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 say kids enjoy the emoji-style brain characters, and the cards help build vocabulary for identifying and talking about different “brain” states. Reviewers find it useful for teaching strategies to return to a calm brain, including helpful discussion of trauma, and say it’s quick to learn and engaging to use. No recurring downsides were mentioned.
