Activities

Recognizing Ones Feelings

This activity is for teams and families to use to help children recognise and express their feelings.

Create Your Own Passport

Help kids explore their global identity with this passport activity. There are three pages to print and put together with questions to answer, spaces for photos and things to color in.

What happens when I am angry?

These worksheets are a fun way to introduce emotional regulation—in this case, anger management. You can color together while discussing solutions, and then hang the completed worksheet on the fridge as a reminder.

A long distance hug

This postcard is a fun way to send a hug to your grandparents from your host country or to say goodbye before you leave. Substitute your child’s handprints instead of the hands on the worksheet to customize your postcard!

What makes a house, a home?

How can we help our children process what they are leaving behind and find healthy ways to make a new place feel more like home to them? Use this activity to spark conversation and help them talk about their needs.

Emoji Jar

This activity is a simple way for your family to check in with each other. Once a week, during a time you’ve set aside to spend together, use your emoji jar to have a conversation.

Hug monster

Who do you know who needs a hug? This fun and simple craft allows your TCK to gift a hug to a family member or friend in order to say goodbye.

What do I do when I am sad?

These worksheets are a fun way to introduce emotional regulation—in this case, sadness. You can color together while discussing solutions, and then hang the completed worksheet on the fridge as a reminder.

What do I do when I am anxious?

These worksheets are a fun way to introduce emotional regulation—in this case, anxiety. You can color together while discussing solutions, and then hang the completed worksheet on the fridge as a reminder.

Family Question Jar

Create your own family question jar using these printable. Print and cut out each question and place them in a jar. Once a week or once a day during family meal, prayer time or a shared moment enjoy a family check in using one of the suggested questions. Each day a new person can draw a question out of the jar and read it to the family. Everyone has a chance to answer! This is an easy and creative way to listen to your kids and to learn more about what they are feeling and experiencing.

What Kind of Friend?

This simple activity is a way to talk about friendship with your TCK. Making new friends on the field can be hard. It takes time and often takes becoming “part of the culture” before one is accepted. Research shows that one of the core needs for children to be resilient is to “have supportive friends”.

TCKs of the Bible

Introduce the TCKs of the Bible with these coloring sheets. These coloring pages are a helpful way to help your TCK realize that they are not alone and that even the heroes of the Bible experienced the difficulty of leaving their home to live in a different nation. All of these people from the Bible were under 18 when they left their home country to live in a place that was new and unknown to them. And God was with them, just as God is with our TCKs.

TCK Printable Coloring Pages

Download this pdf file with several pages of printable coloring pages for your TCKs, or choose the ones that are most age appropriate for your family. These coloring pages are just for fun but can also be used to facilitate and start conversations with your TCKs. Use them for a family check in this week!