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