What are emotions?
Your grandmother comes to visit. What do you feel?
What is happiness/sadness (Depends on if you like your grandma!)
What is one thing you can do to relax?
There are so many choices!
What is something that makes you happy?
Love it
What is one thing you would like to do today?
Hopefully something that would bring you joy
Demonstrate or tell us how to use our breathing to calm down.
What is deep breathing/belly breathing/square breathing
Your friend does not talk to you all week
What is anger
Name a type of breathing that you can do to relax.
Deep breathing/square breathing/belly breathing
What is something that makes you feel excited?
So many answers!
What is one thing you need to do today but you do not want to?
We all have these things
What is something that makes you laugh? (Or tell us a joke)
What is joy
Your teacher tells you what a great job you did.
What is proud
Name 3 of your 5 senses with examples that you are experiencing right now
Smell, Taste, Touch, Hear, See
What is something that makes you sad?
We all feel sad sometimes
If you could change the world, how would you change it?
Ideas are endless
Tell someone in the group something you appreciate about them.
What is appreciation
Your friend invited you to a surprise outing
What is excitement
What is it called when you relax and pay attention to different parts of your body systematically?
What is progressive relaxation
What is something that makes you mad?
We all get mad sometimes
If you could change something about your home, what would you change?
Change is always around the corner
Share your favorite relaxation skill.
Maybe we all should answer this one!
Everybody talks to your friend but ignores you
What is jealousy/sadness/loneliness
Name two adults you can go to if you need help dealing with a stressful situation
Family members/ teachers/ friends of family/doctors/nurses/therapists/ etc.....
What is one thing you have done/or seen someone else do to feel better when upset?
So many choices!!!
If you could change something about yourself, what would you change?
This is a hard one
Tell us one goal you have today and how you plan to reach it.
The group can help. This is a hard one!