Our trauma informed workbook for kids has finally landed! With over 40 pages of activities to help children age 5+ recovering from trauma. Plus more new football themed mental health resources and a feel-good self love activity. Continue reading below!
This week we have nine new resources including our new trauma-informed workbook with over 40 activities. Our workbooks and resource packs are included for all members at no extra cost! Find out more below.
Working Through Big Feelings - Our New Trauma-Informed Printable Workbook for Children Age 5+
This trauma journal for kids has been months in the work and these support based activities have been approved by our clinical psychologist. This printable workbook has been designed to address children’s post trauma response, filled with creative and interactive activities that help them to explore and process their thoughts and feelings.
Activities include:
The Flashback Fighter
Blame Pizza
My Safety Plan
My Not To Do List
Can We Talk Cards
Changing My Thoughts
My Strength Shield
Rainbow of Self Care
My Trauma Triggers Plus lots more.
Some important information: • This resource is suitable for age 5 and above • We recommend this resource be used by professionals or alongside professional support • We recommend that an adult is present when filling in this workbook.
We will be bringing you another post all about this resource soon where we will explore some of the activities in more detail.
Design a Football Armband - New World Cup / Football Themed Activity for Kids
Footballers wear armbands for lots of different reasons. It can be to show their position in the team, or sometimes, it can be to highlight an important cause. This activity encourages your child to think of something that's important to them to design an arm band about. They can then cut out and wear their armband with pride! Some examples could include an armband about friendship, bullying, kindness or something they want people to know about them.
My Coping Statements - 24 Calming Statements for Children
New this week also includes our Coping Statements print for kids. This print features 24 calming statements to help children with anxiety or overwhelming emotions feel calm fast. Saying calming statements such as these can be an extremely powerful way to calm down, by helping children to realise that their thoughts and bodily responses are not dangerous and that they are in control.
My Coping Balloon - Create a Coping Statement Activity
Ask your child to come up with their own coping statement and decorate their coping balloon! Coping statements can work to put a quick stop to spiralling thoughts that lead to anxiety, by replacing those thoughts with realistic, rational thoughts. When these rational self-statements are practiced and learned, the brain can automatically take over, reciting this statement to put a stop to bothersome thoughts. Helping your child to come up with their own, will mean they are more likely to remember and practise it.
Self Love Bulletin Board - Feel-Good Confidence and Calming Activity
When your child feels calm and well, ask them to fill in notes to remember on our Self Love Bulletin Board! They can display these notes or, when they feel low or need a boost, they can look back at what they wrote to remind themselves just how amazing and important they are. We've included a printer friendly version too!
Football Heart Breathing - Football Calming Activity for the World Cup!
Football Heart Breathing is for those who just love football! Football can be a sport of big emotions, help children to calm down and regulate their breathing with our Football Heart Breathing exercise. Ask your child to place their finger on the dot, then trace round one half of the heart whilst slowly breathing in, and then breathing out as they trace back to the dot.
Football Shirt Breathing - Another Football Calming Activity for Big World Cup Emotions
In this fun breathing exercise, ask children to slowly breathe in and out whilst tracing their finger up and down the yellow and green stripes of our football shirt. Having a visual prompt can act as a distraction technique by having children focus on tracing the lines and controlling their breaths rather than spiralling thoughts or emotions.
My Calming Strategy - Football Themed Calming Exercise and Worksheet for Kids
This calming activity for kids works in two ways - firstly, you can use the Calming Strategy sheet provided to help children calm down fast by cutting out our football and having your child follow the prompts around the pitch. We also have a blank worksheet for your child to come up with their own calming strategy, thinking of five fun techniques to calm down fast. This gets them thinking about the techniques that work for them when they feel anxious, angry or frustrated. They can then put their own strategy into action when they need to feel calm.
World Cup 2022 Football Mindful Colouring Sheet - Download and Print at Home!
Help children relax after watching or playing football with this mindful colouring sheet. Channel those high emotions and wind down by colouring in all our football related items!
You can sign up and download all these activities right now from the Be Happy Hub for just £1.99! Not a member? sign up here.
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