This printable poster presents a 5 step calm down plan to help children learn to manage big emotions in socially acceptable ways.
Read about reasons to and ways you can teach kids coping skills to help them manage big emotions like stress, anger, and anxiety.
One of the first things to do when tensions suddenly run high is to think about what changes have happened. Big feelings can seep into everything for kids.
While it may seem counterintuitive, validation, or affirmation of your kids' big feelings — no matter how dramatic, explosive or seemingly insignificant they appear — is the key to reducing their stress and cultivating trust and connection.
How parents can help kids learn to identify and manage big emotions. 5 Steps to teach children how to manage big emotions and deal with feelings.
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Mental Health is really important to me! I created these for us in classrooms, daycares, offices, homes, anywhere where there are small children who may need some help with their big feelings. When you purchase this download, you will have immediate access to print a pdf that includes all - available in both 8.5x11 size for handouts and 24x36 size for posters. Full disclosure: these are also available for FREE on my own website at www.skylasullivan.com/downloads (I hope that's okay to put here!) - I am happy for people to download them here for $ or there for zero if that works better for you. With these, my main goal is just trying to do my part to make mental health information accessible from a young age.
A Scream Box is a fun and effective way to vent some of those intense emotions that build up inside like anger, fear and stress. While breathing, physical activity and talking about it are great ways to help deal difficult emotions, sometimes you just need to scream! Handled correctly, this can be a therapeutic way to vent some of that frustration. Screaming however is not always socially acceptable or appropriate. That's where the Scream Box comes in handy.The pictures in this article are of a scream box my 13 year-old daughter made.You can decorate your box however you want, but here are the basic steps:1. Gather up the following ingredients:- Cereal box (preferably an empty one).- Cardboard tube from inside a roll of paper towels.- Old newspaper or packing paper (regular paper or tissue paper can also work)- Tape (duct tape works best, but packing tape will also suffice)- Construction paper or wrapping paper to cover the cereal box- Items to decorate your box (markers, pencils, stickers, glitter or whatever you want to use)2. Pack the cardboard tube and the cereal box full of paper. This helps to muffle the sound when you scream.3. Cut a whole in the top of the box just big enough for the tube to fit in.4. Insert the tube into the hole and duct tape all the way around the area where the tube meets the box.5. Decorate your box however you would like.Using the box is also pretty simple. When you're frustrated or angry or stressed and other calm down techniques aren't working, just pull out your scream box and scream into the cardboard tube. It doesn't totally eliminate sounds, but it will muffle your screams and still let you 'get it out.'Post a picture of your scream box in the comments below so we can see what it looks like!
Neuroscience is a 'Piece of Cake' Flipping a lid. Blowing a gasket. Freaking out. Having a cow. Losing your cool. You've heard similar (or worse) idioms. Scientifically, what we intend to say is that our emotions are overriding our prefrontal cortex. Dr. Dan Siegel illustrates the brain using the H
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new and improved version of my old xiuling maker picrew. if you make one, feel free to tag me and show me! i love seeing everyones xiulings. my art tumblr and instagram usernames are @antsinabag. xiulings (pronounced zew-lings) are my own funny lil species. they are genderless aliens that live in outer space, but they can use any pronouns and go by anything you want them to. they have very stubby little arms that they cant use for much of anything, so they use the arm-like appendages that grow out of their heads to grab things! feel free to turn them into an oc or fursona, or use as an icon, you dont have to ask. just PLEASE credit me for the species and picrew! https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/1230816 < old picrew (i lost the login loll)
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Por Shannon Sophia. Decir que alguien no puede estar triste porque alguien más está peor es igual que decir que alguien no puede estar feliz porque hay
I had a lot of rejection all at once. Career rejections, love rejections, one after another. Life's just like that sometimes. When you end up in situations like that, you can get a lot of intrusive thoughts about your life and your value as a person. A little voice starts creeping into your head telling you bad things about yourself when you're trying to sleep at night. I eventually got so worn down by this I just started having mental discussions with these negative thoughts instead of shoving them aside.
