Stress Discovery Channel: Animals Concept

On the border of the poster, you can find different characteristics that can be linked to animals. Each characteristic has a coloured border. The characteristics with the same-coloured border, belong to the same category. The icons are depicting (starting from top left clockwise):

• Green = habitat: mountains, desert, grassland, jungle, cave, river/lake, forest, beach, sea, ice, house, barn, meadow
• Pink = diet: plants, meat
• Yellow = biorhythm: day, night
• Orange = features: beak, fur, scales, claws, feathers, shell, horns, hooves, sharp teeth, 4 paws, 2 paws, no paws
• Grey = colours: spots, stripes, multicolour, white, grey, black, blue, purple, pink, brown, green, yellow, orange, red
• Light blue = size: big, medium, small
• Brown = locomotion: crawling on land, jumping, climbing, flying, walking on land, digging holes, swimming
• Red = strength: weak, strong
• Blue = speed: fast, intermediate, slow

The centre of the poster depicts different animals with different stress reactions. The animals depicted and their stress responses are:

• Fight (chipmunk, eagle, lions, kangaroos, chimpanzee, chickens)
• Flight (turtle, hedgehog, sloth, cheetah)
• Freeze (bear, ducks, gorilla, rhino, flamingo)
• Fawn (dog, camels, peacocks, deer, otters, donkey)
• Other (bison, wolf, snake, polar bear, pigeon, shark, meerkat, giraffe, bunny, toucans, owl, cat, black panther, koala, llama, panda, red panda, lemur, ostrich, penguin, horse, argali, elephant, fox, skunk, cuttlefish)
• No stress reaction (bat, red crab, ladybug, mouse, killer whale, seal, eagle ray, chameleon, red frog, purple frog, purple hermit crab, parrot, scarlet ibis, crocodile, sea star)

This game is part of the Trauma-Informed Youth Work toolkit, which is designed to create a safe, supportive environment for all participants by acknowledging the impact of trauma on young people and fostering trust and empowerment. By incorporating activities that use indirect methods to explore emotions and behaviours, the toolkit makes sensitive topics more accessible and less intimidating, especially for younger audiences. The teamwork aspects of these activities foster collaboration and support, aligning with trauma-informed principles. This approach promotes healing, resilience, and positive development in every youth engaged, while emphasizing emotional awareness and understanding.

Source: Concept Kids Animals

Role reversal: Only one player chooses an animal, and the other players all have to guess which animal he has chosen. This player can give clues by placing bottle caps on the features.

• Learn about animals and their behaviour.
• Describe animals using animal characteristics.