Let’s talk

about feelings!
The Mental Health Association in North Carolina is dedicated Children’s activity booklet
to promoting mental health, preventing mental disorders and promoting good mental health.
eliminating discrimination against people with mental illnesses.

For more information on

feelings and feeling good,
contact us.
Mental Health Association
in North Carolina
3820 Bland Road
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone 919-981-0740
Toll Free 800-897-7494
Fax 919-954-7238
www.mha-nc.org

Mental
Health
Association in
North Mental Health Association in North Carolina
Carolina
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Draw a line from the face on the left to the feeling on

the right that you think best describes it! Answers (continued)
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Any words that you could
J I O P S K D N O X Q I E P L think of would be right for
this activity. Here are 22
E X C I T E D U J A N V B E F words that would work.
D A M T C L E R L E Z S R L U Heal Ate
SAD W A S H A P P Y G L J R C S R
Meal
Teal
Lane
Mane
D E U R F R N W D C O E A U I Math Hall
The Mall
S R H I R L O N E L Y D W T O That Then
Neat Men
T T O L A T H O P E F U L A U
Heat Lent
ANGRY A R P L I J B D A G U H X N S Meat
Late
Meant
Male
M N T E D X T W D A L S F L J Mate Tale
Q U G D O A C O N P N I A Q Y
H P E R B S U R P R I S E D N Page 7
C T D G Y L M R N O L E M A K 1. Play with your friends.
2. Draw nice pictures.
HAPPY V R U Q A N X I O U S L P L X 3. Talk about your
feelings today.
A I F R E G A E R D W Q Z G O 4. Write about your days.
O J S K V S Z D E D N E F F O 5. Help someone.

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There are no wrong answers!
Remember: You are never too young to pay attention to your mental health!!
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Do this crossword to find out how you can take care of your mental health.
Answers 1 2

Choose from these words

Page 1
bake
HAPPY SURPRISED 3 4
friend
laugh
jump
SAD ANGRY 5 6
book
7 note
9
join
Page 2 Page 3 hiking
F E E L
No matter your age, 8
play
Be mentally healthy every day,
R A Take time for yourself, 10 bed
I B U B B L E And let everything else fade away. spend
E G A bubble
N H I K I N G feel
B E D E O smell
O T P Page 4
O S M E L L There are no wrong answers to this
K activity! Words that you might have ACROSS DOWN
J U M P A 1 Tell others how you _____ on the inside 1 Play with a _____
used are happy, sad, scared, excited,
O E Y loving, safe, troubled, etc. 3 Take a warm _____ bath 2 Have a good belly _____
I N 5 Go _____ in the woods with your family 4 _____ cookies with your parents
7 Go to _____ on time every night 6 Write a nice _____ to someone
N D 8 _____ a pretty flower 7 Read a good _____
10 _____ in a pile of leaves 8 _____ time with your family
9 _____ with your pet
10 _____ a club or sports team
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Here is a poem to remind everyone to be mentally healthy. Use the secret Let’s see how you take care of your mental health.
code to figure out the message. Answer the following questions to see how you stay happy and healthy.

What’s your favorite thing to do?

W V F R J J P A I V S A R L P,

________________________________________________________

X P F P W J R G G I K P R G J K I P O P A I Q R I, How do you help your family around your house?

________________________________________________________

J R H P J Y F P M V A I V S A U P G M,
When was the last time that you helped someone do something?
________________________________________________________

R W Q G P J P O P A I J K Y W L P G U P M R Q P R N R I!

________________________________________________________
Do you tell your family you love them?

A = R G = L M = F T = J
B = X H = K N = W U = S
C = Z I = Y O = V V = O Do you like to get great big hugs?
D = Q J = T P = E W= N
E = P K = H Q = D X = B
F = M L = G R = A Y = I
S = U Z = C
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Unscramble the words in each sentence to find out how you can take care of Complete the sentence with a feeling that best describes how you feel at
your mental health. different times. There are no wrong answers to these statements.
*Try not to use the same feeling more than once.*
1. LPYA IHWT OYRU INSFERD.

_____________________________________________________ 1. On the first day of school, I feel ____________________.

2. __________________ is how I feel when I stub my toe.

2. WADR CIEN IPRCUSET.
3. When I am playing with my friends, I feel __________________.
_____________________________________________________
4. I don’t like it when I feel __________________.
3. AKTL BATOU ORUY EEFLIGNS DYTOA.
5. I like it when I feel __________________.

_____________________________________________________
6. I feel __________________ in the dark.

4. RTEWI BUTOA OYUR YSDA. 7. When it is Friday, I feel __________________.

_____________________________________________________ 8. I feel _________________ when I am with my family.

9. When I do all my homework, I feel _________________.

5. LHPE OENSMEO.
10. Sometimes I feel __________________.
___________________________________________
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Find the words at the bottom of the page in the word search below to Use the letters in MENTAL HEALTH to spell as many words as you can.
identify your feelings. Words can be located horizontally, vertically, HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES TO GET YOU STARTED:
diagonally and backwards.
TALL, LEAN, MEN, TENT
J I O P S K D N O X Q I E P L
E X C I T E D U J A N V B E F _______________________________ _______________________________
D A M T C L E R L E Z S R L U
_______________________________ _______________________________
W A S H A P P Y G L J R C S R
_______________________________ _______________________________
D E U R F R N W D C O E A U I
S R H I R L O N E L Y D W T O _______________________________ _______________________________

T T O L A T H O P E F U L A U _______________________________ _______________________________
A R P L I J B D A G U H X N S _______________________________ _______________________________
M N T E D X T W D A L S F L J
_______________________________ _______________________________
Q U G D O A C O N P N I A Q Y
_______________________________ _______________________________
H P E R B S U R P R I S E D N
C T D G Y L M R N O L E M A K _______________________________ _______________________________

V R U Q A N X I O U S L P L X _______________________________ _______________________________
A I F R E G A E R D W Q Z G O
_______________________________ _______________________________
O J S K V S Z D E D N E F F O
FEELINGS
HAPPY HURT ANGRY EXCITED THRILLED
SAD WORRIED SURPRISED PROUD ANXIOUS
MAD HOPEFUL LONELY GLAD JOYFUL
AFRAID DULL FURIOUS OFFENDED EAGER