Little Sunflower
Meet The Team!
How Little Sunflower Works
- Little Sunflower is an animated, interactive, digital, fun filled and intuitive classroom experience for the whiteboard.
- It introduces creative early intervention tools for the classroom.
- Designed to be non-invasive and blend with the classroom routine with self-explanatory and intuitive teacher led workshops.
- It gently leads children on journeys of big feelings as experienced by the characters that children understand and connect with.
- It introduces loveable and relatable characters and situations that even adults connect with.
- Each character is modelled on a personality type so that all children can relate.
- As the children complete the tasks the Little Sunflower grows to reflect their work and growth.
- It helps to develop self-esteem, self-belief, self-confidence and resilience.
What’s included?
- Varied holistic exercises, arts and crafts, drama, games, movement and activity, music and song, play, simple psychology.
- Vibrant, colourful audio-visual stories and animated workshops.
- Fun literacy skills activities.
- The use of the senses – audio, verbal, touch, sight.
- The gentle inclusion of nature.
- 5 animated interactive stories, 4 audio stories, 5 colourful picture books, 2 teacher pack books for the animations, audio stories and games, a journal for doodles, drawing and writing.
- All the content has been tried and tested successfully.
Why do we need it?
- Children’s mental health is at an all-time low.
- Statistics show that mental health is on the rise.
- Average age for mental health issues is 14.
- Why wait until children are older to introduce intervention tools?
- Children should learn life skills through fun activities.
- Psychologists who study developmental growth know that good connections with people and positive experiences are key as is early intervention.
- No intensive training and paperwork for teachers.
The Way forward with Little Sunflower..
- Little Sunflower offers decisive action that children can look forward to and enjoy!
- Little Sunflower doesn’t feel like work!
- It compiles the science backed tools that mental health experts suggest encourages and promotes good emotional growth.
- Little Sunflower offers tools that will help to turn these statistics around in a fun and engaging manner.
- As the children complete the tasks, they enjoy watching their growth reflected in the growth of the Little Sunflower
- Helps teachers to embed positive mental health and wellbeing tools in the classroom with the help of the Little Sunflower team of characters.
What Teachers & Parents Say About Little Sunflower
I would definitely recommend it...
I would definitely recommend to other teachers and schools. There was positive feedback from the children and they loved the Tapping sessions.
MISS E PATTERSON Teacher
The Little Sunflower programme is a fantastic resource!
The Little Sunflower programme is a fantastic resource to use in the classroom with children to support their emotional wellbeing.
MISS LOUISE SMITH Teacher
I LOVE this program!
I LOVE this program. It’s excellent! My P2/3 class love it!
MRS A BALLANCE Teacher
Little Sunflower is so easy to use.
Little Sunflower is so easy to use. It’s self-explanatory. The children love it. We love it too!
MRS C O’HARE Teacher
Super effective!
A superb approach to support children emotionally. Super effective!
MISS B HUGHES Teacher
I’m my own person!
Before Little Sunflower came to my school, I thought everyone was better than me, but now I know that I’m my own person.
STUDENT Age 9
Susan – parent of child age 8
Little Sunflower opens positive discussion between parent and child.
Laura – parent of child age 7
Engaging and fun!
Catherine – parent of child age 6
Easily followed, and definitely beneficial!