Go Fish: Catch and Release Your Anger Card Game

by Franklin Rubenstein, PhD

Here’s a therapeutic twist on the classic Go Fish card game designed to teach children how to manage their anger.  Players learn how to deal with anger in ways that are good for them and respectful of others. Catch and Release Your Anger helps players learn to stay on course and react to anger in positive ways.

Includes two decks of 50 cards (one deck for grades K–2, the other for grades 3–5). Each card poses an open-ended question that the player must answer before he or she can request Henry Herring, Markey Mackerel, or any other fish needed for a match. Familiar and fun, Go Fish is an easy, affordable way for children to improve their social and emotional skills.

Sample cards:

• Riding a bike to take a break outside. Is this a good way to handle angry feelings?
• Ripping up homework and throwing it away. Is this a good way to handle angry feelings?
• Ryan had his classroom reward tickets out when he was not supposed to. He got his tickets taken away. How could he handle his anger positively?