Chris
Terrell
Tooncards
- developing communication skills and emotional
intelligence
Tooncards are a multi-purpose
resource for developing communication skills. They feature a set of
cards that combine cartoon images and words, a Handbook of
guidelines, session plans and curriculum links, and a CD-ROM.
Tooncards are especially suitable
for sessions relating to:
- Personal,
Social & Health Education (PSHE) and Citizenship topics
- Social
and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL)
- giving
and receiving feedback
- speaking
and listening skills
- behaviour
and consequences
- overcoming
language barriers
- goal
setting and self-appraisal
Benefits of using Tooncards include:
- a ready-made,
professional-looking resource to allow you to focus on the
needs of your clients/pupils
- a highly flexible
tool for groupwork and 1 to 1 coaching
- strong, engaging visual content
- helpful with groups in which some people have low literacy
skills or who find it hard to put things into words
- get ideas for
sessions from the Handbook, including guidance on
linking activities to the National Curriculum [PSHE,
Citizenship, SEAL]
- choose the
cards to suit the level and readiness of the people that you are
working with
Click these links to find
out more:
If you
have any questions about Tooncards, or have used them and would like to
pass on feedback, please contact me: [please note new email
address. To reduce spamming risk, I'm afraid you'll have to read
it from the image, sorry:
"How do I
order Tooncards?" - Tooncards are published by Network Continuum
Education (was
Network Educational Press), please visit
the NCE website by clicking this link.
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"Can you tell me more about the links to
PSHE, Citizenship and SEAL?" -
A wide range of activities are suggested in the Handbook, in the form
of structured Session Plans, to help you get started using them at all
stages of your work with people, from beginning (eg: establishing
ground rules) through group and individual reflection to the end
(looking ahead to the future).
Tooncards activities can contribute and link
directly to the curriculum for PSHE and Citizenship, as well as to SEAL
outcomes. The Handbook contains more detailed indicators for
links between the suggested Session Plans for activities and various
areas of the curriculum, eg:
- Feedback
and reflective activities promote
self-awareness and
recognizing how others see them
;
- Sorting Tooncards into linked sequences helps discussion and
understanding of the consequences of
behaviour;
- Using Tooncards for showing, as well as telling, your own
story and feelings contributes to developing
empathy;
- Tooncards give people a way of indicating
emotion and
referring to difficult behaviours in a constructive way and without
having to struggle to find the right words - this can help them to
manage and express their feelings and points of view appropriately.
Tooncards
are a useful resource for working with
the seven themes referred to in the SEAL materials and many of
the session plans in the Handbook are relevant:
- New Beginnings - ground rules
sessions
- Getting on and Falling Out -
reviewing, ground
rules, behaviour and consequences, exploring alternatives sessions
- Bullying - as above, plus
feedback sessions
- Going for goals - reviewing
and starting off
sessions on ground rules and planning ahead
- Good to be me - feedback and
individual reflection
activities
- Relationships and Changes - review, discussion and
imagination activities
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