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How Do I Feel Right Now? Check-In Sheet printable page
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How Do I Feel Right Now? Check-In Sheet

12 hand-drawn feeling faces, an "In my body I notice" box, and 8 things that might help.

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From the Feelings Check-In Cards
Trace & Breathe printable page
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Trace & Breathe

Slide a finger along the line and breathe slowly: square breathing and wave breathing on one page.

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Every printable in the shop, all 40 of them, for one price. Bought one by one they add up to $239.

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Best value · 4 in 1 bundle

Calm-Down Kit

Everything you need to help kids go from a big feeling to a calm plan, in one printable bundle.

  • Feelings Check-In Cards: 12 hand-drawn feeling cards plus a "How do I feel right now?" check-in board.
  • Calm-Down Choice Board: 12 calming choices kids can point to, plus cut-out cards and a calm-down plan.
  • Try-It Bingo: The coping skills bingo game where kids actually do the skills. Pictures on every square.
  • My Worry Jar: Put the worry down, then see what really happens. Worry slips, Worry Sort, Worry Time and a Look Back page.
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Feelings & Calm

Help kids name big feelings, notice them in their body, and pick a way to calm down.

4 in 1 bundle
Calm-Down Kit printable preview
Printable PDF · 31 pages

Calm-Down Kit

Name the feeling, practice the skills, find the calm, and let worries rest. All four printables in one bundle.

$12.50$19.00See inside
Feelings Check-In Cards printable preview
Printable PDF · 5 pages

Feelings Check-In Cards

12 hand-drawn feeling cards plus a "How do I feel right now?" check-in board.

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Calm-Down Choice Board printable preview
Printable PDF · 6 pages

Calm-Down Choice Board

12 calming choices kids can point to, plus cut-out cards and a calm-down plan.

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Try-It Bingo printable preview
Printable PDF · 10 pages

Try-It Bingo

The coping skills bingo game where kids actually do the skills. Pictures on every square.

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My Worry Jar printable preview
Printable PDF · 8 pages

My Worry Jar

Put the worry down, then see what really happens. Worry slips, Worry Sort, Worry Time and a Look Back page.

$4.50See inside
Fold & Play Calm Tools printable preview
Printable PDF · 12 pages

Fold & Play Calm Tools

Paper calm tools kids cut, fold and build themselves: two roll-and-do cubes, a fortune teller, a spinner and breathing flower cards.

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Breathe With Me printable preview
5 HD videos + guide

Breathe With Me

Five slow, silent breathing videos kids can follow on any screen, ending with a feelings check-in.

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Feelings & Calm-Down Stickers printable preview
Sticker sheets + Cricut files

Feelings & Calm-Down Stickers

Printable stickers kids can actually use: feelings, calm-down skills and effort-based rewards, ready to cut or Cricut.

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Calm Corner Wall Art Set printable preview
8 prints · 5 frame sizes

Calm Corner Wall Art Set

Eight gallery-quality prints for a calm corner, counseling office, or kid's room.

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My Big Day Plan printable preview
Printable PDF · 12 pages

My Big Day Plan

A plan for the big day, made with your child, so new things feel less like surprises.

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Feelings Comic Studio printable preview
Printable PDF · 16 pages

Feelings Comic Studio

Draw what happened, and how it felt.

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Brave Steps printable preview
Printable PDF · 15 pages

Brave Steps

Face a fear little by little, one step at a time.

$6.00See inside
Big Mad Kit printable preview
Printable PDF · 10 pages

Big Mad Kit

An anger kit for kids 6 to 12: notice mad early, cool down safely, find what's underneath, and make it right.

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My Sensory Menu printable preview
Printable PDF · 10 pages

My Sensory Menu

A picture menu so little ones can show you what their body needs.

$6.00See inside
Show Me Cards printable preview
Printable PDF · 12 pages

Show Me Cards

Picture-word cards for little ones who talk in lots of ways.

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Feelings Puppets printable preview
Printable PDF · 13 pages

Feelings Puppets

Act out the feeling, then flip it back to calm.

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When I Feel Sad printable preview
Printable PDF · 14 pages

When I Feel Sad

A little book about a big feeling.

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All About My Brain printable preview
Printable PDF · 15 pages

All About My Brain

A book about me, written by the expert on me: me.

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Proof I'm Awesome Jar printable preview
Printable PDF · 15 pages

Proof I'm Awesome Jar

Kids brush off "you're so smart." It's a lot harder to argue with something that really happened.

