take a walk perform a hobby you enjoy use positive self talk take deep breaths do a positive activity play a sport strech exercise chew gum find a comfortable environment watch tv play a game you enjoy listen to music talk to someone you trust meditate walk away "time out" squeeze stress ball enjoy nature do a craft speak kindness to yourself slowly count to 10 color random acts of kindness draw read a book hum your favorite song clean up take a nap jog in place write/journal play an instrument tense the relax muscles take a walk perform a hobby you enjoy use positive self talk take deep breaths do a positive activity play a sport strech exercise chew gum find a comfortable environment watch tv play a game you enjoy listen to music talk to someone you trust meditate walk away "time out" squeeze stress ball enjoy nature do a craft speak kindness to yourself slowly count to 10 color random acts of kindness draw read a book hum your favorite song clean up take a nap jog in place write/journal play an instrument tense the relax muscles
(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-take a walk
N-perform a hobby you enjoy
O-use positive self talk
G-take deep breaths
N-do a positive activity
O-play a sport
I-strech
I-exercise
B-chew gum
O-find a comfortable environment
B-watch tv
O-play a game you enjoy
N-listen to music
I-talk to someone you trust
O-meditate
G-walk away "time out"
N-squeeze stress ball
B-enjoy nature
N-do a craft
G-speak kindness to yourself
O-slowly count to 10
I-color
B-random acts of kindness
I-draw
B-read a book
B-hum your favorite song
G-clean up
I-take a nap
G-jog in place
G-write/journal
G-play an instrument
I-tense the relax muscles