It can be difficult for children to handle big emotions like fear. They may experience loss of appetite, difficulty sleeping, or headaches. When children feel scared, use this class-made book to help them manage their fear. This book teaches strategies that allow children to calm and feel safe.
Age
- 3 (with help) and up
Helps with
- Self-regulation
Use
- Self-regulation tool appropriate for classroom or home
- May travel with child
Format
- Instructions
- 15 – 8.5×11” single-sided color printouts
Materials
- Printed I Can Handle Scared book pages
- Stapler
- Binder (optional)
- Hole punch (optional)
- Photos of child (optional)
Related Resources
- Five Steps to Self-Regulation Icons
- Feeling Faces: Happy, Sad, Angry, Scared
- Putting Myself Together Class-Made Book
- Hitting Book
- Safe Place Breathing Icons
- Choice Board with Breathing Icons (Premium)
Related Products
- Self-Regulation Value Pack
- CLASSROOM EDITION: Feeling Buddies Self-Regulation Toolkit
- When I Feel…
- S.T.A.R Breathing Tool
Examples of this Resource in Use
- Conscious Discipline strategies and structures like breathing, the Safe Place, and Feeling Buddies can help children manage emotions like fear. To view photo and video examples, visit Shubert’s School and click on S.T.A.R, Safe Place, or Feeling Buddies Self-Regulation Toolkit.
