Resources

‘The children loved Flower Power! they really loved it, and loved the music. They loved the detail of the illustrations and were enthralled by the story which linked directly to what they’re doing in Science right now. They were really impressed by it all. I thought it was marvellous - thank you!’ Katy Grocott, Early Years/KS1/KS2 teacher, St Peter’s School, Marchington, Staffordshire.

Brand new resource 2026

Burton & South Derbyshire College of Further Education Work Experience - Friends of Flower Power Book.

Flower Power Book is thrilled to introduce Mindfulness for Children with Yoga, a brand new digital resource devised in association with BSDC Performing Arts student volunteers who worked their tutor, Gemma Haley, Yoga teacher, Wendy Leiter and Pilates teacher, Alison Petitjon, to create a telling of the Flower Power! story through simple yoga based movements, accompanied by original music from our Flower Power Book Album.

We hope this video gives children the opportunity to enjoy expressing themselves through music and movement, enhance self-awareness of both mind and body and learn a little about breathing and relaxation.

Find the video on our YouTube channel here: Mindfulness for Children with Yoga.

This video is suitable for children from aged 5 and upwards, and can by enjoyed by grown ups of all ages!

Thank you very much indeed to the Friends of Flower Power Book Mindfulness for Children Production Team:

BSDC Performing Arts Students: Polina Paniva, Erin Kimberlin, Keira Jones, Finley Cunningham-Gardner, Jason Declan Treneman, Alisha Johnson, Hannalise Walker.

BSDC Performing Arts Staff: Tutor, Gemma Haley; Cinematograher, Alfie Robson.

Movement Consultants: Yoga, Wendy Leiter; Pilates, Alison Petitjon.

Original Flower Power instrumental music arranged by Paul Honey.

Post Production of the video: Engage Creative Ltd

Stretch, Smile and Grow - Educational Resources:

Stretch, Smile and Grow aims to provide versatile, clear and easy to follow discussion points and activities for teachers, parents and carers to open up conversations with children about what it means to be emotionally healthy, with a strong focus on developing their resilience.

The questions and discussion points are sufficiently generic that they can connect with children on any level from age 4 to 6, EYFS/KS1, but also encourage more challenging interpretations by KS2 children up to the age of 11.

With contributions from teachers who have previously worked with the Flower Power! picture storybook, Stretch, Smile and Grow, together with its accompanying set of printable worksheets, is packed full of educational resources for PSHE as well as general curriculum enrichment; it gives you everything you need to support:

 

  • Weekly lessons for PSHE
  • Whole school community project
  • Small group work or one-to-one nurture/emotional support
  • A resource to dip into, as and when required
  • Leaver's Assembly/Transition
  • Collective Worship
Part One - Educational Resources to support emotional health and wellbeing:

  • Resilience
  • Respect - Being a Good Friend
  • Forgiveness
  • Honesty
  • Kindness
  • Self-Control & Bullying

The songs and music tracks from our MP3 Albums Flower Power! and The Friends of Flower Power Book  can enhance reflective activities, mindfulness and relaxation; listening to some of the song lyrics may encourage further depth of discussion - or your children may simply enjoy dancing to and singing the songs!
Part Two - Curriculum enrichment includes the following subjects for KS1 & KS2 (Ages 6 to 11):
  • Literacy
  • Mathematics
  • Science
  • Music
  • Art & Design
  • Design & Technology
  • RE
For EYFS (Ages 4 to 5):
  • Communication, Language & Literacy
  • Mathematics
  • Understanding the World/Expressive Arts & Design
Our Stretch, Smile and Grow Educational Resources and accompanying PDF of Printable Worksheets are free of charge; our resource packs simply make a charge to cover the costs of the printed book, eBook at Amazon and MP3 Album; a full resource pack (21.99) includes:
  • A4 copy of Flower Power! the printed book.
  • FREE Stretch, Smile and Grow Educational Resources.
  • FREE PDF of Printable Worksheets (90 pages).
  • MP3 Album of Flower Power! songs and music.
  • MP3 Double A Side Single, Lyrics 'You've Got the Power' 
  • Amazon Gift Voucher for the Flower Power! Teacher's Edition eBook.

Click here to see the full range of Flower Power Book Educational Resource packs for Primary Schools and Home Education.

Please contact us here if you would like to order additional bundles of books for your school or Academy Trust; we can offer a discount on purchases of whole class packs, guided reading sets or gifts for your children and we can invoice you directly for these.

‘Again, with the PSHE the children loved it…the link with the perseverance was really good because we had our ‘world of work’ week as well when we were looking at this, and we were looking at not giving up on things you want to do for the future. So for Year 1’s it linked really well, talking to them about what perseverance means, not giving up, not being afraid and with ‘people who help us’. It gave lots of opportunity to talk about feelings, about things they might be worried about, like transition into Year 2.’  Mrs Anna Jones, Deputy Headteacher, Mickleover Primary School, Derby

'These resources are excellent  - they are so easy to use in the classroom, with clear questions that lead through the lessons beautifully.' W Leiter, Class teacher, St Paul's C of E Primary School, Stafford.

'This is a lovely resource to support teaching about compassion and resilience. It contains plenty of ideas to help teachers use the beautiful illustrations to open up conversations with pupils to explore what it means to be emotionally healthy. Supported with music and plenty of additional materials, teachers will find this a very helpful addition to their work on PSHE, religious education, music and creativity.' Mary Myatt, Educator, Keynote Speaker and Author [www.marymyatt.com] 

Inclusion

Flower Power! is accessible to all. The 'flower' is a universal symbol; all children can relate to the character of the 'Little Flower' regardless of race, gender, sex, disability, religion or belief; whatever their special educational needs, a child can still experience Flower Power!

  • All children can feel the petals of a flower against their skin in some way.
  • All children can smell a flower.
  • In literacy work, children can respond through the written and/or spoken word, or with symbols.
  • Children can feel the vibrations in the music.
  • Where English is not a first language, children can understand the development of the story through the illustrations and/or by listening to the music.
  • Flower Power! can be used to develop numeracy and basic operations in mathematics.

‘Stretch, Smile and grow...'

‘I like that the story got them to think laterally, and think about other things in their own lives which relate to them. So it’s not just a simple story. The children were coming out with comments about things they’d had to deal with, things that they’d heard about with other people and I like the link with Christianity, the life of Jesus as well. So yes, I really loved it.’ Mrs Linda Hack, Headteacher, now retired, FitzHerbert C of E Primary School, Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire.