Strategy cards can calm a classroom, engage students and encourage active listening through creativity and reflective thought.
Sensory kits take your classroom to the next level by pairing your strategy cards with physical activities for students to take action right away.
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Strategy Cards
Confidence
De-escalation
Resilience
Strength
Card Activities
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Confidence
Confidence Cards
There’s 50 cards in this pack!
Lucky Dip
Students sit in a circle. One student picks a random confidence card and reads it aloud.
– The Challenge:
Everyone must complete or demonstrate the prompt (e.g. Say one thing you’re proud of, Try a power pose, Share a small win).
– Why it works:
Low-pressure, high-impact confidence boosters.
Poster Crew
In small groups, students pick 3–5 confidence cards and design a How We Show Confidence poster for the classroom.
– Outcome:
Student-created displays they are more likely to use and believe in.
– Why it works:
Allows students to tap into their creative thinking to gain confidence.
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De-escalation
De-escalation Cards
There’s 50 cards in this pack!
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Match the Moment
Give students scenario cards (e.g. I lost my pencil, Someone pushed in, I feel overwhelmed with work).
Students choose a de-escalation card that best fits the scenario and explain why.
– Extension:
Debate which strategy is most effective and why.
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Challenge Relay
Set up 3 stations, each with a handful of cards.
Teams rotate through the stations completing the strategy on the top card.
– Goal:
Work together and stay calm while moving.
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Resilience
Resilience Cards
Resilience cards can help students build resilience through class engagement, critical thinking and situational reflection.
There’s 50 cards in this pack!
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Teach the Teacher
A student becomes the resilience coach!
They choose a card and run a short demonstration or explanation for the class (Here’s how we reset when we’re stuck).
– Why it works:
Reinforces understanding through teaching.
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Bounce-Back Countdown
Choose a resilience strategy card and set a 30–60 second timer.
Students silently do the strategy (e.g. grounding technique, positive reframing, breathing reset).
– Use anytime:
Before assessments, after conflict, or during transitions.
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Add Sensory kits to your game plan here and take your classroom to the next level by pairing your strategy cards with sensory activities for students to take action right away!
Strength
Strength Cards
Strength cards can help students identify their strengths through activities, critical thinking and reflective thought.
There’s 50 cards in this pack!
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Pass the Strength
Play music. Students pass the cards around.
When the music stops, whoever is holding the deck draws the top card and must:
– describe that strength
– give a real-life example or identify a peer who demonstrates it
– Why it works:
Quick, fun, low pressure.
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Action Relay
Set up 3 stations with different strength cards.
Teams rotate through each station doing a mini activity:
– Creativity: invent a new object
– Teamwork: complete a puzzle
– Leadership: give directions for a simple task
– Great for:
Movement and the student’s mindset.
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Add Sensory kits to your game plan here and take your classroom to the next level by pairing your strategy cards with physical activities for students to take action right away!