Lesson Plan
Heart Healers Lesson Plan
Students will learn to identify and express grief through sharing feelings, practice supportive listening, and create personal memory tokens to honor someone they’ve lost.
Children experiencing loss need guided strategies to process grief. This lesson fosters emotional resilience, empathy, and peer support in a safe small-group setting.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Prepare Materials
10 minutes
Step 1
Introduction and Grounding
5 minutes
Step 2
Sharing Feelings
8 minutes
Step 3
Supportive Listening Practice
8 minutes
Step 4
Memory Token Creation
7 minutes
Step 5
Closing Reflection and Calm Down
2 minutes
Slide Deck
Heart Healers
Our Objectives & Group Norms
Grounding: Breathing Exercise
Sharing Feelings
Supportive Listening Practice
Memory Token Creation
Closing Reflection & Calm Down
Worksheet
Activity
Reading
