Emotional Resilience

Helping TCKs Name, Understand, and Grow Through Their Feelings

What Are the Emotional Resilience Monsters?

Meet our friendly Emotional Resilience Monsters — a set of colourful, printable cards designed to help Third Culture Kids (TCKs) explore and express their emotions in healthy, faith-filled ways.

Each monster represents a different feeling — from Joy to Worry, Excitement to Loneliness, Bravery to Sadness — giving children language and imagery to name what’s happening inside.

These cards bring emotional learning to life through creativity, humour, and faith reflection — helping kids see that every emotion belongs, and that God can meet them in each one.

Why Emotional Resilience Matters for TCKs

Growing up between cultures, TCKs experience change constantly — new schools, languages, friendships, and goodbyes.
Without tools to process those transitions, emotions can feel big, confusing, or even hidden.

The Monster Cards make emotional conversations fun and accessible:

  • 🧩 Give emotions a face and name

  • 💬 Start family or classroom conversations

  • 🎨 Use play and creativity to reduce emotional overwhelm

  • ✝️ Integrate faith — learning that feelings aren’t “good” or “bad,” they’re opportunities to connect with God and others

How to Use the Monster Cards

You can print, cut, and use the Emotional Resilience Monsters in countless ways!

For Families:

  • Draw a card at dinner or bedtime and ask, “When did you feel like this today?”

  • Use them during a move to talk about big emotions like fear, excitement, or sadness.

For Teachers, Counsellors & Mission Teams:

  • Create a “Feelings Wall” or “Monster Corner” where students can post their daily emotions.

  • Pair cards with journaling or prayer activities.

What’s Included

Each Emotional Resilience Monsters Set gives families, teachers, and TCK care teams everything they need to help children name, understand, and grow through their emotions — with faith at the heart of it all.

Inside the set you’ll find:

  • 👾 51 printable Monster Cards — each featuring a unique emotion, name, and friendly illustrated character to help kids connect with feelings visually.

  • 🎡 Feeling Wheel — a colourful chart that helps children explore the range of emotions (and see how feelings are connected).

  • 📊 Feeling Chart — simple emotional chart to have on your wall

💡 Printing Options

You can:

  • Print at home on cardstock or laminate for long-term use.

  • Or print as 6x4 photo prints (each card fits perfectly) for vibrant, durable cards kids love to hold.

🖨️ Tip: Printing as photo cards gives you beautiful color and texture — great for classrooms, family tables, or travel kits!