“Show Your Colors, Feel Your Calm”
August 8, 2025
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Instructions:
- Draw a Peacock Spider on one side of the paper and a Sloth on the other.
- Around the peacock spider, write emotions you feel excited to express (e.g., happy, creative, brave).
- Around the sloth, write emotions you need to slow down and sit with (e.g., sad, stressed, tired).
- Choose one “expressive” emotion and one “mindful” emotion to explore deeper. Write or draw how that emotion feels inside your body.
- Take 2 minutes of quiet time to sit like a sloth—no talking, just breathing.
Goal: Learn to balance being expressive (like the peacock spider) with being mindful and calm (like the sloth).
🎭 Fun Emotional Scenarios: “Spider or Sloth?”
Read the situations below and decide if you’d rather respond like a Peacock Spider (Expressive) or a Sloth (Mindful). Then, act it out or journal your response!
Scenario 1:
Your team just won a big game at school!
🕷️ Do you jump up, cheer, and share your joy?
🦥 Or do you sit back and quietly soak in the moment?
Scenario 2:
Your friend said something that hurt your feelings.
🕷️ Do you speak up respectfully and express your feelings?
🦥 Or do you take time to reflect before responding?
Scenario 3:
You’re feeling anxious about a test tomorrow.
🕷️ Do you make a motivational poster and pump yourself up?
🦥 Or do you practice breathing and calming thoughts?
Scenario 4:
You got a surprise note saying, “You are awesome!”
🕷️ Do you smile, show the class, and say thank you loudly?
🦥 Or do you keep the note close and let it make your day better quietly?
🌈 CLOSING REFLECTION:
The peacock spider teaches us to be expressive and show who we are.
The sloth reminds us to slow down and be mindful of how we feel.
🗣️ Journal Prompt:
Write one way you’ll express your feelings this week (like the spider), and one way you’ll slow down and check in with yourself (like the sloth).
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