Go Fish: Anchor Your Stress Card Game

Description

Here’s a therapeutic twist on the classic Go Fish card game. Anchor Your Stress teaches players about stress and anxiety, while helping them deal with anxiety-provoking situations. It also provides practical thinking skills that include self-talk, coping mechanisms, and relaxation techniques. Includestwo decks of 50 cards (one deck for grades K–2, the other for grades 3–5). Each card poses an open-ended question that the player must answer before he or she can request Henry Herring, Markey Mackerel, or any other fish needed for a match. Familiar and fun, Go Fish is an easy, affordable way for children to improve their social and emotional skills.

Sample cards:

• What would make you feel more stress: failing a test or losing your baseball game? Please explain.
• Tell the other players something you do to relax
• Some kids at school have been picking on you at recess. You are feeling nervous about going to school. What can you do to help with your stress?