It has been said by someone a lot smarter than me, that anger is a secondary emotion. I can honestly say that sometimes I will think I am going to talk to a student about anger, and it becomes a discussion about grief or loss. The quote above describes this perfectly. The last five years, I have noticed that more of our students are dealing with a trauma or loss. Maybe it's not just a death, it could be loss through the breakup of their family through a divorce. As I told my principal last year, each student walking our hallways is dealing with a loss or trauma.
I have found some activities that work well with addressing anger in elementary students. This resource came from Marisa at elementaryschoolcounseling.org and the home teacher.
One day I couldn't find the links to print, so I recreated this and adapted their activities to the following that I could use with elementary students. I will often print and put in a page protector for students to remember their calm down strategies.
Angry Birds Visual with Calm Down Strategies printable
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