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