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