Feelings
When I feel this way I may tell jokes, stick out my tongue, hop on one foot.
What is silly?
"I am not smart enough, I will never figure this out!" to "This may be tricky, but I know if I work hard I can do well".
What is changing from negative thinking to positive thinking?
Counting to 10, deep breathing, and counting backwards in your head.
What are ways to calm down your body?
This is the number of colors in a rainbow?
What is 7?
It loses it's head in the morning but gets it back at night.
What is a pillow?
When I feel this way I show it by sighing loudly, yawning, rolling my eyes, and think about other things I would rather be doing.
What is feeling bored?
Sudden, sticky, serious, and scary.
What are worry thoughts?
Journaling, drawing, scheduling worry time or working on my worry ladder.
What are ways to help when I am anxious?
A thermometer measures this.
What is your temperature?
It has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs.
What is a Penny?
When I feel this way, I may crack my knuckles, bite my nails, feel sick in my stomach, feel my heart beat quickly, or breathe fast.
What is nervous (anxious, or scared)?
Talking to someone I trust, writing down my thoughts in a journal, or drawing.
What are ways to express what I am thinking?
If I am feeling I don't want to feel or thinking a thought I do not want to think, I will try to take my attention way by doing/thinking about something else.
What is distraction?
The Solar System is a part of this galaxy.
What is the Milky Way?
It always goes up and never ever comes down.
What is your age (or your height)?
When I feel this way I may not make eye contact with others, look down at the floor, feel my cheeks get hot or red, and be quiet.
What is embarrassed (ashamed or bashful)?
I say to myself things like, "It's going to be ok", "It won't always feel this way" and "I will get through this".
What is positive thinking (affirmations or mantras)?
Things I can tell myself when I get a bad grade on a test at school.
What is "It's ok, it's just one grade.", "I will do better next time.", "I can ask the teacher or another adult for extra help if I need it."?
There are this many zeros in a million.
What is 6 zeros?
I follow you all day long, but when the rains comes, I am all gone.
What is your shadow?
When I feel this way, I may think that no one likes me, be by myself, not be included with others in a group, and try to hide.
What is lonely?
True or False, I can not change the way that my brain thinks.
False
The first thing that you should do when you have a problem.
What is figure out if it is a tiny problem, small problem, medium problem, large problem, or huge problem?
A group of lions is called this.
What is a Pride?
The more I dry, the wetter I get.
What is a towel?