Sometimes our emotions can feel out of control, similar to a swirling tornado. Use the tornado shaker as a visual for these feelings and help children learn to practice calmness and patience as the tornado calms down.
No matter where you are in your grief journey, The Grief Deck offers sensitive and supportive tools to help you process your emotions. Its sixty illustrated cards, created by a diverse array of artists and grief workers, offer thoughtful prompts, simple activities, richly textured artwork, and grounding resources for coping with loss.
Anger can be a difficult emotion to handle, and it's one that everyone has to deal with. Sometimes we need to create a healthy outlet for that anger so it isn't building up inside of us. You can make a Shake It Out, to shake and release the anger children & teens may be carrying with them.
Though technology has become a leisure activity, it overstimulates our senses, reduces our personal contact and decreases the amount of exercise we engage in—anything but relaxing.
Snow is a great image to help us think about our grief journey.
One of the "big" emotions that we experience is anger. Sometimes acknowledging our anger and finding healthy ways to express it can be really hard. Calming jars gives us a chance to release & settle when we have a flurry of big feelings.
The 7 C's are something we learn at Camp Mariposa and is a good reminder for us all. The 7 C's are important for us to remember, especially when we are experiencing harder and more difficult emotions and feelings. See if you can find the 7 C's in this word search.
A simple activity that will explore emotions and feelings.
Everyone gets angry sometimes, but having a hot temper isn't cool. We can't take our anger out on other people when we are mad. It's important to remember to take control of our anger level. This cool down keychain from Camp Mariposa San Diego can be a reminder for different ways to cool down when we feel angry.