Coping & Well-being
Calming Toys & Games for Kids with Anxiety
If you’re the parent of a child who never seems to stop worrying, you’re already well aware of the anguish it causes to see your child in a constant state of anxiety. There’s a whole host of reasons why some kids worry more than others, but thankfully there are resources available to help teach your child how to manage their anxiety.
Children experience anxiety differently from adults, which makes it important to understand the different types of anxiety that may affect your child. Common signs of anxiety in children include excessive worrying about school or friends, irrational fears, difficulty sleeping, nightmares, clinginess, irritability, hyperactivity or restlessness. It can also manifest itself in physical symptoms like stomach aches or headaches.
Aside from encouraging regular physical activity in one form or another (as exercise reduces stress levels in both adults and children), there are toys and games that are specifically designed not just to alleviate anxiety in children, but actually teach them how to manage their own feelings of worry.
Fun Stuff stocks games and toys for kids who worry
At Fun Stuff, we have a carefully curated selection of games to teach worry management skills, and calming toys for alleviating anxiety. Whether your child seems to get anxious about going to kindergarten/preschool or they have trouble getting to sleep (or staying asleep throughout the night), these toys and games have been designed by industry experts to help kids with anxiety.
For example, the Talkabout Cards - Self Awareness Activities game features 20 group games to encourage self-awareness and effective social skills. Each game card includes instructions for playing the game and colour coding to show which cards are best to use.
Meanwhile, the Impulse Control Game teaches children how to accept delayed gratification, read social cues, use positive self-talk, improve problem-solving skills, anticipate consequences, learn how to stop certain behaviours and more. As players make their way through a maze of roads on the colourful game board, they face a series of questions and scenarios that teach lessons while distracting from anxiety simultaneously.
And finally, the Positive Thinking Card Game speaks for itself – it introduces critical positive thinking skills, including recognising self-defeating statements and changing negative thoughts to positive ones.
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At Fun Stuff Educational & Therapeutic Resources, our expansive range of products has been compiled with the help of qualified and experienced speech pathologists, educators, psychologists and occupational therapists. Our resources can be used by professionals and parents one-on-one, in a classroom or within a therapeutic setting. For more information about our products, don’t hesitate to contact us.
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Talkabout A Social Communication Skills Package
MSRP: $98.95$77.95Suitable for children, adolescents & adults. A fantastic must have photocopiable manual for social skills group work. Focuses on: • Awareness of self and others – physical appearance, likes, dislikes and problem solving • Eight...MSRP: $98.95$77.95 -
Friendship Island
$110.95Friendship Island is a fun and challenging game specifically designed to teach social skills. The game focuses on the three vital areas of friendship:Making Friends; Being a Good Friend; and Resolving Disagreements In a Win-Win Way.The play of the game...$110.95 -
The Impulse Control Game
$111.95"Stop and think before you act." That's good advice as far as it goes. But research shows that kids with serious impulse control problems also need to learn to: Accept delayed gratification Read social cues Remember the benefits of impulse...$111.95 -
Talkabout For Children - Developing Self Awareness and Self Esteem 2nd ed.
MSRP: $98.99$77.95Talkabout for Children: Developing Self-Awareness and Self-Esteem is a bestselling professional workbook supporting educators and therapists who deliver social and relationship skills groups for children with social, emotional or behavioural...MSRP: $98.99$77.95 -
Emotional Bingo for Children
$94.95Everybody knows how to play Bingo—but this version requires players to identify feelings rather than numbers on their Bingo cards. Ideal for counselling groups or classrooms, Emotional Bingo not only helps children learn to recognise...$94.95 -
Friendship Island - Damaged box
Now: $80.00Was: $110.95DAMAGED BOX Friendship Island is a fun and challenging game specifically designed to teach social skills. The game focuses on the three vital areas of friendship:Making Friends; Being a Good Friend; and Resolving Disagreements In a Win-Win Way...Now: $80.00Was: $110.95 -
Cool In School - Damaged Box
Now: $80.00Was: $127.90Damaged during shipping - slight box damage Cool in School® Board Game Cool in School is a receptive and expressive language game that uses 144 full-color photos to teach basic and advanced communication skills that students use every day in...Now: $80.00Was: $127.90