Price: $15.95
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Product Description
TOTIKA PICK-UP STICKS AND EARLY CHILDHOOD SOCIAL EMOTIONAL CARD DECK
TOTIKA THERAPY GAMES AND CARDS HAVE BEEN TRUSTED THERAPEUTIC RESOURCES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT & MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND COMMUNITIES SINCE 2003
Totika Early Childhood Social Emotional Deck Sample Questions:
Do all people feel sad sometimes? How do you know?
What does your body look like when you are brave because you are trying not to be scared?
Do you ever feel mad at an adult? What do you say to them when you feel that way?
I cry a lot when I am sad. Sometimes it is hard to stop. How do you help yourself stop crying?
What does it look like when someone is giggling? How do they feel?
If a friend is playing with a toy you like, how can you let them know you are waiting?
Totika Therapy Game Card Decks…
Helps children and teens understand themselves on a deeper level with thought-provoking open-ended therapeutic questionsWith a DOZEN DIFFERENT CARD DECKS available containing over 2,000 questionsFun games of skill create fun comfortable groups, which leads to healing and supportive conversations
PLAYING TOTIKA STICKS
Quick Set Up and Play
Remove sticks from game bag, hold all sticks in one hand about six inches above the play surface and open the hand to allow sticks to drop in a mixed up pile
Use the Mikado Stick
The natural wood stick is called a Mikadoa and it is used on each turn…slide one end under a colored stick and use Mikado to “flick” the colored stick off the stack without disturbing any other sticks
Pick a Stick, Ask a Question
Each time a player successfully removes a colored stick, they pick a card and ask any other player the same colored question
Add Totika Cube and Blank Cards
The soft, foam stuffed 3-inch Totika Cube and blank cards are the perfect addition to Totika Sticks for this age group
Totika Early Childhood Social Emotional Card Deck – A Game to Promote Discussions about Anger, Sadness, Fear and Happiness & Friendships
EFFECTIVE PLAY THERAPY GAME: Includes 188 questions, scenarios and prompts to help young children talk about feelings, start developing coping skills and nurture friendships
QUESTIONS AND PROMPTS: Games of skill create fun sessions, which allow people to relax, open up, answer questions more thoughtfully, share and support one another
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL QUESTION CARDS MAY BE PLAYED WITH ANY TOTIKA THERAPY GAME
PLUNKTIKA – a stick and marble plunk game
Take turns pulling sticks while trying not to plunk the marbles out of the tower, win by having the least marbles at end of round!
Players: 2 to 8
TOTIKA KOHATU – a wood rock stacking game
Take turns rolling the die, stacking a rock of the rolled color, lose by knocking over the stack or win by stacking the last rock!
Players: 2 to 6
TOTIKA CUBE – an indoor safe soft square foam stuffed rolling or tossing dice
Roll the Cube, pick card, ask the question of
the color rolled OR make it a toss and catch game by tossing to next player who looks under their dominant catching hand to identify the color!
Players: 2 to 8
Totika Sticks take the game of pickup to the next level with question cards designed for ages 4-7
Pick a stick then pick a card and ask the same color question. The Early Childhood Social Emotional deck includes 188 questions and prompts to get kids talking and learning about anger, fear, sadness and happiness.
Questions written by an early childhood educator with 20 years experience and a Master Degree in Early Childhood Special Education. Comes with a cotton game bag for storage and easy transport as it weighs less than 1 pound.
Not appropriate for those with intellectual or developmental disabilities of any age