Discuss feelings Jumping jacks Exercise Imagine your safe place Identify triggers Keep thinking calm thoughts Free write feelings Catch a ball Add numbers Address the real issue Go to a different place Basketball Calming Techniques Jot down good behaviors Lift weights Listen to music Help someone else with a problem Jogging in place Collect thoughts Gather thoughts Games Focus attention elsewhere Art Allow time to think Discuss feelings Jumping jacks Exercise Imagine your safe place Identify triggers Keep thinking calm thoughts Free write feelings Catch a ball Add numbers Address the real issue Go to a different place Basketball Calming Techniques Jot down good behaviors Lift weights Listen to music Help someone else with a problem Jogging in place Collect thoughts Gather thoughts Games Focus attention elsewhere Art Allow time to think
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
B-Discuss feelings
I-Jumping jacks
I-Exercise
G-Imagine your safe place
N-Identify triggers
N-Keep thinking calm thoughts
G-Free write feelings
B-Catch a ball
N-Add numbers
G-Address the real issue
B-Go to a different place
O-Basketball
N-Calming Techniques
B-Jot down good behaviors
O-Lift weights
G-Listen to music
I-Help someone else with a problem
O-Jogging in place
I-Collect thoughts
O-Gather thoughts
G-Games
O-Focus attention elsewhere
B-Art
I-Allow time to think