Bright Spots Thoughts and Feelings: A Sentence Completion Card Game Card Games

Simply easy to read questions to encourage communication. Have found a couple cards that are triggering so putting those away for now. A bit spendy for 30 cards but will probably buy another set.

Worth it have simple ways to have meaningful conversation with my 6yo who is highly intelligent and highly verbal, but struggles with expressing more intense emotions like anger and frustration. It helps us help our small human to process and express their bigger emotions. She even requests to have "table talk" with these cards.Some prompts are also quite eye opening like, " I wish my family would stop...". By listening to our little one for prompts like this really helps us to build a sense of respect for feelings allowing us to build more useful discipline practices and more in tune redirection during those overwhelming emotional moments.These oversized cards are not meant for play time, but rather for family time. They are a little more sturdy than a regular deck cards, which should be plenty strong to last repeated use with supervision.

I really like these cards. I am an MFT intern and am constantly (pleasantly) surprised by how effective these cards are with adolescents, as well as with younger clients. Because of their somewhat childish appearance, I thought these cards wouldn't go over well with teens, but this is the most popular tool I use when working with adolescents at an acute behavioral health hospital. I also work with preadolescents at a community mental health clinic, and my clients there love these cards, too. These cards get conversation started and serve as an excellent way to create rapport in both group and individual settings.June 2022Okay, I'm an LMFT in private practice now, and I'm still using the heck out of these cards. I use these with kids and parents, with teens and parents, and with couples. The illustrations appeal across age stages, and the question prompts get people talking! Definitely one of the most-used and most effective tools in my office.

These cards are attractive and good conversation starters. Both the cards and the box are well made and durable, an important consideration when you are an in home therapist and the cards are travelling with you. Took one star away because they are pricey. In fact, almost didn't buy because the example cards shown on the box dont have pics and starters that match. Took a chance, and the cards themselves are great.

My daughter had speech therapy for 2 years and we stopped because it was getting too expensive. So we decided to invest in both sets of these thoughts and feeling cards and it has really helped her continue her speech sessions at home.My 4 year old is a visual learner. She has a difficult time remembering auditory speech. But when something is written with words and pictures, she has a near photographic memory. So these cards are perfect for her. It forces her to think about these questions and using the pictures as guides it makes her use her speech to construct sentences and phrases.Sounds really basic but there's something about flash colorful flash cards that really captures a child's attention. I plan on using these in the junior high classroom environment too. The tweens always gets a kick out of these basic children's cards.

I have found this most helpful when paired with a game such as Candyland. Pairing the cards with a game like Candyland enhances the interest factor for kids. I pick three different colors and let the child know at the beginning that every time someone draws one of those three colors they will also draw a Thoughts and Feelings Card. It's a non threatening way to get quiet kiddos in particular to open up and share. Once they give an answer I can explore the topic more with them if appropriate. The only caution I might offer is that you might want to pre arrange the cards...During one game the first card we drew was "Someone I know who has died is..." This was kind of an intense start to the activity! Other than that, however, the cards offer a great starting point for deeper conversation.

Rated five stars- as a parent and mental health professional these cards are great for children to give open ended answers to questions that could be difficult to verbalize on their own. For example, my five year old son was grieving the loss of his grandmother, and answers to many of the questions were about missing grandma. It was a good outlet for him and opened up the doors for further conversation in a safe and non-threatening manner. I would not limit this product to just therapists and social workers, because I found my kids pulling this out of the activity closet over and over- they enjoy asking each other questions and sharing. I would definitely recommend this to parents and mental health clinicians.

Used it as a play time and to build on relationships within family1. Cards have fun pictures appealing for ages 2 plus 2. clear short sentences with easy but interesting questions for all family members in my family3. After playing it once we all found out so much interesting about each otherI’m grateful I’ve found these ones and we will continue using them during our fun converse nights.