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Mindful Activities for Kids
Mindfulness practice can cultivate focus, emotional regulation, and resilience. Our collection of free printable mindfulness worksheets and recommended books about mindfulness provide a variety of engaging ways to help kids practice and internalize mindfulness!
Therapeutic Activity: My Calm Down Plan
Help kids identify triggers for dysregulated emotions and behaviors, and then collaborate to find what helps calm them down. Things don’t always go as planned, but foresight and self-empathy can help kids navigate through challenging moments.
Read on for free printable resources for self-regulation.
Therapeutic Art Activities for Kids
Art therapy supports emotional and cognitive development through creative expression. Children who regularly engage in artistic activities have access to a non-verbal avenue of self-discovery and communication. Learn more and check out our free printable therapeutic art activities!
Growth Mindset VS Fixed Mindset
Resilience is an ability to adapt and grow through adversity. It is developed through a growth mindset and inhibited by a fixed mindset. Curiosity, perseverance, self-efficacy, and flexibility are all traits that support a growth mindset.
Social Anxiety: Let’s Make a Plan!
Social events can be overwhelming, but with guidance, kids can learn to anticipate, navigate, and thrive through uncertainty. We have collected our favorite free printable resources to help kids build confidence and prosocial skills.
Therapeutic Activity: Color Prompts
Sometimes kids need motivation and purpose to open up. This straightforward printable art activity prompts kids to talk about personal values, feelings, and experiences while coloring.
Mindfulness Practice for Emotional Regulation
Everyone says it, take a deep breath to calm down. But does it work?
Yes! Mindful breathing techniques can enhance focus, reduce stress, and regulate emotions. By incorporating simple and fun breathing exercises into their daily routine, kids can more easily access their breath in times of distress.
Read on for FREE PRINTABLE resources.
The Empathetic Classroom
Developmentally, young children begin to emerge from an egocentric mindset in preschool and early elementary school. Teachers and parents can help guide the development of empathy through stories, cooperative games, conversation starters, and, perhaps most importantly, modeling behavior.
Read on for free resources to support empathetic development.
Is My Child Shy or Just Quiet?
Is my child shy or just quiet? While they co-occur, shyness is different than being quiet. Shyness involves a persistent presence of anxiety. As with any area of mental health, shyness can present in various forms and have a diverse impact on a person’s daily operations. Shyness is only seen as a “problem” if it has a continuous negative impact on a person’s functioning and/or causes the person significant distress. Read on to learn more!
Therapeutic Activity: Build-It Prompts
Build-It Prompts are a hands-on way to engage kids in introspective thinking. It’s simple. Grab dice, some blocks (Lego or Play-Doh work well!), and our free printable activity guide. Roll the dice, read the prompt, and build!
Can Acupressure Tapping Help My Anxious Kid?
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) tapping is a gentle, evidence-based method. The bilateral stimulation of acupressure points through tap can help us process complicated thoughts and feelings, and reinforce affirmations. The technique combines focused thinking with sensory activation to rewire thought and behavior patterns.
Learn more and print our FREE guide.
Help Kids Prepare for the Holidays
Parties, events, and traditions around the holidays often alter our daily routines. This can be especially disruptive to kids who struggle with mental flexibility. With anticipated disruptions in mind, try our holiday preparedness conversation starters to promote social skills, confidence, problem-solving, and emotional regulation by helping kids feel heard, understood, and excited about the possibilities that lie ahead.
Preparedness in kids (and adults!) contributes to overall well-being and can significantly reduce dysregulated feelings and behaviors.
Child Therapy: 6 Types
Understanding what type of therapy is best for your child can be overwhelming. This comprehensible post breaks down 6 common modalities used by child therapists: play therapy, family therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT), and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Once you understand what might be the best fit for you child, you can search for an appropriate licensed child therapist near you!
ADHD: Strengths and Challenges
Recognizing and embracing the unique strengths and challenges associated with ADHD is the first step in supporting a child’s development.
Here, we explore symptoms, diagnosis, management, and advocacy of ADHD to cultivate open communication and collaboration between parents, educators, and clinicians to create an environment that celebrates and supports a child’s individuality.
Read on for more information and a free printable handout!
Frequently Asked Questions About Child Therapy
When it’s time to seek therapy for your child, the options can seem endless. Read on for answers to 6 common questions about child therapy!
5 Free Parenting Tools
Our collection of free printable parenting tools offers practical, easy-to-use resources to improve communication, encourage positive behavior, and create a nurturing home environment.
Fact or Opinion?
Our self-perception can shape how we examine our thoughts. For example, a child with a positive self-perception may get a low grade on a spelling test and think, “I didn’t do well, I’ll study more next time.” While a child with a negative self-perception may think, “I didn’t do well, I’m stupid.”
When helping kids examine their thoughts, it is important for them to sort fact from opinion. Are you stupid or were you underprepared?
Kid’s Books and Resources About Anger
We’ve collected 5 children’s books and 5 free resources that guide kids through the process of identifying, expressing, and coping with angry feelings in constructive ways. Through storytelling, we can validate the experience of anger while providing supportive navigation.
Teaching Kids Cause And Effect
Exploring cause and effect with kids helps them to understand the physical, social, emotional, and functional consequences of behaviors. This reflection on behaviors allows them to appropriately repair negative or unintended consequences, and refine future behaviors to seek positive outcomes.
Read on to learn how to talk to kids about Cause & Effect!
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How to [Realistically] Face A Bully
When working with victimized kids, it can be helpful to talk about preserving their “light” over confronting the bully. Some kids feel empowered to stand up to their bully, but many lack the social supports and/or confidence to successfully navigate a confrontation. In these cases, remind them that they don’t have to do anything except shield their light.
We have collected 10 of our free printable resources to help kids find their light and build self-esteem.