Enter Category Body Clues/Anger and Calming
Show or tell: What is one body clue that you are starting to feel angry?
Any reasonable body clue (tight fists, hot face, tight chest, fast heart, etc.)
In your own words: What is bendable thinking?
Any version of: ‘My brain can try a new idea when plans change instead of getting stuck'
Pick a big job (homework page, cleaning room, getting ready). Break it into 3 small steps.
Three clear smaller steps for a big task (first, next, last)
What does empathy mean?
Understanding how someone else feels
Name one grounding skill you can use when you feel upset (a way to help your brain feel calmer right now)
5‑4‑3‑2‑1 senses, holding a fidget, cold water on hands, looking around and naming things
Name one body clue for anger AND one calming tool you can use when you notice it.
Body clue plus a tool (example: tight fists + balloon breaths or counting down from 10
You wanted more screen time and a grown‑up said no. Say one stuck thought and one bendable thought
Stuck thought like ‘It has to be my way!’ plus bendable thought like ‘I can do something else
Tell me the 3 steps to get ready for school or bed using ‘first, next, last.
Any logical three‑step routine (first clothes, next teeth, last shoes; etc.)
Your friend looks sad because they lost a game. What is one thing you could say or do to show empathy?
Kind response (e.g., ‘I’m sorry you lost; want to play again?’ or sitting with them)
Use your eyes and name 3 things you can see in this room right now
Names three things they can see (any three objects count
Act out a short scene: you get angry, then show exactly how you calm your body.
Uses a coping tool after pretending to get angry (breathing, countdown, wall push‑ups, fidget, etc.
Act out a time a plan changes. First show a stuck thought, then show a bendable thought
Shows both a rigid and a flexible response in role‑play
You feel frustrated with a hard job. Make a plan with 3 small steps AND one calm step you can use if you get mad
Three task steps plus a calming step (balloon breaths, countdown, short break)
A kid is sitting alone at lunch. Their head is down, they are not talking, and they keep wiping their eyes.
What feeling do you think they might have?
Any close feeling word like sad, lonely, or upset
2 things you feel,