The Hare-Shaped Hole

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Who was your person that helped you? I bet there are lots of people who could help you. Can you think of 3 people who could help you if you are feeling despair?

What body signs do they get when they feel despair? Use the fans to choose phrases and draw a body shape for pupils to add words or phrases to how they feel inside. They could also use colours or playdough for this and just talk about those sensations. They could even make those sensations with playdough. Rough, smooth, spikey, hard, soft, knotty, wobbly etc This sensations mat will also be helpful. Powerful and moving text from children's author and poet John Dougherty is paired perfectly with warm illustrations from the wonderfully talented Thomas Docherty in a thoughtful and sensitive approach to this difficult topic.It gives 51%+ profits to Reverence for Life, who fund a number of important initiatives in Africa, including bringing running water and basic equipment to a school in Tanzania. This is the Thoughts Feelings Sensations Actions resource. It explores lots of different emotions. Children can see the connection their thoughts have with their feelings,… Our grief worksheets for kids offer a series of engaging and therapeutic activities. From drawing exercises to writing prompts, these worksheets provide a safe space for children to explore their emotions and share their thoughts about loss. In addition to our worksheets and tips, we recommend the book “ The Hare-Shaped Hole“ by John Dougherty,and illustrated by Thomas Docherty. This beautiful book tells the story of a brave hare facing a challenging journey — one that involves loss and the process of healing.

Grief can be due to many reasons such as death, divorce, someone leaving, a friend moving away, illness, end of a relationship, life changing illness and so on. A home-renovation project is interrupted by a family of wrens, allowing a young girl an up-close glimpse of nature. Then another character appears called Gerda the kindly bear and she waits until he is ready and she cuddles him and lets him feel all his feelings. She then encourages Bertle to fill the hare shaped hole with all the wonderful memories of Hertle. Bertle gradually starts to feel better. Make their hole out of playdough. How big is it? Bertle’s was ‘Hare shaped’ what shape is theirs? Can they make the shape?

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Draw some cloud shapes to represent memories and ask the child to draw their memories of the person or pet that has gone. The Hare-Shaped Hole is a poignant and touching picture book exploring death and grief, as Bertle the turtle learns to cope with the loss of his best friend Hertle the hare.

She explains that he must fill the hole with his memories of Hertle. And slowly... Bertle begins to feel a little bit better. Make a bracelet with coloured beads. Each bead representing a memory of the person or pet that has gone. They can wear their bracelet and take their memories around with them just like Bertle did at the end of the book where he went home with his memories hand in hand. As a newly qualified ELSA, Debbie's amazing resources have helped me, more than anything else, to get a practical foothold in my role. Often created in response to the needs flagged up by fellow ELSAs, they're diverse, engaging, accessible and form the much of the core of my sessions, planning and assessment." Powerful and moving text from children's author and poet John Dougherty is paired perfectly with warm illustrations from the wonderfully talented Thomas Docherty in a thoughtful and sensitive approach to this difficult topic. This moving picture book can be used as part of a gentle conversation about death and grief with children. About This Edition ISBN: It helps children to accept these emotions and learn to understand we can ease the sadness by remembering special things about whatever, or whomever we have lost.Hertle and Bertle were always a pair,though one was a turtle and one was a hare. They were utterly buddies, and best friends forever and whenever you looked, you would find them together... untilquite unexpectedly... the end came. A fabulous book all about helping our kids to be brave and resilient - we've got the activity sheets as stand alone, or use them with the book too.

Sometimes they can be ok and feeling happy playing and then something reminds them of the person or pet that has gone. This can make them feel sad again. Can they make a list of things that remind them of the person or pet that has gone? How does it make them feel when these things remind them? They can use the Playdough mat with playdough or whiteboard pen to draw their facial expression. How could they make themselves feel better when this happens? This Self Esteem intervention Year Six, is for a group of six children and is led by a teaching assistant. It covers emotions, relaxation, calming…Please note I have used the term ‘person or pet that has gone’ rather than using lost. I think lost can make a pupil think that ‘THEY lost them’. Please adapt when talking to the pupil as necessary. Draw two columns, and label one as ‘Same’ and the other as ‘Different’– can they think about their person or pet and write what is same about them and what is different. They could talk and you scribe if they are young. Hertle and Bertle were always a pair, though one was a turtle and one was a hare. They were utterly buddies, and best friends forever and whenever you looked, you would find them together... until quite unexpectedly... the end came. It seems like hope is lost ... until Gerda the kindly bear finds him. She explains that he must fill the hole with his memories of Hertle. And slowly... Bertle begins to feel a little bit better.