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The Emotions Chart is designed to help young people to recognize and name their emotions which is an important step in the healing process. These charts can play a key ...
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Who doesn't love a ball pit? With the Feelings Ball Pit you can bring all the fun of a ball pit to older kids and teach them about their feelings ...
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Shark Bite was one of the hottest games around this past Christmas. It was flying off the shelves and hard to get your hands on. It also seemed like the ...
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A significant part of helping kids to deal with their emotions (Jump In! Stand Strong! Rise Up!) is helping them to develop a robust feelings vocabulary. That is why we ...
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Feelings Pictionary is a new take on an old game that help kids to learn about emotions while having fun at the same time. It's a great game for small ...
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The Emotions Spoon Race is a fun and active way to help kids to better understand their emotions. It combines all the fun a traditional egg on spoons relay race ...
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The Row Row Row Your Boat Emotion Game is a fun way to talk to kids about emotions and what they sound like. It can be a valuable tool in ...
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Fishing for Feelings is a fun game to play with kids to help them learn about emotions. With our template and a few magnets, you can create a game that ...
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These Super Simple Feelings Management Technique Activity Cards are based on Hope 4 Hurting Kids' Super Simple Feelings Management Technique to help with emotional understanding and regulation. They are designed to be used ...
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H4HK Activities, Crafts, Conversations & Games

The Emotions Chart is designed to help young people to recognize and name their emotions which is an important step in the healing process. These charts can play a key ...
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The movie Inside Out has been great for those of us working to help kids better understand and deal with their emotions. In addition to being a great movie, it ...
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The Hopes and Fears Tree is colorful craft to help kids understand that no matter what they're worried about, they can still achieve their hopes and dreams. Supplies Needed Poster ...
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Whether you like writing or drawing or none of the above, a Feelings Journal is an extremely useful tool in learning how to cope with emotions. It is one of ...
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If your kids are like mine, they like to look at themselves in the mirror. They like to make funny faces, and when they were younger it was uncommon to ...
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Stress Balloons are a unique homemade alternative to the traditional stress ball that you can make with a child while talking to them about what is causing the stress in ...
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The Mood Meter is a fun craft to build and gives kids a chance to gauge how they're feeling at any given moment, and over time. Your mood meter can be ...
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The Color Wheel of Emotions provides kids and teens an artistic outlet for exploring their emotions. It also provides a golden opportunity to talk about those emotions with them. Although ...
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Pool Noodle Fidget Toys are an easy DIY project you can make for, or with, your kids. They are cheaper than fidget spinners, squishies and other fidget toys, and you ...
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H4HK Articles

Name: Fidget Cube Category: Manipulable Coping: Physical, Distraction, Soothing Introduction to the Fidget Cube The fidget cube is likely the second best known type of fidget toy - second only ...
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Name: Fidget Spinner Category: Manipulable Coping: Physical, Distraction, Soothing, Social Introduction to The Fidget Spinner We couldn't start a series on fidgets without first tackling what has become the most ...
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The graphic above from Willow Counseling in the UK provides helpful advice on reframing unhelpful thoughts you are your children might be having in relation to the coronavirus pandemic. Reframing ...
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Name: Squishy Category: Manipulable Coping: Physical, Distraction, Soothing Introduction to Squishies As fidget spinners burst on to the seen in the summer of 2017 (despite having been around for years), ...
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Name: Infinity Cube Category: Manipulable Coping: Physical, Distraction, Soothing Introduction to the Infinity Cube The Infinity Cube holds the distinction of being my favorite fidget toy to date. At first ...
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Welcome to Fidgets 101. In this series, we will review a variety of fidget toys over the coming months. Before we do that though, an introduction to Fidgets 101 is ...
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Take a moment to think of someone you care about or someone that has impacted your life in a positive way. There are a lot of people that have impacted ...
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Active coping skills are an important part of Please Don't Sweat The Small Stuff Coping Tool Box. The Over and Under Obstacle Course is a fun way to help kids deal ...
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Over the last couple of weeks, we have looked at Lazy 8 Breathing and Triangle Breathing as effective tools for beginning to teach kids about deep breathing. Deep breathing is a key ...
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Book Reviews

About the Book The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! is the sequel to the popular Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! book. It follows the activities of a pigeon and his acquaintance ...
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About the Book Emotional Monster is fun little book for introducing the youngest of kids to the idea of emotions. It also introduces the concept of breathing as a means ...
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About the Book The Invisible String is a wonderful story meant to help kids who are feeling the anxiety, loneliness and hurt of being separated from someone they love. Who ...
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About the Book Colour Away Your Worries is a British coloring book (hence the spelling of colour) designed to help kids deal with the worries in their lives. Who Is ...
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About the Book I Say, You Say: Feelings! by Tad Carpenter is a board book for one to three years that will introduce the youngest kids to emotions and how they ...
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