The Very Hungry Worry Monsters

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It will allow you to talk about emotions (worries, frustrations, anger, insecurities) while you engage in a fun activity. Place a dab of glue above the open mouth in the center of the box for each eyeball. Place the eyeballs on the box.

Each of them has its own pros and cons, they may require certain skill sets and work in different contexts.So if you have an anxious child that worries about all sorts of things, then you're not alone! Your child just might need some extra help managing their anxiety. There is also space for children to write about their feelings monster. Invite children to write about how their monster is feeling and make links to their own feelings and emotions. Have they ever felt the same way as their feelings monster?

How do you help the students in your worry group manage worries? Personifying worry or anxiety can help students to make their abstract experience of worry a little more tangible. When they can picture their worry monsters and know its name, they activate their logical thinking. This is perhaps best done as a group activity, first thinking about what each of them is worried about, talking it through a bit, and then drawing what that looks like to them. It doesn’t have to look like a masterpiece of art – the emphasis is on the psychological benefits of this experience. First, get the children to lie on the floor and close their eyes. You could potentially put someone relaxing music on. First, get the children all to think of something that might be worrying them. This can be a difficult concept, so don’t worry if it takes a few tries at this activity for them to ‘get’ it. Sometimes writing down a worry can be helpful in itself. So, when a worrying or troubling thought comes into a child's mind, they can scribble down their thoughts, or draw a pictureand feed it to their worrymonster. Now that’s fun. And will hopefully help them understand and overcome their anxiety with support from the social worker.”Using the box and writing down your problems on paper also helps to turn something intangible into something they can actually touch, work with, and control. Or you may have come across slight variations that use different types of containers like jars. Those would be your Worry Jars, Feelings Jars, or Anxiety Jars. Worry Box: In this post, you will learn what a worry box is, why it works, and what the best fit could be for your child. You will also learn how to make a cute Worry Monster Box, a fun activity for home or the classroom. What is a Worry Box? After your students have practiced their deep breathing exercises, make your worry monsters! You’ll need: She's an avid book reader, lifelong learner, and former piano teacher. She likes Toad as her Mario Kart driver and prefers to listen to audiobooks and podcasts at 2.8x speed. Her idea of a perfect lunch is nachos. You can frequently catch her saying, "It's Dyan, not Dylan. There's no L."

You could potentially write something like down, but I always prefer just to make it up. Be creative! 13. Use One At Night It’s a good idea to use the worry monster pretty soon after the hunt for added motivation and engagement. 5. Make A Worry Monster

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This feelings monster worksheet is ideal for use during an 'All About Me' or 'ourselves' topic to encourage children to develop an understanding of feelings and emotions. Year two pupil Millie said: “I like the Worry Monster because no one can see your worries and you can just write it down and the Worry Monster will gobble it all up.” While the box is drying, cut the white foam paper to look like teeth. You can make them square or triangular. We chose the triangular ones.