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