Bright Spots Thoughts and Feelings: A Sentence Completion Card Game Card Games

My daughter had speech therapy for 2 years and we stopped because it was getting too expensive. So we decided to invest in both sets of these thoughts and feeling cards and it has really helped her continue her speech sessions at home.My 4 year old is a visual learner. She has a difficult time remembering auditory speech. But when something is written with words and pictures, she has a near photographic memory. So these cards are perfect for her. It forces her to think about these questions and using the pictures as guides it makes her use her speech to construct sentences and phrases.Sounds really basic but there's something about flash colorful flash cards that really captures a child's attention. I plan on using these in the junior high classroom environment too. The tweens always gets a kick out of these basic children's cards.

I really like these cards. I am an MFT intern and am constantly (pleasantly) surprised by how effective these cards are with adolescents, as well as with younger clients. Because of their somewhat childish appearance, I thought these cards wouldn't go over well with teens, but this is the most popular tool I use when working with adolescents at an acute behavioral health hospital. I also work with preadolescents at a community mental health clinic, and my clients there love these cards, too. These cards get conversation started and serve as an excellent way to create rapport in both group and individual settings.June 2022Okay, I'm an LMFT in private practice now, and I'm still using the heck out of these cards. I use these with kids and parents, with teens and parents, and with couples. The illustrations appeal across age stages, and the question prompts get people talking! Definitely one of the most-used and most effective tools in my office.

I have found this most helpful when paired with a game such as Candyland. Pairing the cards with a game like Candyland enhances the interest factor for kids. I pick three different colors and let the child know at the beginning that every time someone draws one of those three colors they will also draw a Thoughts and Feelings Card. It's a non threatening way to get quiet kiddos in particular to open up and share. Once they give an answer I can explore the topic more with them if appropriate. The only caution I might offer is that you might want to pre arrange the cards...During one game the first card we drew was "Someone I know who has died is..." This was kind of an intense start to the activity! Other than that, however, the cards offer a great starting point for deeper conversation.

T&F cards arrived exactly as described in the discription. Cards are durable, colorful, providing just enough direction for a child to create insightful response. Excellent addition to my play therapy interventions. Mobile and adjustable for directed therapy. Interesting that I would find these cards on Amazon when I was attempting to create my own interventions. At this quality and value, I hardly need another sentence completion tool.

These cards are a great buy! Sturdy, with beautifully bright colors, they can be used in many settings. Highly recommend!

Worth it have simple ways to have meaningful conversation with my 6yo who is highly intelligent and highly verbal, but struggles with expressing more intense emotions like anger and frustration. It helps us help our small human to process and express their bigger emotions. She even requests to have "table talk" with these cards.Some prompts are also quite eye opening like, " I wish my family would stop...". By listening to our little one for prompts like this really helps us to build a sense of respect for feelings allowing us to build more useful discipline practices and more in tune redirection during those overwhelming emotional moments.These oversized cards are not meant for play time, but rather for family time. They are a little more sturdy than a regular deck cards, which should be plenty strong to last repeated use with supervision.

I am a therapist and work with a lot of children. This game and easy and engaging. It has a variety of uses and kids respond to it. I find a lot of "therapy" games and items are usually too complicated for kids and they lose interest quickly. I like this game because kids can be playing with toys and other items like legos while they can answer these questions. It is helpful for kids that are less engaged in therapy. Love it!

I’m a therapist who works with kids. I’ve used this with very little ones and they love it, I’ve even used it with some older kids and teens as an ice breaker. The cards are nice and thick and brightly illustrated!