A Collection of Anger Management/Impulse Control ...

A Collection of Anger Management/Impulse Control Activities & Lesson Plans (PreK-3rd grade)

Provided by Project B.A.S.I.C. Child Development Specialist, &

Child Care Consultation Staff

Creation of these materials is supported by the Child Care Consultation grant through the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (2015)

Anger Management and Impulse Control Activities and Lesson Plans

What Can You Do to Calm Down? List of Ideas to Calm Down............................................................................................... 3 Use the Four Finger Technique to Calm Down ....................................................................................................................... 5 Angry Visuals: Balloons, Volcanos, and Corn .......................................................................................................................... 6 Tucker Turtle Activity Sheets ? Puzzles, Coloring Sheets, Crossword Puzzles, Dot to Dot and Puppets .............................. 11 Super Friend Using Words to Calm Down............................................................................................................................. 29 Cool Down Choices Wheel .................................................................................................................................................... 31 Making and Using Sensory Bottles........................................................................................................................................ 32 Letting Go of Worries ? the Hug Me Tree............................................................................................................................. 33 Anger Map............................................................................................................................................................................. 34 The M & M Anger Game ....................................................................................................................................................... 35 Don't Flip Your Lid................................................................................................................................................................. 36 Don't Be A Soda Pop Head! Control your Fizz! ..................................................................................................................... 37 Safe Ways to Release Anger.................................................................................................................................................. 38 The Anger Catcher ................................................................................................................................................................ 40 Step Back and Breathe: Lesson Plans for Teaching Anger Management to Children........................................................... 41 Got Mads? A pledge to be in charge of my feelings ............................................................................................................. 42 I Speak My Feelings When I Am Upset! ................................................................................................................................ 43 The To-Do List to Get Over It! ............................................................................................................................................... 44 Being the Boss Octopus ........................................................................................................................................................ 45 What is Best for Me ? Secret Message ................................................................................................................................. 46 Don't Be An Angry Bird Collection ........................................................................................................................................ 48 Lesson Plan: Bubbles and Impulse Control ........................................................................................................................... 60 Lesson Plan: Being Responsible for Our Own Actions ? When Sophie Gets Angry ? Really, Really, Angry by Molly Bang .. 62

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What Can You Do to Calm Down? List of Ideas to Calm Down First the rules!

1. You can't hurt yourself 2. You can't hurt others 3. You can't hurt anyone's stuff 4. You have to follow the rules (this means different things for different

teachers, so it will need to be taught!)

Note ? clip art throughout materials can be copied and enlarged to use as visuals.

Be like Tucker Turtle and Take Time to Tuck and Think

Tucker Turtle Takes Time to Tuck & Think Spanish Version

When Tucker Turtle Gets Too Excited

Spanish version

Walk away

STOP ? THINK before you speak! o T ? Is it True? o H - Is it Helpful? o I ? Is it Inspiring? o N ? Is it Necessary? o K ? Is it Kind?

Take 3 deep breaths

Draw a picture of how you feel Draw a picture of what you are angry about

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 Do something physical o Run in place o Jumping jacks o Wall push-ups o Sit-ups o Punch a pillow o Skip rope

Crumple or rip up scrap paper Yell loudly outside Hug a pillow or stuffed animal

Count backwards, forwards or by different numbers to 10, 25, 50 or more and in different ways!

Get a grip....squeeze a stress ball or make and release fists

Tell yourself to Chill Out! Think of cold things!

Take a seat (sitting causes your body to relax)

Blow bubbles

Body Relax- relax your body from head to toe, one part at a time Take a break - do something else

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Use the Four Finger Technique to Calm Down

Take Four deep breaths and exhale slowly 4 times Count by 4s to 100 Name four:

o Feelings o Animals o Favorite Foods o Favorite Games o Flowers o TV shows o Songs o Things you like about yourself Do four: o Jumping Jacks o Wall Push-ups o Jump up and downs Draw/Write 4: o Ways to calm down o Feeling faces Give yourself 4 compliments

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Angry Visuals: Balloons, Volcanos, and Corn A Balloon filling up with too much air. -Talk to children about how it feels inside when you start to get angry. -Use a red balloon as a visual, describe the beginning of getting upset, and blow air into the balloon, continue describe how it feels

as you get progressively more upset, leading to anger and add more air to the balloon. Ask what will happen if we keep blowing air into the balloon? Compare the "popping" of the balloon to what happens if we get too angry that we can't control our actions. (If we "pop" could hit someone, yell or scream or throw something). - Blow up a blue balloon, until at stress point, ask children about ways to calm down when we get upset or angry, with each response let air out of balloon and share that we can manage our feelings in many ways.

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 Volcanos Let Off Steam-Using visuals of a volcano, explain how volcanos give warnings before erupting (steam or earthquakes). Discuss the signals our bodies send when we get upset or angry.

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Behavior Self-Regulation Avoid Crisis

Calm in Control

What bugs me?

Signals of Stress

Melt Down

Take a short cut Short Cuts

Back on Track



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