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AMBER Character Strength & Positive Affirmation Card Set
Connect – Ponder – Reflect – Take Action
Absolutely everyone, including you and your friends, have their own set of character strengths to be discovered, valued and used. Evidence suggests that recognising your own character strengths and using them daily can help you build a happier, more meaningful life and increase a sense of self-worth. The strengths range from bravery and forgiveness to integrity and gratitude and the Amber Approach covers Anchor Move, Breathe Express and Relax.
Fresh Minds Education have created a full set of Character Strengths and Positive Affirmation cards for you. This card set; 1. Fortifies your inner AMBER through tools and techniques 2. Builds Character Strengths 3. Develops critical thinking through Pondering Thought Quotes 4. Creates opportunities for Self-Reflection 5. Encourages Personal Action Your Card set includes: 36 AMBER Approach & Character Strengths Cards Each card is beautifully illustrated with a character strength on one side and a quote with reflective questions on the other. You can use this card set in any way you find helpful, there really are no rules.- Why not pull a card each day either randomly, or go through in order?
- Connect with the card artwork, what does it say to you?
- Ponder the Positive Thought. Reflect on what this means for you and take personal action. After all, there is no change without personal action.
- Explore your top five strengths and celebrate them?
- Ask you friends to choose their own top five? What did they pick?
- Have fun picking your friends or family members character strengths
- Take action on building your strengths up through the instruction on each card.
RESOURCE For teachers, youth workers and educators:
- This Card set can be used to help you discuss character strengths with young people and how to apply character strengths to boost resilience, support others and help us overcome life’s inevitable challenges. They help young people understand why everyone is different and how to appreciate those differences.
- In this card set there are a number of cards that will support you to learn how to AMBER, practicing the five steps regularly will help build your resilience and strengthen your mental health.
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Like to doodle real or imagined animals? Go ahead! Fantasy cityscapes? Do it! Words and Letters? Make your mark! Random patterns; swirly or geometric? Be our guest! Of course, if doodling isn’t your thing, use your pen to record your thoughts, feelings, ideas or even poems and that next big film script! Encourage your pen to wander. Drawing and mark making is a proven way of helping you relax and be in the moment, so #Paws4Thought and connect with your creative side. -
Brighter Days A6 Notebook A little pocket-sized ray of sunshine with Fresh Minds brighter days branding and theme. Children can freely capture thoughts, stories and ideas. Perfect for younger and older children with a combination of lined and unlined pages. Every dream starts with a little plan… every great novel started with a first sentence. Enjoy!
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Free to Be Me Song Card
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If you are looking for a great way for families to connect and spend some time together on mindful activities – the Strong Like A Mountain Resource for Mindful Kids is ideal! What’s in The Strong Like A Mountain Resource for Mindful Kids- 21cm x 21cm Nature themed colouring book themed on the Fresh Minds Song ‘Strong Like A Mountain’
- Strong Like A Mountain Positive Affirmations throughout
- Link to Private Website Page with teaching video of Strong Like A Mountain and other downloadable resources related to the themes of mindfulness – we are currently uploading some Take 5 themed activities
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A daily check in on how you feel because YOUR MOOD MATTERS! Did you know that feelings are not thoughts and that they can live anywhere inside of your body! Its totally possible to not know how you feel but to notice where you feel it! Most feelings will have a colour too, notice what colour your feelings are and where they are hiding out inside of your body and then think about how you might AMBER to make your body feel oh so much better! -
Write it down to get it out...rip it, bin it, let it go! A6 Tear Pad encouraging you to 'get it out' -
What's behind my muddled mind? A4 scratch card activity -
The 'My Rainbow Life' Worksheet allows you to match up a feeling, action or emotion with association of colours.
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A3 Vision Board
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An A5 piece of wall art for you inspired by the Free To Be Me Movement! The simple message reminds you that we are free to be ourselves but yet we can still unite as a ‘we’. Why not display this art print somewhere where you’ll see it first thing in the morning or last thing at night or somewhere for all the family to enjoy.
