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Therapy activities for children
Colourful, illustrated activities that help children talk about feelings, worries and friendships, with an adult alongside them.
Free activities
Free to print and use.
For Counsellors and therapists
My Feelings Garden
A bright garden activity: children colour a flower for each feeling, with bigger feelings getting more colour.
Creative activities · Emotional literacy
For Counsellors and therapists
My Helping Hand
Children fill a big colourful hand with five people who can help them, at home, at school and beyond.
Personal safety · Play-based therapy
For Educators and school support staff
My Friend Can Have Other Friends
A colourful story about Bo, who feels worried when best friend Mimi plays with someone else, and learns that friends can have other friends.
Emotional literacy · Friendships
For Educators and school support staff
Worry Box Activity
A classroom or small-group activity where children write or draw worries, post them in a worry box and choose a helpful action, with teacher…
Help-seeking · Social-emotional learning
For Educators and school support staff
Fix-It Steps for Kids
Visual steps for children making things right after a conflict or mistake, from stopping and calming to thinking about others, apologising when ready and…
Conflict resolution · Social-emotional learning
For Educators and school support staff
Naming Feelings Lesson
A ready-to-adapt lesson for naming feelings, with a learning intention, feelings vocabulary, a feelings charades activity, body clues and a reflection.
Emotional literacy · Social-emotional learning
Feelings and play
Games and creative activities for naming and sharing feelings.
For Counsellors and therapists
My Feelings Volcano
A big volcano to explore how anger builds, from little rumbles to erupting, with cool-down ideas to try together.
Emotional literacy · Emotional regulation
For Counsellors and therapists
Feelings Path Board Game
A bright board game with 24 squares of questions, faces and movement, to play with a therapist and get children talking.
Emotional literacy · Play-based therapy
For Counsellors and therapists
Body Clues Detective
Children become detectives and colour where they feel different feelings in their body.
Arousal and regulation · Emotional literacy
For Counsellors and therapists
Story Stones Cut-Outs
Twelve colourful picture stones to cut out and use for telling stories, with simple story starters for therapists.
Creative activities · Emotional literacy
For Counsellors and therapists
Puppet Pals Role-Play
Four cut-out stick puppets with big feelings, plus story prompts for acting out tricky moments together.
Emotional literacy · Play-based therapy
For Counsellors and therapists
Animal Breathing Cards
Six colourful cut-out cards that teach calming breaths through animals, including one the child invents.
Coping strategies · Emotional regulation
Worries and bravery
For children who worry, in language that they can use.
For Counsellors and therapists
Worry Boats
Children write or draw their worries on boats and sail them across the sea, sorting what grown-ups can help with.
Child anxiety · Play-based therapy
For Counsellors and therapists
Brave Steps Mountain
A colourful mountain for planning small brave steps towards something a child finds scary.
Child anxiety · Coping strategies
For Social workers
My Safe and Calm Places: A Drawing Activity
A drawing activity for children to show places where they feel calm, at home, at school, outside and in their imagination, and the safe…
Co-regulation · Creative activities
For Psychologists
Child Anxiety Ladder for Parents
A parent-friendly guide for helping a child face fears step by step, covering choosing a goal, building a ladder, encouraging bravery, rewarding effort and…
Child anxiety · Exposure and avoidance
Friendships
For the ups and downs of friendships.
For Educators and school support staff
Friendship Recipe
Children mix up a recipe for a great friend, choosing ingredients such as kindness, sharing and listening, and adding their own.
Friendships · Social skills
For Educators and school support staff
How to Join In
Simple steps for joining a game or group, with a colourful picture and space to practise what to say.
Communication skills · Friendships
For Speech pathologists
Telling a Friend How I Feel
Children practise saying 'I feel... when... next time please...' to tell friends how they feel, calmly and clearly.
Assertiveness · Communicating feelings
For Counsellors and therapists
When I Feel Left Out
A gentle activity for children who feel left out: naming the feeling, choosing what to try and knowing who can help.
Emotional literacy · Friendships
For Educators and school support staff
Making Up After a Fight
Steps for mending a friendship after a fight: calm down, say what happened, say sorry and work it out together.
Conflict resolution · Friendships
For Educators and school support staff
Friendships Can Change
A kind activity about how friendships change: friends move, change classes or make new friends, and it's okay to feel sad and to make…
Emotional literacy · Friendships
Using activities with children
- Follow the child's lead, and stop if they are not interested.
- Use the activity to start a conversation, not to test them.
- Keep it playful, and praise effort.
- Talk with parents or carers about what to try at home, where this is appropriate.
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