Kimochis Feeling Pillows Guide:

Activities for Mental Health Professionals to Help Children Process and Regulate Big Feelings

Authors: Jill Kristal, Ph.D. and Ellen Pritchard Dodge, M.Ed., CCC-SLP

ACTIVITY MATERIALS

Most of the activities in this book require minimal, if any, materials beyond the requisite Kimochis® Mixed Bag of Feelings, and even then, they’re very common items found in most offices or households. You can even make adequate substitutions, as suitable. If you’d like to have all materials on hand before launching into this social-emotional learning project for children, here’s what we recommend:

• Container for your Kimochis® feeling pillows (a large basket or bowl is perfect)
• Pencils, pens, crayons, markers
• Paper (regular drawing paper, construction paper, cardstock, cardboard)
• Paper plates (that can be written on)
• Tape
• Roll of ribbon
• Small container with lid
• Clear container with lid
• Various art supplies, as desired: clay, Play-Doh, pipe cleaners
• Balloons
• Sheet of blank stickers (any size will do)
• Kitchen mixing spoon
• Mixing bowl
• Pot (for soup or stew)
• A couple of heavy objects and light objects

Optional:

• Target/bull’s-eye poster
• Wide roll of craft paper
• Small scale
• Flat stones or blocks
• Velcro or glue
• Pair of large shoes
• Angry face mask