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Understanding Emotions

Emotions Chart

Emotions ChartThe 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 role in helping kids with the See It! Say It! and Feel It! components of the The Super Simple Feelings Management Technique. You can download the chart by clicking here or on the image above.

What Are These Emotion Charts?

These charts are based on the characters and emotions included in our Hope 4 Hurting Kids Emotion Cards and the forthcoming book 150 Emotions Every Child Should Know, By Age. Each page includes 30 different emotions, and are designed to introduce new emotions as the child grows older.

  • Chart #1 (pictured above) includes 30 basic emotions every child should know by age 8.
  • Chart #2 adds an additional 30 emotions children should know by age 10.
  • Chart #3 adds an additional 30 emotions children should know by age 12.
  • Chart #4 adds an additional 30 emotions teens should know by age 14.
  • Chart #5 adds an additional 30 emotions teens should know by age 18.

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June 21, 2018by Wayne Stocks
Coping Skills

Hopes and Fears Tree

Hopes and Fears TreeThe 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 board or large sheet of paper
  • Markers, pens or pencils
  • Construction Paper (Green, brown and a variety of other colors)
  • Scissors
  • Glue

Making a Hopes and Fears Tree

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April 30, 2018by Wayne Stocks
Understanding Emotions

Mirror Mirror

MirrorIf 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 find them in the bathroom making themselves laugh by what they saw in the mirror. Mirror Mirror is a fun game that builds on that to help kids learn and practice what emotions look like. These are the important “See It” and “Mimic It” phases of the The Super Simple Feelings Management Technique.

Items Need to Play

You don’t need much to play this game. All you need is

  • A mirror (one on the wall is fine for one child, but if you’re playing with a group you might want hand mirrors).
  • A list of emotion words (our Hope 4 Hurting Kids Emotion Cards or the My Feelings Workbook are great if you need help.)

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April 20, 2018by Wayne Stocks
Coping Skills

Emotion Stress Balloons

Stress BalloonsStress 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 their lives. The instructions below use flour to fill the balloons. Use can also use rice, small beans or sand. These stress balloons can be a valuable soothing tool in a child’s Coping Tool Box.

What You Need to Make Stress Balloons

  • A package of balloons.
  • Flour (2/3 of a cup to a cup for each balloon)
  • Funnel (or a water bottle)
  • Pen or pencil
  • Sharpie Marker
  • Scissors

How to Make Stress Balloons

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April 19, 2018by Wayne Stocks
Understanding Emotions

Color Wheel of Emotions

Color WheelThe 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 a simple exercise, the Color Wheel of Emotion hits on most of the aspects of the The Super Simple Feelings Management Technique – particularly the “Talk About It!” component. And, the best part is, you don’t even have to be a good artist to do it. The color wheel above was done by my (at the time) 13 year old daughter Lyndsey.

Supplies

  • White piece of paper or poster board.
  • Colored pencils, crayons or markers.

How to Make a Color Wheel of Emotions

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April 13, 2018by Wayne Stocks
Understanding Emotions

Emotion Cards

emotion cardsA 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 are excited to present our very own set of Hope 4 Hurting Kids Emotion Cards.

What Are Emotion Cards?

Each of these 54 cards includes the name of an emotion, a face demonstrating that emotion, and a brief definition of the feeling. Definition have been taken from, or adapted from entries in the WordNet® lexical database of English. The emotions included in this deck of feelings cards were extracted from our upcoming book 150 Emotions Every Kids Should Know – By Age (coming, hopefully, in late 2018).

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April 3, 2018by Wayne Stocks
Understanding Emotions

Emotion Egg Faces

Easter Egg FacesWith Easter coming up soon, it’s a great time to stock up on empty Easter Eggs. These Emotion Egg Faces are a simple, fun and captivating way to help kids learn about, and express, emotions. They can be utilized for several of the steps in the The Super Simple Feelings Management Technique.

How to Make Emotion Egg Faces

  • All you need for this craft is empty Easter Eggs, a marker and some clay or play-doh (optional).
  • Draw a different emotion face on each Easter Egg. The eyes and the nose should go on the top half of the egg with the mouth on the bottom.
  • Put a piece of clay in the bottom of each egg. This helps them to stand up better (you can see we used stands made out of pool noodle for the picture above)

How to Use Emotion Egg Faces

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March 27, 2018by Wayne Stocks
Understanding Emotions

Emotions Paper Chain

Emotions Paper ChainThe emotions paper chain is a fun craft you can do with kids and can be a crucial part of the Talk About It! component of The Super Simple Feelings Management Technique.

What You Need to Make An Emotion Paper Chain

  1. Various colors of construction paper.
  2. Scissors
  3. A marker, pen, pencil or crayons.
  4. Tape or glue

How To Make an Emotion Paper Chain

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March 20, 2018by Wayne Stocks
Understanding Emotions

Super Simple Feelings Management Technique Activity Cards

Super Simple Feeling Management Technique CardsThese 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 with a variety of emotions listings of games (see a partial list above) to help young people master the five skills involved in the  Super Simple Feelings Management Technique:

  1. See It!
  2. Say It!
  3. Feel It!
  4. Mimic It!
  5. Talk About It!

There are nine cards for each of the five components that will help young people to better recognize, understand and talk about their emotions. The pdf file also includes a set of blank cards if you wish to add your own activities to the pile.

How To Play

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November 7, 2017by Wayne Stocks
Understanding Emotions

The Emotion Mix Up Game

Emotion Mix Up GameThe Emotion Mix Up Game is a fun way to really get kids and young people thinking about emotion by having them imagine what it would look like to have a less obvious emotion in reaction to a particular circumstance. Although it is similar to the Feelings Ball Toss game, it adds a fun twist that will get kids thinking about their emotions and the scenarios that cause them.

Here’s What You Need:

  • Last week we looked at the Feelings Ball Toss / Emotions Sorting activity. You’ll use the colored bowls and the balls from that game.
  • You will use a set of the Scenario Cards (I Feel) sorted by color. The colors will hopefully match the color of the bowls. If not, you can improvise.

Here’s How To Play:

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October 31, 2017by Wayne Stocks
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