Activities
This activity helps you focus on the present, breathe and stretch. *HINT* we do this on Wednesdays.
What is yoga?
This coping skill helps you calm down by focusing on your breathing.
What is taking deep breaths?
This is the feeling you experience when you get an A+ on a test.
What is proud?
We made this project in class. It helps you calm down by smelling the "chocolate"
What is Calm Down Cocoa?
This is what you should do when you walk out of the door and see someone else behind you.
What is holding the door open?
Stop. Think. Act.
What is Self Control?
This was a project we made in class with glitter, food coloring and glue. It helps you breathe slowly when you experience strong emotions.
What is Calm Down Glitter Jar?
This is a feeling you experience when its your birthday.
What is excited?
This anger activity showed you how your emotions can "poke" other people if you do not control your spikes.
What is Angry Porcupine?
This is what you should do if you see someone sitting alone during lunch.
What is sit with them?
We sit quietly, hands and feet are still, we focus on the present and breathe slowly.
We read about this coping skill in the book, "Soda Pop Head". This can help you at school, when you are seated at your desk.
What is the Push, Pull and Dangle?
This is a feeling you experience when you do not get a reward in class.
What is sad?
We traced our hands and wrote down examples of how we can MANAGE our emotions.
What is "5 Steps to Managing Emotions"?
This is what you should do when you see someone fall.
What is help them?
"I'm sorry for taking your pencil without asking. Next time I will ask you first. Is there anything else I can do to make this better?"
What is Apologizing?
This is a coping skill you can use when you are feeling stressed out. *Hint* You can squeeze it.
What is a stress ball?
This is a feeling you experience when someone cuts in front of you in the lunch line.
What is angry?
This activity helped us understand how important is it to take care of ourselves.
What is "Tree of Self Care"?
This is what you should do when you see another classmate upset.
What is ask them if they are okay?
Taking care of yourself by doing things that keep you happy, clean and healthy.
What is Self Care?
This is someone you can talk to at school if you need help.
What is my teacher?
This feeling is associated with the color BLUE and makes you feel like crying.
We read this book in class. It helped us understand that we can not control what other people do. Sometimes we can "crack" under too much stress.
This book taught us that everyone has a bucket that can run empty. It's important to keep each other's buckets full of kind words.
What is "How Full is Your Bucket?"