THIS DOCUMENT IS IN ENGLISH! This document exists in French, here and includes a sexuality and puberty component.
This 45-page document has activities, games, printables, graphic organizers and step-by-step activities to lead engaging discussions with your "big" kids about anxiety, stress and identity.
As with all of my documents, I don't use babyish colors, images or fonts. I create documents for middle-schoolers in mind so this would match the maturity level of grades 5 through 8 - depending on the emotional needs of your students. They're not cutesy or require colored printing,
Activities you'll find include:
- "My Ultimate Coping Playlist" - An independent activity on creating a playlist for songs that help us regulate our many feelings and emotions.
- "Mirror Mirror on the Wall" - A drawing activity on comparing expressions and feelings.
- "Feeling all the Feels!'
- "Thinking about my Feelings" - An open discussion on experiences with anxiety.
- "Feeling all the Feels" - A drawing activity on feelings and body language.
- "Keepin' it Positive!" - An activity on managing thoughts.
- "5-4-3-2-1" - Grounding techniques for anxious thoughts.
- "When I Feel Worried" - Reflexive questions on experiences with anxiety and worry.
- "Managing my Thoughts" - Reflexive questions on experiences with anxiety and worry.
- "Feeling Faces" - Drawing expressions per feelings.
- "Sorting out my Feelings" - A sorting jar activity.
- "Unravelling my Reactions" - Deconstructing our responses to anxiety and stress.
- "You'll Never Find Another Like Me!" - Final identity project.
- "My Multiple Intelligences" - A question set to explore their learning style.
- "How Many Ways are you Smart?" - A multiple intelligences quiz.
- "Reflecting on my own Identity"
- "My Identity Card" - An independent worksheet
- "Identifying Factors" - A whole group discussion game.
- "It's all in a Name!" - An inquisition on the history of their name.
- "Just by Looking at me" - A discussion-based game on stereotyping and labeling.
I cover:
- Labeling
- Stereotyping
- Name origins
- Different forms of identification
- Wrongful collection of race, ethnicity and other personal identification pieces
- Multiple intelligences
- Self-regulation and coping mechanisms for stress and anxiety
- Recognizing positive and negative thought processes
- Changing positive and negative thought processes
- The interconnectedness of thoughts, feelings and actions
- Grounding techniques.
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- Kaitlyn.