The Activity Place
A collection of short games for kids, to play alone or together with you, in a few minutes of connection.
Feelings
Why Do I Feel This Way?
Step closer to a feeling until you find what happened
The Emotion Wheel
Spin the wheel and talk about the feeling it lands on
My Strength Cards
Pick the cards that feel like you and print your strengths
Draw the Feeling
Pick a feeling and draw what it looks like
The Feelings Thermometer
Mark how strong a feeling is, and see what can help
My Body Map
Mark on the body where you feel the feeling
Our Emotion Cards
Build a deck, print it and cut out real cards
The Weekly Check-in
A printable chart to mark how each day went
Calming down
Cards That Help Me
Build a personal calm-down kit and print it
My Break Card
A card to show instead of having to explain
Breathing
Follow the circle and breathe with it
My Safe Place
Build a place to return to in your mind when things are hard
The Calm Corner
Set up a corner to go to, and agree how it works
Routines
My Routine Board
Build the day in order and print a board to hang up
First, Then
Two steps for the moments when moving on is hard
The Choice Board
Two to four options for a tricky moment in the day
Routine Checklist
A tick-box list, in a day or a whole-week version
The Visual Timer
Time you can see instead of count
Our House Rules
Up to six rules, phrased as what we do
Doing it myself
Break Down a Task
Split one hard task into small steps and see which are hard
Picture Sequence
Ready-made strips for washing, brushing teeth and dressing