Brain Mates is a fun and engaging activity to help children and teens identify, explore, and gain control over different parts of their cognition and thinking patterns. The eight Brain Mates represent different parts of human thinking, both positive and negative. Suitable for most clients, Brain Mates can be especially helpful with children and adolescents who struggle with self-esteem, behavior, anxiety, anger, negative thinking patterns, trauma reactions, or inflexibility. Suitable for children, adolescents, and young adults.
Brain Mates includes: 8 Brain Meet Me Cards, 1 Blank Brain Meet Me Card, 8 Question Cards for each brain, 12 Blank Brain Question Cards, Directions and Suggested Activities.
Sample cards
| Topics: | Thinking & Cognition, Group Activities |
| Recommended ages: | Ages 8 through 18 |
| Grade level: | Grades 3 through 12 |
| Printed in: | USA |
Customers describe Brain Mates as an engaging, effective tool for helping kids identify and talk about their thinking. Reviewers say children love the emoji-faced brains, and the description cards give kids vocabulary to express what type of brain they're in and use strategies to return to a calm brain. One reviewer highlighted the trauma brain as a helpful way to discuss trauma. It's also described as highly playable and quick to learn. No negative feedback was mentioned.