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8 in 1 bundle
Big Feelings Bundle printable preview
Printable PDF · 104 pages

Big Feelings Bundle

8 printables for one price: save 53%. Mad, worried, sad, scared: this bundle gives kids a way through each big feeling, and gives the grown-ups a plan too.

$22.00$46.50See inside
8 in 1 bundle
Autism & Sensory Bundle printable preview
Printable PDF · 104 pages

Autism & Sensory Bundle

8 printables for one price: save 54%. Eight Joy Chaser printables for neurodivergent kids and the people who love them.

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Holidays & Winter

Calm December countdowns, holiday overwhelm plans, gentle winter self-care, and a New Year without resolutions.

24 Days of Calm printable preview
Printable PDF · 13 pages

24 Days of Calm

One tiny calm moment a day, all December long.

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Holiday Overwhelm Plan printable preview
Printable PDF · 16 pages

Holiday Overwhelm Plan

A calm plan for the loudest season of the year.

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Gentle New Year printable preview
Printable PDF · 19 pages

Gentle New Year

A year review for tired brains. No resolutions required.

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Winter Light Kit printable preview
Printable PDF · 14 pages

Winter Light Kit

Small, warm ways through the dark months.

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5 in 1 bundle
Holiday & Winter Bundle printable preview
Printable PDF · 73 pages

Holiday & Winter Bundle

5 printables for one price: save 49%. The holidays can be lovely and a lot at the same time.

$15.00$29.50See inside
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Daily Routines

Picture routines and First / Then boards that make mornings, bedtimes and transitions smoother, with a feelings check built in.

3 in 1 bundle
Daily Routines Kit printable preview
Printable PDF · 29 pages

Daily Routines Kit

Smoother mornings, calmer bedtimes, one step at a time. Picture Schedules, First / Then Boards and Self-Care Checklists in one bundle.

$10.00$14.50See inside
Morning & Bedtime Picture Schedules printable preview
Printable PDF · 8 pages

Morning & Bedtime Picture Schedules

Morning and bedtime picture charts with a "How do I feel?" step, 24 routine cards, and a My Week page.

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First / Then Boards printable preview
Printable PDF · 7 pages

First / Then Boards

First / Then boards with an "I did it! I feel…" check, mini keyring boards, "then" cards and helper cards.

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Self-Care Picture Checklists printable preview
Printable PDF · 12 pages

Self-Care Picture Checklists

Picture checklists for 7 everyday routines kids can follow on their own.

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Screen Off, Calm On printable preview
Printable PDF · 11 pages

Screen Off, Calm On

A gentler way to switch off screens, and land in what comes next.

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Goodnight, Body printable preview
Printable PDF · 24 pages

Goodnight, Body

Kids pick the picture. You read the back.

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School Morning Worries Kit printable preview
Printable PDF · 13 pages

School Morning Worries Kit

Five matching printables that make school mornings calmer, from the front door to the school door and back.

$7.00See inside
Goodbye Routine Kit printable preview
Printable PDF · 12 pages

Goodbye Routine Kit

A little goodbye, then a big hello.

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ADHD Launch Pad printable preview
Printable PDF · 15 pages

ADHD Launch Pad

Let the paper do the remembering, so their brain can do the fun, clever stuff.

$6.00See inside
8 in 1 bundle
Routines & Transitions Bundle printable preview
Printable PDF · 102 pages

Routines & Transitions Bundle

8 printables for one price: save 57%. The hardest parts of the day are usually the in-between parts: getting out the door, saying goodbye, turning off the screen, and settling down for sleep.

$19.00$44.50See inside
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Friends & Connection

Games and activities that help kids talk, listen, and be kind, to others and to themselves.

2 in 1 bundle
Social Skills Kit printable preview
Printable PDF · 31 pages

Social Skills Kit

Talk, listen, and be kind. The Petal Talk card game and Kindness Quest in one bundle.

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Petal Talk printable preview
Printable PDF · 15 pages

Petal Talk

The conversation card game where listening grows the flower.

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Kindness Quest printable preview
Printable PDF · 14 pages

Kindness Quest

A hands-on kindness game where kids do real kind acts and track them with a tree, cards, and bingo.

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Friend Fix-It printable preview
Printable PDF · 13 pages

Friend Fix-It

For the times friends get it wrong (everybody does).

