The Big Feelings Toolkit
Written by someone who has very good experience with children's homes, not by someone who read about one.Designers make most emotional regulation printables. This one was written by a registered children's residential care provider and published children's author who uses these tools with real children, on real hard days.33 print-ready pages that take a child through the four steps that actually work: name the feeling, size it, calm it, and repair afterwards.WHAT YOU GET, INSTANTLYA 33-page PDF, A4 and US Letter friendly, ready to print at home. No waiting, no postage, no app.INSIDE THE PACKNAME IT: My Feelings Thermometer, a 1 to 5 scale. Where Do I Feel It, a full body map with colour key. Feelings Faces, 8 clear expressions. My Week of Feelings, a 7 day tracker.SIZE IT: Big Problem or Small Problem sorting activity with cut-outs. Matching the Size, a reaction-to-problem chart.CALM IT: Square Breathing and Five Finger Breathing trace pages. 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding. My Calm Down Menu with 18 options. A Calm Corner Poster ready to frame or laminate. 14 cut-out Calm Cards. My Safe Place.PLAN IT: Morning routine board. First and Then board. My Warning Signs. When I Feel, I Can planning table.REPAIR IT: What Happened, a no-blame reflection sheet. Making It Right. Three Good Things. Things That Are True About Me.FOR THE GROWN-UPS: The Co-Regulation Crib Sheet, what to say instead of calm down. Behaviour Is Communication, decoding what you are seeing. A Weekly Observation Tracker. Pocket cards to cut out.WHO IT IS FORParents, foster carers, kinship carers, adoptive parents, SEN teachers and TAs, school counsellors, play therapists, children's home staff, social workers and homeschoolers. Ages 4 to 12.BUILT FOR REAL LIFEPrints perfectly in black and white, so you are not burning colour ink. Laminate the daily pages and use a dry-wipe pen, so one print lasts forever. Designed to be used sitting beside a child, not handed to them.LICENCEPersonal use for your own family, classroom or caseload. Print as many times as you like. Please do not share or resell the file. Whole-setting licences are available, just get in touch.A NOTEThis is a support resource, not a clinical assessment or treatment. If you are worried about a child's safety or mental health, please speak to your safeguarding lead, GP or local mental health service.
Get it → kanezzam.gumroad.com