Curriculum / Emotional Regulation / module 1

The Feelings Weather Report

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Each day the child reports their inner weather: sunny, cloudy, stormy, or rainbow, building the habit of noticing feelings.

Parent guide (what to say and do)

At breakfast ask: 'What is your weather today?' Share yours first, honestly: 'I am a little cloudy because I slept late.' When the child is upset later, connect back: 'Is a storm coming? Let us do balloon breaths.' Teach balloon breathing: hands on tummy, slow breath in to inflate, slow hiss out.

Learning material

Printable weather-feelings chart (platform library)
Or draw four weather faces together on paper

Practical exercises and activities

Daily: morning weather report. Play: act out each weather with the whole body. Group: pod children show their weather card at circle time.

Materials required

One sheet of paper and crayons.

Assessment checkpoints

Child gives an honest weather report unprompted at least three times in a week and attempts balloon breathing when reminded during one real upset.

Learn with AI

Ready-made prompts for this module. Copy one into your AI assistant and it becomes a patient tutor that follows the OSH method: no lecturing, no rote learning, hands-on activities included.

For the student

A tutor that teaches this module step by step, asks questions, and never just gives answers.

For the parent or teacher

A coach that helps you prepare, deliver, and troubleshoot this lesson.

How to set this up in ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude

ChatGPT: Open ChatGPT → press your profile → My GPTs → Create a GPT → paste the prompt into Instructions → name it after the module → save for repeated lessons. Or simply paste the prompt at the start of a new chat.

Gemini: Open Gemini → Gems panel → New Gem → paste the prompt into the instructions box → name it after the module → save. The Gem stays available for every study session.

Claude: Open Claude → create a Project (or a Skill in Claude Code) → paste the prompt into the project instructions → every conversation in that project becomes a tutoring session for this module.

Safety note: children under 13 should use AI assistants together with a parent, and account age rules of each platform apply.

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