Stress Management and Coping Skills SUMMER BRIDGE Guidance
Expectations for Class Guidance Be Honest Be Respectful Be Yourself Participate and Have Fun!
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Give examples of what causes fourth graders stress… At School At Home With Friends With Family
What are Kids Most Stressed About? The top five things kids said they worried about were: Grades, school, and homework: 36% Family: 32% Friends: 21% Brother and Sisters: 20% Mean or annoying people: 20%
Can cause… Upset Stomach, Headaches or other Pain Trouble Sleeping Difficulties Focusing in School Mood Swings – Sad, Lonely, Angry, Worried
How to Handle Stress…. talk to trusted adult or friend name your feeling - "I am so angry!" Do breathing exercises listen to music write in a journal play with a pet go for a walk or a bike ride do something fun Click the picture for a video
Be positive – most stress is temporary. Calm down Solve the problem (make a plan) It will get better!
Fill in each column of the BINGO sheet with a number in the range indicated Mrs. Furr will draw the numbers. If your number is called, you will turn and talk with a neighbor with the answer to the question. Then color in the block or place an X in the square. The first person with 5 in a row (diagonal, horizontal or vertical) calls out BINGO and wins!