I start swearing Listen to your body Raise your hand instead of blurting out Fidget Toy Wait your turn even if it's hard Walk away from the situation Writing it down Write down your thoughts instead of blurting them out Stretch your body to release energy Do other favorite activity Listen to music Stop Ask yourself: Who else am I affecting? Talk the steps through your head before acting Take 3 deep breaths Talk to a trusted adult Listen to your thoughts Use a quiet signal instead of interrupting Someone who also is working on it Think about something else Have Patience! Go on a run Weigh the pros & cons Go on a walk Be proud of controlling yourself What are you working toward Tell someone you did it Switch bad thought to good thought Ignore distractions Ask yourself: Is it worth it? Draw Count to 10 Think about tomorrow you before acting Ask yourself: Is this a good choice? I start swearing Listen to your body Raise your hand instead of blurting out Fidget Toy Wait your turn even if it's hard Walk away from the situation Writing it down Write down your thoughts instead of blurting them out Stretch your body to release energy Do other favorite activity Listen to music Stop Ask yourself: Who else am I affecting? Talk the steps through your head before acting Take 3 deep breaths Talk to a trusted adult Listen to your thoughts Use a quiet signal instead of interrupting Someone who also is working on it Think about something else Have Patience! Go on a run Weigh the pros & cons Go on a walk Be proud of controlling yourself What are you working toward Tell someone you did it Switch bad thought to good thought Ignore distractions Ask yourself: Is it worth it? Draw Count to 10 Think about tomorrow you before acting Ask yourself: Is this a good choice?
(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.
O-I start swearing
N-Listen to your body
G-Raise your hand instead of blurting out
B-Fidget
Toy
B-Wait your turn even if it's hard
I-Walk away from the situation
I-Writing it down
N-Write down your thoughts instead of blurting them out
O-Stretch your body to release energy
G-Do other favorite activity
G-Listen to music
I-Stop
O-Ask yourself: Who else am I affecting?
G-Talk the steps through your head before acting
B-Take 3 deep breaths
G-Talk to a trusted adult
G-Listen to your thoughts
N-Use a quiet signal instead of interrupting
N-Someone who also is working on it
B-Think about something else
I-Have Patience!
I-Go on a run
B-Weigh the pros & cons
O-Go on a walk
B-Be proud of controlling yourself
O-What are you working toward
I-Tell someone you did it
B-Switch bad thought to good thought
G-Ignore distractions
N-Ask yourself: Is it worth it?
O-Draw
N-Count to 10
I-Think about tomorrow you before acting
O-Ask yourself: Is this a good choice?