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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6 Social Skills Board Games - Best Value
Now: $39.80Was: $49.50Social Skills Board Games teach children how to interact and communicate with others. This set includes activities for verbal and non-verbal communication, such as gestures, facial expression and body language. Socially competent people are able...Now: $39.80Was: $49.50 -
Feelings & Emotions 50 Cards
MSRP: $49.90$47.50These 50 durable cards have a photographic image on one side and activities for enquiry in class, group/talk-partner discussion or circle time on the other. Story starters on the reverse will encourage thinking and development ion key social and...MSRP: $49.90$47.50 -
The Insight Game
$52.95Emotional intelligence is made up of many specific social and emotional skills, and insight is one of the most important skills. A skill that comes easily to some and not so easily to others, insight begins with children's willingness to talk about their...$52.95 -
Talkabout A Social Communication Skills Package
MSRP: $98.95$72.10Suitable 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$72.10 -
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 -
6 Personal & Emotional Skills Board Games
Now: $44.50Was: $49.506 Personal and Emotional skills Board Games that will develop children's social awareness in a vibrant, enjoyable format. Games boards include: Keeping Calm Getting On Good to be Me Going for goals Say No to Bullying Changes Addressing areas of...Now: $44.50Was: $49.50 -
Feelings Detective Matching Game
$69.95Linking emotions and social skills, this game helps kids understand their own feelings and the feelings of others. It’s especially useful with youngsters who are socially awkward, shy, or on the autism spectrum. As they match Feelings Cards with...$69.95 -
Friendship Island
$111.95Friendship 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...$111.95 -
Talkabout Cards - Self Awareness Activities
MSRP: $62.99$47.95The Talkabout Cards - Self Awareness Activities features 20 group games to encourage self awareness and effective social skills. Fun, quick and easy to play, this game features the familiar Talkabout drawings to provide visual cues. Each game...MSRP: $62.99$47.95 -
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 -
Clue Cards - 5 Card Packs to Improve Social Communication
$133.25Clue Cards- 5 Card Packs to Improve Social CommunicationWithdrawn, inattentive, or experiencing the communication difficulties associated with Asperger’s Syndrome, some kids have trouble interpreting social situations, reading facial...$133.25 -
ALERT Program: KIT (includes Keeping on Track Game)
MSRP: $404.70$347.39The Alert Program® offers an easy, systematic approach to help you to be a “detective,” learning how to observe self-regulation and how to choose sensory supports (sensory strategies) for an individual’s highest functioning...MSRP: $404.70$347.39 -
Go Fish: Anchor Your Stress
$44.95Here’s a therapeutic twist on the classic Go Fish card game. The 12 versions presented here teach youngsters about character, responsibility, friendship, anger control, conflict resolution, feelings, stress, bullying, self-esteem, success,...$44.95 -
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 -
Calm Down Cards
$34.95Learning how to self-regulate is an important milestone in child development, especially in the early years of life. A child’s capacity to regulate their emotions can impact on their social and emotional wellbeing, and their ability to thrive in a...$34.95 -
Go Fish: Catch & Release Your Anger Game
$44.95These games play like classic Go Fish. There are two decks of 50 cards in each game – one for grades K-2 and the other for grades 3-5. The games differ from classic Go Fish in that players must answer a question before they can accept a requested...$44.95 -
Virtues and Values Thumball
$28.95Throw it. Catch it. Respond to the panel under your thumb. Each letter of the alphabet is represented with 3 words. Choose a characteristic that represents you or another. Discuss attributes you would like to have more or less of. Encourages...$28.95 -
Stay Safe and Healthy - Personal Safety & Health Education Essentials for Learning & Life - 6 Games
MSRP: $49.50$47.80Teach the essentials of learning and life with these exciting board games. Each game promotes discussion and allows pupils to reach informed decisions, helping them to lead safe and healthy lives. Brightly illustrated, dynamic and fun, they ask questions...MSRP: $49.50$47.80 -
The Social & Emotional Competence Card Game
$59.95Social and Emotional Competence Card Game Board Game and Card Game by Gary Yorke, PhD The Social and Emotional Competence Card Game includes five decks of cards. Each deck focuses on a specific disorder...$59.95