Feelings and kindness
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Thinking sheet · Feelings and kindness
Feed the Worry Monster
Design a friendly monster that gobbles up worries, then feed it one of yours.
- Grades
- K–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Kids practice
- talking about worries, coping ideas, character design
What kids do
“This monster’s favorite food is worries. The more it eats, the lighter you feel!”
- Draw your worry monster (give it a big mouth!)
- Its name:
- A worry I’m feeding it:
- Something that makes my worry smaller:
How to run it
- Keep it light: the monster is friendly and always hungry.
- Kids can write a worry on a slip and fold it if they prefer privacy.
- Follow up quietly with any child whose worry needs a grown-up.
Talk about it
- What do worries feel like in your body?
- Does saying a worry out loud make it smaller?
- What helps when a friend is worried?
Take it further
Build a worry monster box from a tissue box for the classroom.
Pairs well with
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