Body Positivity Bites

Erik Wormwood

Tier 3

Lesson Plan

Body Positivity Plan

In this 30-minute one-on-one session, the child will identify and express feelings after hearing negative food comments, use playful puppets and guided reflection to affirm their body and food choices, and create a self-compassion drawing.

Early experiences shape self-esteem. Addressing negative comments about food choices helps Pre-K learners recognize emotions, build body positivity, and develop healthy self-talk for lifelong resilience.

Audience

Pre-K Students

Time

30 minutes

Approach

Playful puppets, reflective talk, and drawing.

Materials

Emotion Puppets, - Feelings Chart, - Drawing Paper and Crayons, - Affirmation Card Template, and - Tissue or Soft Cloth

Prep

Prepare Materials

5 minutes

Gather the Emotion Puppets and place them where the child can see them easily.
Print and review the Feelings Chart and Affirmation Card Template.
Arrange drawing paper, crayons, and tissues on the table within reach.
Familiarize yourself with the puppet scenario and reflection prompts.

Step 1

Warm-Up Conversation

5 minutes

Sit with the child in a calm space.
Ask: “How are you feeling today?” and point to the Feelings Chart.
Encourage naming of emotions and relate them to familiar experiences (e.g., happy, sad, mad).

Step 2

Puppet Play Scenario

8 minutes

Introduce two Emotion Puppets: one makes a negative comment about a food choice, the other feels upset.
Have the child use the puppets to role-play both voices.
Pause to ask: “How do you think Puppet B feels?” “What would you say to help Puppet B feel better?”

Step 3

Guided Reflection

7 minutes

Gently guide the child: “You heard something unkind about your food. How did that make you feel?”
Validate their response (“I hear that you felt sad.”).
Use the Feelings Chart to point out the emotion word.
Ask: “What can we say to ourselves when someone is unkind?”

Step 4

Drawing and Affirmation Activity

7 minutes

Give the child drawing paper and crayons.
Prompt: “Draw yourself eating your favorite food and feeling happy.”
After drawing, hand them the Affirmation Card Template.
Help them write or stick simple affirmations (e.g., “I am strong,” “I choose foods I love”).

Step 5

Cool-Down and Closure

3 minutes

Offer a tissue or soft cloth if needed.
Review: “What did we learn about our feelings and our bodies?”
End with a positive chant: “My body is good. My choices are mine. I feel proud and kind.”

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Slide Deck

Body Positivity Bites

30-minute one-on-one session to explore body positivity, process feelings about food, and build self-compassion.

Welcome the child. Introduce the session: Today we're going to talk about feelings and how we can be kind to ourselves and our bodies. We'll use puppets, talk about how we feel, draw, and make special affirmations.

How Are You Feeling?

Look at the Feelings Chart.
Point to how you feel: happy, sad, mad, surprised, etc.

Sit with the child in a calm space. Point to each emotion on the Feelings Chart and ask them to name how they feel today. Encourage them to share why they feel that way.

Puppet Play

Meet our puppets:
• Puppet A: Says, “Your food is silly!”
• Puppet B: Feels upset.
Use the puppets to act out these voices.
Ask: “How does Puppet B feel?”

Introduce two Emotion Puppets. Show Puppet A making a negative comment about food. Let the child play both roles. Pause to ask how Puppet B feels and what they could say to make Puppet B feel better.

Reflecting on Feelings

You heard something unkind about your food.
How did that make you feel?
What can we tell ourselves when someone is unkind?

Guide the child: “When someone says something unkind, how does that feel?” Validate their response: “I hear that you felt [emotion].” Use the Feelings Chart to point to that emotion. Ask what kind words we can say to ourselves.

Drawing Time!

Draw yourself eating your favorite food.
Show yourself feeling happy!

Give the child paper and crayons. Prompt: “Draw you enjoying a food you love and feeling happy.” Encourage creativity and praise their effort.

Create Your Affirmation

Use the Affirmation Card Template.
Choose words like:
• I am strong.
• I choose foods I love.
• My body is great.

Hand out the Affirmation Card Template. Help the child select or write simple affirmations. Assist with writing or sticking words. Read the affirmations aloud together.

My Body, My Choices

Review what we learned:
• We can talk about feelings.
• We can be kind to ourselves.
Chant together:
“My body is good.
My choices are mine.
I feel proud and kind.”

Offer a tissue or soft cloth if needed. Review key points: feelings, self-kindness, body positivity. Lead the positive chant, encouraging the child to repeat each line.

Worksheet

Emotion Puppets

Color these puppets and cut them out. Then attach sticks to use them in your play!

Step 1: Color the puppets.

Step 2: Cut along the dotted lines around each puppet.

Step 3: Tape or glue a craft stick to the back of each puppet.

Puppet A (Mean Comment)

Use this puppet to say something unkind about a food choice.

Draw and color Puppet A in the box below:

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Speech bubble (printed):
“Your food is silly!”

Puppet B (Feelings)

Use this puppet to show how someone feels after hearing a mean comment.

Draw and color Puppet B in the box below:

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Speech bubble:
What can you say to help Puppet B feel better?

Use your puppets to act out the scene from our lesson. Talk about how Puppet B feels and practice saying kind words!

Worksheet

Feelings Chart

Below are some faces. Point to the one that shows how you feel today! You can circle it or color it.

😃 Happy	😢 Sad	😡 Mad	😲 Surprised

Which feeling did you pick? ____________________________

Draw your face below to show how you feel:

Worksheet

Affirmation Cards

Cut along the dotted lines to make your own affirmation cards. Write or stick your kind words inside each card to remind yourself how special you are!

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| I am ________________ |
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| I choose foods I ________________ |
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| My body is ________________ |
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| ________________________________________ |
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Once cut out, fold or use as is. Decorate the border and keep your cards somewhere you can see them every day! You can fill in the blanks with stickers, drawings, or even simple words you know.