Activities · «Sadness and Love»
Cloud and sun
After the storm, the sun always comes out.
What is it for?
Sometimes there are things that make us sad, angry or frightened. This activity helps the child express what worries them and discover the small things they enjoy and can look for when they need a pleasant moment.
How to do it
In the cloud, draw or write the things that make you sad, angry or worried.
In the sun, draw or write the things you like and enjoy: playing, listening to a song, drawing, being with someone you love, going out into nature…
Whenever you need to, you can look at your sun and choose one of those things to do.
What can the child experience or learn?
They can put a name to what hurts and discover that they also have activities, people and moments they can turn to. Little by little, they can learn to recognise what helps them, without having to stop feeling sad.
You can be sad and enjoy something beautiful at the same time. One thing does not erase the other.
The cloud doesn't have to disappear, and the child doesn't have to choose something from the sun every time they feel sad. The activity is an invitation to express themselves and to remember what they enjoy, with no hurry and no obligation.
Closing the exercise
When you finish, do a closing gesture together: cover the cloud with your hand, take three breaths with one hand on your chest and the other on your tummy, and put the sheet away in a drawer. Opening what hurts without closing it leaves the child out in the open.
This activity keeps company, but does not replace the help of a professional when a child needs it. When to look for help.
Carry on with another activity
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