Grief Spoken Here - Printable PDF

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A Grief Workbook for Children & Teens

Helping Young Hearts Understand, Express, and Carry Their Grief

We don't tell children and teens how grief should feel.

We give them the space and the tools to show us how it feels to them.

Through coloring, drawing, writing, memories, questions, and age-appropriate activities, children, pre-teens, and teens have different ways to express what is already there. Some pages may start a conversation. Others may remain private. 

Both are okay.

Grief can show up in many ways, and children do not always have the words to explain what they are experiencing. Grief Spoken Here gives them ways to explore feelings, memories, questions, anger, guilt, and the things that can be difficult to say out loud.

It also includes pages created specifically for teens, along with free-coloring pages that give their minds and hands somewhere else to go when they need it.

The workbook can be used independently or alongside a parent, caregiver, teacher, counselor, or grief support group.

And sometimes, a page can help the adults who love them understand something a child hasn't been able to put into words.

Inside You'll Find:

• Coloring pages for emotional expression
• Reflection and journaling prompts
• Memory activities
• Feelings exploration
• Conversation starters
• Space for personal creativity
• Pages created specifically for pre-teens and teens
• Free-coloring pages with no questions or prompts

Children and teens can use the workbook in the way that feels most comfortable to them. Some may want to color or write quietly on their own. Others may choose to share a page with a parent, grandparent, caregiver, counselor, teacher, or trusted adult. Both are okay.

Print Only the Pages You Need

With the printable PDF, you can print the pages you need for your own personal or family use. If you have more than one child in your household, each child can have their own set of pages. You may also reprint an activity when your child would like to use it again.

The printable PDF and its pages are for personal or family use only and may not be shared, distributed, resold, or reproduced for others.

Grief Spoken Here isn't about telling a child what grief should look like or how they should feel.

It's about giving them the space and the tools to show us.