Calm Quest Coping Worksheet
CALM QUEST
My Coping Skills & Calming Toolkit
Name:
Date:
Step 1: Check In & Reframe the Storm
Circle how your body feels right now:
⚡ Restless
🌪️ Overwhelmed
🔥 Frustrated
🌧️ Sad / Down
☀️ Ready / Steady
🌧️ Stormy Thought:
"I can't do this, it's way too hard!"
➔
🌱 Sunny Power-Up:
"I can take a deep breath and try one step."
Step 2: Try 3 Proven Calming Tools
Box Breath (4x4)
Trace the box with your finger while pacing your breath:
Inhale (4s) ➔ Hold (4s) Exhale (4s) ➔ Pause (4s)
4 • 4 • 4 • 4 Trace 3 times
Slows heart rate & quiets mind
5-4-3-2-1 Radar
Connect with your five senses right around you:
5 Things you can SEE
4 Things you can TOUCH
3 Things you can HEAR
2 Things you can SMELL
1 Thing you LIKE about self
Pulls focus back to the present
Squeeze & Release
Release tension stored in your muscles:
🍋 Lemon Squeeze:
Clench fists super tight like squeezing lemons for 5s... then DROP and let hands go totally floppy!
🐢 Turtle Shell:
Hunch shoulders all the way up to your ears for 5s... then exhale and slide them down!
Releases physical stress energy
Mini Practice: My Grounding Spot Check Write 1 thing you see, 1 thing you hear right now
👀 One thing I see in this room:
👂 One sound I hear right now:
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MY COPING TOOLKIT & PRACTICE
Select Your Strategies • Solve Real Scenarios
Student Copy
Step 3: Build Your Personal Toolkit
Check (✓) all skills you like, then ⭐ star your top 3!
Breathe & Ground
Box Breathing (4x4) 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Hot Cocoa Breath (Cool it) Listen to Calm Music
Think & Express
Positive Self-Talk Mantra Draw / Doodle my Feeling Talk to a Trusted Adult Count Backwards from 20
Move & Release
Squeeze a Stress Ball Wall Push-ups / Stretch Drink a Cold Cup of Water Take a 2-Minute Calm Walk
Step 4: Scenario Detectives (Match & Apply)
Scenario A: The Spelling Test Nervous / Racing Heart
Maya sits down for a test. Her stomach hurts and she thinks, "I'm going to forget every word!"
Which coping skill should Maya use?
What is one positive thought she can tell herself?
Scenario B: The Ruined Project Angry / Clenched Fists
Leo's tall block tower got knocked over accidentally during free time. He feels his face get hot and wants to yell.
What physical release skill can Leo try first?
What calm action can he take next?
Step 5: My Calm Experiment Tracker
Try one skill today and log your results!
1. Before Feeling
😟 😡 😫
(Circle one)
2. Skill I Practiced
3. After Feeling
😌 😊 ✨
(Circle one)
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