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4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 STORYTIME Red Bear Sticks With It! AFFIRMATION COLORING SHEET EMOTIONS EXPERIMENT Time-In Pinwheel LET‘S MOVE! Bear Crawl Races HOW BIG IS MY EMOTION? FIND & SEEK SURPRISE MESSAGE What is love? BEAR BREATHING EXPLORING EMOTIONS Calm SING-A-LONG Snuggle-Buddies Feelings Song FOR ADULTS Mantras For Low Patience Print out these activities (as many copies as you like!) and keep them in your Calming Corner to use during a Time-In. 3 © 2022 Generation Mindful. All rights reserved.

Red Bear woke for the day, ready to play. Good morning birds. Good morning trees. Good morning bees buzzing in the breeze. “I’m building a rock tower today!” “Hooray!” They say. Red Bear gathered rocks. Red Bear made a pile. Then, Red Bear began to stack. “One, two, three. Look at me!” “Four, five. Look how high!” “Seven, eight. I’ll stack them straight!” “Nine … oh no! I didn’t make it to ten. They fell and now I have to start over again.” Red Bear said, “I’m all done!” Walking away, Red Bear saw a flower dancing in the sun. Red Bear picked up the flower and took a breath in. Red Bear slowly blew out, creating wind. After three breaths, Red Bear felt calm. “I stick with things and get things done!” Red Bear felt disappointed. Red Bear felt frustrated. Red Bear’s feet stomped the ground with a big, thunderous sound. 4 © 2022 Generation Mindful. All rights reserved.

Use your pinwheel during big emotions to help calm your body and mind. Take deep, slow breaths to spin the pinwheel and help you feel better! Double-sided gift wrap, construction paper, or color your own white paper (both sides!) Pencil Pushpin Tape or Glue Scissors 1. Cut your paper into a 4“ square (remember that both sides of the paper will show!) 2. Fold your square diagonally, unfold, and then fold diagonally in the other direction. 3. Cut along the 4 creases you made, staying at least 0.5” away from the center. 4. Fold every other point towards the center so the points overlap, gluing or taping them down as you go. 5. Use your pushpin to poke a hole through the center where your points overlap. Wiggle it around a bit so the pinwheel spins more easily. 6. Stick the pushpin into the side of your pencil‘s eraser (not too close to the top!) and make sure it is secure and not poking out the other side. EMOTIONS EXPERIMENT What you‘ll need: Making Your Pinwheel: And TA DA…a beautiful pinwheel! 6 © 2022 Generation Mindful. All rights reserved.

Red Bear CRAWL!is ready to race.On your mark, get set, How does your body feel after each race? _________________ ____________________________________________ Which race was most FUN? Which was most CALMING? Which gave you the most ENERGY? That you can take a pause at any moment at any time and notice how your body feels? This is a BEARY good practice to help you notice, name, and FEEL your feelings! RACE 1 Bear Crawl FAST RACE 2 Bear Crawl SLOW RACE 3 Bear Crawl AT YOUR OWN PACE BEARCRAWLRACES Did you know? 7 © 2022 Generation Mindful. All rights reserved.

8 © 2022 Generation Mindful. All rights reserved. Color in red bear's rock tower to show how strong your emotion feels! Choose which emotion you are feeling right now or draw another emotion in the blank face! SMALL BIG Give your feeling a name below

EXPLORING EMOTIONS WHAT IS CALM? Calm is peacefuland relaxed, likea gentlesummerbreeze! Calm is in theGREEN HEART mood group. What does calm feel like in our bodies? Calm feels pleasant & low energy. My calm might feel like steady breathing, normal heartbeats, even sleepy or bored! How it helps My calm helps me focus, problem-solve, and make healthy decisions. Draw what your calm looks like below! 13 © 2022 Generation Mindful. All rights reserved.

MY MANTRAS FOR WHEN I’M LOW ON PATIENCE 1. (PBS) Pause. Breath. Start again. 2. This too shall pass. 3. Misbehavior is an unmet need. 4. All emotions are sacred. 5. My goal is to connect, not be right or control. 6. I am allowed to set boundaries and my child is allowed to feel their feelings about them. 7. My child’s behavior is not my report card. 8. My triggers are mine. They are separate from my child. 9. I love myself. I am enough. 14 © 2022 Generation Mindful. All rights reserved. Print this page and hang it where you can see it every day. When we practice these mantras daily, we will notice a shift in our self-talk and the way we show up for ourselves and our family. FOR ADULTS

SnuggleBuddies Sing - a - long Sing the Song in the morning to start the day or at night to share about when you felt happy, sad, calm, or mad. Sharing our feelings with family and friends helps us and befriend our bodies and emotions, bringing us closer to ourselves and others. SnuggleBuddies understand Click on the video above OR point your phones camera at the QR code to access our sing-a-long video! 15 © 2022 Generation Mindful. All rights reserved.

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