Children and Grief

Children's Page - Did someone you love die? Or, did someone you love have to go away?

There are many feelings when someone dies or leaves.  These big feelings are called "grief".  Here are some feelings of grief that you may have.  Other children say they feel this way, too. 

Here are some faces that show some of these feelings.  Which one is most like how you feel today?

THINGS TO DO WHEN BIG FEELINGS ARE IN YOUR HEART

 

RUN OR JOG	JUMP UP AND DOWN	TALK TO SOMEONE	THROW SOMETHING SOFT	PLAY BALL
SCREAM INTO A PILLOW	PUNCH A PILLOW	MAKE A PICTURE	WRITE A STORY	CRY
SING

          

Here are some grief feelings. Do you feel them?

VERY SAD       ANGRY         MAD           SLEEPY      HUNGRY       SILLY         

FORGETFUL       BAD DREAMS        STOMACHACHES        HEADACHES

SCARED      LONELY      CAN'T SLEEP        NOT HUNGRY      HAPPY

WORRIED

ACTIVITIES FOR GRIEF

Click on each of these and print out the pages.

 

ART

 

GRIEF FEELINGS

WHAT HAPPENED

WHERE IT HURTS

BEST MEMORY

 

WRITING

 

PEOPLE WHO CARE

WHAT CHANGED

PAPER CHAIN

YOUR STORY