Page 22 - Course 3 The Neurobiology Series

Teaching emotional granularity: The Affect Mat

Ecstatic Help children notice
Furious
Petrified Delighted their energy levels

and pleasant and

unpleasant feelings

(affect).

Support children to
Irritated
build a wide range of

language (granulation)

to communicate this
Disappointed
‘affect’.

Help them to work

out whether their
Chilled
affect matches the
Depressed
size of the issue.