A coping skills packet for kids ages 6–10 whose worries or tricky thoughts get louder during bedtime, quiet time, transitions, or waiting. Teaches calming tools like bubble breaths, color scan, animal body game, thought switch, and ABC brain game.
Tools for Quiet Times is designed for children whose brains get loud when the world gets quiet. It helps kids practice calming and attention-shifting tools that regulate the body, redirect the brain, and teach them that they do not have to listen to every tricky thought that shows up.
Want more regulation support? Pair this with Self-Soothe Skills, STOP · NAME · BREATHE, or Big Feelings, Big Skills for a fuller coping toolbox.
COPING SKILLS PACKET · AGES 6–10
This packet gives kids simple, playful tools for bedtime, quiet time, waiting, transitions, and other moments when worry loops try to take over.
Quiet moments can make sticky thoughts feel louder
Magic Bubble Breaths
A playful slow-breathing tool where kids imagine blowing calm bubbles that carry worries away.
Color Scan
A mindfulness activity that helps children shift focus from worries to present-moment color clues.
Animal Body Game
A quiet imagination-based body awareness tool using animals like turtles, giraffes, and bunnies.
Thought Switch
An early CBT-style reframing tool that helps kids notice a tricky thought and switch to something true and helpful.
ABC Brain Game
A structured attention-shifting game using animals, foods, characters, or other categories from A to Z.
Grown-Up Support Tips
Guidance for practicing during calm moments, avoiding reassurance loops, modeling skills, and using the tools during bedtime, transitions, or quiet moments.
This packet is a psychoeducational coping skills resource and is not a substitute for mental health treatment, anxiety treatment, ADHD evaluation, occupational therapy, sleep treatment, crisis care, or individualized clinical support. If worries, intrusive thoughts, sleep difficulty, or emotional distress are significantly impairing daily functioning, consult a licensed professional.