CosmoKidz Activities: 31 Scenarios

feeling scared about going to the doctor or dentist

You are going to the dentist or doctor and you know things like that can hurt, so you are feeling scared about going.

1. Do you sometimes feel scared about going to the dentist or the doctor?

2.

Are there other places you may feel scared to go as well?

3.

Who could you talk to about feeling scared to go to the dentist or doctor?

4.

Is it ok to feel scared about going to the dentist or the doctor?

5.

What do you do when you’re scared?

6.

What could the dentist or doctor do to help you feel less scared?

Act A

Talk about a time you were feeling really scared (Get examples.) Show how “feeling scared” looks with your body. Now relax your body. Now talk about a time you felt happy and relaxed. (Examples.) Show how your body looks then. What happens to your shoulders? Your head? Your back? Your feet and legs? What is your breathing like when you are relaxed? How can you help your body to feel more relaxed when you feel scared?

Act B

Now talk about a time you felt happy and relaxed. (Examples.) Show how your body looks then. What happens to your shoulders? Your head? Your back? Your feet and legs? What is your breathing like when you are relaxed? How can you help your body to feel more relaxed when you feel scared?

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You are going to the dentist or doctor and you know things like that can hurt, so you are feeling scared about going.

You are going to the dentist or doctor and you know things like that can hurt, so you are feeling scared about going.

1.

1. Do you sometimes feel scared about going to the dentist or the doctor?

2.

2. Are there other places you may feel scared to go as well?

3.

3. Who could you talk to about feeling scared to go to the dentist or doctor?

4.

4. Is it ok to feel scared about going to the dentist or the doctor?

5.

5. What do you do when you’re scared?

6.

6. What could the dentist or doctor do to help you feel less scared?

Act A

Talk about a time you were feeling really scared (Get examples.) Show how “feeling scared” looks with your body. Now relax your body.

Act B

Now talk about a time you felt happy and relaxed. (Examples.) Show how your body looks then. What happens to your shoulders? Your head? Your back? Your feet and legs? What is your breathing like when you are relaxed? How can you help your body to feel more relaxed when you feel scared?

Click a puppet to change expression.