Session 1: Introductions, getting to know activity, group rules, topic discussion, decorate folders.
Session 2: Read Wilma Jean the Worry Machine. Students fill out page 5 from the Activity Guide (What Are You Worried About?). Arrange worries from in order from biggest to smallest.
Session 3: Discussion about worries that you can control and worries that you can't control. Fill out page 6 from the Activity Guide.
Session 4: I Feel It Here (Page 7 in the Activity Guide). Discussion: When you worry about something, where can you feel it? Discussion on how are body feels when we are worried.
Session 5: Thoughts and Feelings (Page 8 in the Activity Guide). Discussion: Thoughts effect feelings. Discussion: How can we change our thoughts? Positive self-talk practice.
Session 6: How Do You Feel? (Page 9 in the Activity Guide).
Session 7: Strategies: pages 10-13 in the Activity Guide or Worry Dolls, Worry Stones, Square Breathing, Figure 8 Breathing, Worry Box.
Session 9: What Are They Worried About (page 22 in the Activity Guide) or "Stick It" To Your Worries (page 24 in the Activity Guide).
Session 10: Worry-Free T-Shirt (page 19 in the Activity Guide) and Root Beer Worry Floats (page 10 in Activity Guide).
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