- Recommended Ages 5+
Thoughts and Feelings with
Unpacking big feelings card game by Jessica Sinarski
- Recommended Ages 5+
Thoughts and Feelings with
Unpacking big feelings card game
by Jessica Sinarski
About the Game
This thoughtfully designed deck includes 30 beautifully illustrated sentence-completion cards that invite children to share emotions, experiences, and challenges in a way that feels safe, natural, and pressure-free. Simple prompts paired with comforting animal characters make it easier for kids to open up about the things that can be hard to talk about.
Why It Works
Riley the Brave and his animal friends create a familiar, reassuring presence that helps children feel understood and supported. The sentence starters gently lower the barrier to expression, making it easier to talk about topics like anger, worry, grief, family changes, school challenges, and other everyday stressors without forcing disclosure.
So Many Ways to Use the Cards
- Therapy and counseling sessions
- Emotional intelligence activities, morning meetings, and brain breaks
- Icebreakers and community-building activities
- One-on-one connection time
- Small group discussions
Use one card or several. Follow the child’s lead.
Whether you are supporting a child through a tough season, building emotional vocabulary, or simply creating space for connection, this trauma-informed card deck makes social-emotional learning feel approachable, engaging, and human.
Connection and Safety
Ideal for creating meaningful conversations that help kids share emotions, experiences, and challenges
Kids gain language for what they’re feeling
Kids gain language for what they’re feeling
Adults learn what’s underneath the behavior
Adults learn what’s underneath the behavior
Conversations feel safer and more natural
Conversations feel safer and more natural
Co-regulation happens in real time
Co-regulation happens in real time
Children feel seen, heard, and understood
Children feel seen, heard, and understood
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