This is the BEST Social & Emotional Skills program I have run in 20 years. The kids love it! Our school is BUZZING – kids, parents and teachers! You just have to get on this Highway!
J.T
Principal
Little Highway Heroes is a KidsMatter approved resource aligned with the Early Years Learning Framework. From making and keeping friends, developing empathy, learning the skills to calm down right through to managing the really tough stuff like teasing, silliness and bossiness, the Little Highway Heroes Kit is a complete social and emotional well-being teaching resource.
Each Little Heroes Highway Kit comes with:
Book1
- 20 lessons (detailed below)
- Coloured teaching resources
- Parent Information handouts
- Checklists for the Early Years Learning Framework areas
Book 2
- 20 sing-along-songs – ready to play on the supplied USB
- 20 read-along-books – to complement each lesson
Other resources
- 8 character puppets – referenced in the songs and books
- 1 Sillyness The Speed Wobble puppet
- USB with 20 recorded sing-along-songs
Meet The Early Years family: 8 Hand Puppets
- Mark and Amanda – twins who have recently moved to the school
- Sally and Sam – travelling along The Playground Highway
- Eric and Erin – learning about Supa Thinkin and their feelings on The Emotional Highway
- Lainie and Leo – travelling The Classroom Highway; learning to be organised, give effort and persist
And…1 non-gendered character puppet
And then there’s Sillyness The Speed Wobble – who often visits playgrounds, classrooms and homes – in fact everywhere… causing bother and trouble.