)
Avril talks to children about how their brains work and offers them an exercise to help draw their own 'brain houses'

What I like about you game

Self-Confidence
Quick video explanation of a great game that helps children build self-confidence.

Feelings BINGO! Game

Response (ability)
An interactive video game that helps children build emotional literacy

Sing Along - 3 mins

Self-confidence

Line Riders - Draw to music

Response-ability (calming down)

The Most Magnificent Thing

Resilience (growth mindset)

The most magnificent thing by Ashley Spires to help children understand and build a 'growth mindset'

Oat the Goat - Interactive Story

Resilience

Dance along - 3 mins

Self-confidence

Stretches Video - 2 mins

Self-confidence
A video to help children go through a very simple stretching routine using a poem. The aim of the video is to help children feel the benefits of exercise.

Story - 5 mins

Building Response-ability - a story about kindness and how to be kind

Sing-a-long 5 mins

Self-confidence

Calming down with our senses 2 mins

Response-ability

Scripted Meditation for Teachers 2 m

Response-ability

Learning about our brains

Response (ability)
Listen to the Buddhist monk and how easy it is to tame his "monkey mind" and how you can all add this in to your day to day life

Fun Self-Confidence Exercise

Self-Confidence activity

The Dot - story

Resilience (growth mindset)
The Dot storybook - a story to help build a 'growth mindset' in children

Sing a long - 3 mins

Self-confidence

How to stop a bully 5 mins

Resilience

Author/Speaker Brooks Gibbs explains bullying in the most simplistic terms: Dominance behavior.

He provides a simple solution to bullying as well: Don't get upset.

Daily doses for teachers

A curation of short videos that have inspired and shaped the Feel Brave work to inspire and help teachers