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Special Interest Passport printable preview
Printable PDF · 14 pages

Special Interest Passport

Share what you love. Ask what they love.

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Recess & Lunch Plan printable preview
Printable PDF · 14 pages

Recess & Lunch Plan

For kids who dread the "free" parts of the school day.

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Family Life

Sibling fights and sibling feelings, family meetings, car-ride talks, repairing after a hard moment, and saying goodbye to a pet.

Forever Friend printable preview
Printable PDF · 15 pages

Forever Friend

A gentle memory and feelings book for kids when a pet dies.

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Sibling Peace Talks printable preview
Printable PDF · 13 pages

Sibling Peace Talks

Cool off, talk it out, fix it together.

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Sibling Spotlight printable preview
Printable PDF · 16 pages

Sibling Spotlight

A book that's all about them, for once.

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Family Meeting Kit printable preview
Printable PDF · 13 pages

Family Meeting Kit

A weekly family meeting that takes 15 minutes, and the kids run it.

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Riding Shotgun printable preview
Printable PDF · 20 pages

Riding Shotgun

52 car-ride questions for a grown-up and a tween or teen. Shotgun holds the deck.

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Try Again: Repair Cards for Parents printable preview
Printable PDF · 15 pages

Try Again: Repair Cards for Parents

You lost it. Now what?

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New Sibling & Blended Family Kit printable preview
Printable PDF · 12 pages

New Sibling & Blended Family Kit

Five matching printables for when a family grows: a new baby, new step or bonus siblings, or moving in together.

$7.00See inside
8 in 1 bundle
Family Life Bundle printable preview
Printable PDF · 108 pages

Family Life Bundle

8 printables for one price: save 52%. Families change, siblings squabble, and parents have hard days too.

$24.00$50.50See inside
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Every Kind of Family

For kids raised by grandparents, relatives, foster or adoptive families, and every family that doesn't look like a storybook picture.

My People printable preview
Printable PDF · 7 pages

My People

A family map for kids raised by grandparents, relatives, foster or adoptive families, and every kind of family.

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Hard Holidays Kit printable preview
Printable PDF · 11 pages

Hard Holidays Kit

A gentle, skip-anything kit for kids missing someone on holidays, birthdays and big family days.

$5.50See inside
Two Homes Kit printable preview
Printable PDF · 12 pages

Two Homes Kit

A 5-in-1 kit for kids who go back and forth between two homes: packing checklist, calendars, feelings cards, switch-day steps, and a "same in both homes" page.

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For Teens

Tools teens can keep for themselves: helping a friend, speaking up at appointments, and quiet cards for loud moments.

Text It Out printable preview
Printable PDF · 12 pages

Text It Out

For the stuff that's hard to say out loud.

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The Evidence File printable preview
Printable PDF · 17 pages

The Evidence File

Your inner critic talks like it has proof. This is where you keep the real record.

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Friend Group Shifts printable preview
Printable PDF · 16 pages

Friend Group Shifts

When your people change.

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Night Owl Reset printable preview
Printable PDF · 16 pages

Night Owl Reset

Your clock isn't broken. It moved.

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Test Stress Toolkit printable preview
Printable PDF · 18 pages

Test Stress Toolkit

Nervous means you care. Let's use it.

$6.00See inside
My Compass printable preview
Printable PDF · 20 pages

My Compass

What matters to me, and where it points.

$6.00See inside
Say No Scripts printable preview
Printable PDF · 19 pages

Say No Scripts

Words for the moment you need them.

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Reset Menu for Teens printable preview
Printable PDF · 13 pages

Reset Menu for Teens

2, 10, or 30 minutes. Anywhere.

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Stuck to Started printable preview
Printable PDF · 15 pages

Stuck to Started

Not lazy. Just stuck.

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Green Flags, Red Flags printable preview
Printable PDF · 22 pages

Green Flags, Red Flags

Friends, dating, and how you deserve to be treated.

$6.50See inside
Body Neutral Journal printable preview
Printable PDF · 17 pages

Body Neutral Journal

Not love. Not hate. Neutral.

$6.50See inside
Still Here: A Teen Grief Journal printable preview
Printable PDF · 19 pages

Still Here: A Teen Grief Journal

For after someone you love dies.

$6.50See inside
Feed Check printable preview
Printable PDF · 16 pages

Feed Check

How is your feed treating you?

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12 in 1 bundle
Teen Toolkit Bundle printable preview
Printable PDF · 201 pages

Teen Toolkit Bundle

12 printables for one price: save 59%. Twelve Joy Chaser printables made for teens, in a look that feels like them and not like a little-kid worksheet.

$29.00$71.50See inside
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For Grown-Ups

Calm, grown-up printables for your own mental health: trackers, appointment binders, hard-day tools, and help for big-moment nerves.

Quiet Company: No Reply Needed Cards printable preview
Printable PDF · 17 pages

Quiet Company: No Reply Needed Cards

For the friend who is going through it, and doesn't have the energy to write back.

$6.00See inside
Say the Hard Thing printable preview
Printable PDF · 17 pages

Say the Hard Thing

For the conversation you've been putting off.

$6.00See inside
Parenting an Anxious Child printable preview
Printable PDF · 16 pages

Parenting an Anxious Child

A warm, practical guide for the grown-up who loves a worried kid.

$7.00See inside
After the Autism Diagnosis printable preview
Printable PDF · 21 pages

After the Autism Diagnosis

Same kid. New information. One calm place for all of it.

$8.00See inside
Meltdown Recovery for Families printable preview
Printable PDF · 17 pages

Meltdown Recovery for Families

A calm, practical guide for the hours and days after a meltdown or shutdown.

$6.50See inside
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For Helpers & Caregivers

For the social workers, teachers, foster and kinship caregivers, and providers who do the caring, and need care too.

Helper's Heart Deck printable preview
Printable PDF · 16 pages

Helper's Heart Deck

A printable card deck for the people who take care of everyone else.

$8.00See inside
What to Say Cards printable preview
Printable PDF · 21 pages

What to Say Cards

Calm words for the moment a kid or teen starts to escalate, when your own brain goes blank and the wrong six words make it bigger.

$6.50See inside
Strengths-Based Words printable preview
Printable PDF · 20 pages

Strengths-Based Words

A phrase bank for helpers who write about kids and families.

$6.50See inside
School Meeting Binder printable preview
Printable PDF · 21 pages

School Meeting Binder

Walk in ready. Walk out with a plan.

$7.00See inside
Talk Without Talking printable preview
Printable PDF · 28 pages

Talk Without Talking

30 low-pressure activities for teens who aren't ready to open up.

$6.50See inside
Social Skills Group in 8 Weeks printable preview
Printable PDF · 40 pages

Social Skills Group in 8 Weeks

Eight ready-to-run social skills group sessions for kids ages 8 to 12.

$9.00See inside
Running on Empty printable preview
Printable PDF · 18 pages

Running on Empty

A printable workbook for the people who take care of everyone else.

$6.50See inside
Classroom Calm Plan printable preview
Printable PDF · 22 pages

Classroom Calm Plan

A calm corner is a routine, not a rug. This plan gives you the routine.

$6.50See inside
New Helper's First Year printable preview
Printable PDF · 25 pages

New Helper's First Year

A printable workbook for the first year in a helping job.

$6.50See inside
Clues, Not Labels printable preview
Printable PDF · 19 pages

Clues, Not Labels

Notice the story behind the behavior.

$6.00See inside
Leave-Behind Handouts printable preview
Printable PDF · 21 pages

Leave-Behind Handouts

The visit ends. The tips go with them.

$7.00See inside
Session Starters by Age printable preview
Printable PDF · 24 pages

Session Starters by Age

52 ten-minute session openers, sorted by age: little ones 3-6, kids 7-11, teens 12-17 and adults 18+.

$8.00See inside
Sensory-Friendly Session Kit printable preview
Printable PDF · 15 pages

Sensory-Friendly Session Kit

Set up the space. Let them choose.

$6.50See inside
13 in 1 bundle
Helper's Toolkit Bundle printable preview
Printable PDF · 290 pages

Helper's Toolkit Bundle

13 printables for one price: save 61%. A helper's whole bag of tools, in one bundle.

$35.00$90.50See inside
On the drawing table

More on the way

Joy Chaser is growing into a whole family of printables that all look and work together.

Big Questions Cards

Gentle answer-starters for the questions kids in kinship and foster families ask, for the grown-ups who love them.

coming soon

Visit Day Kit

A feelings check-in for before and after visits with family members kids don't live with.

coming soon
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Laminate the boards and grab a dry-erase marker to use them every day.

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