Time4Me is a compassionate and interactive workbook designed to help children process grief and express their emotions after the loss of a loved one. This resource provides a safe space for children to explore their thoughts, memories, and feelings while receiving gentle guidance on understanding death and bereavement. Through creative activities, storytelling, and reflection, children can begin their healing journey with the support of trusted adults.
What’s Inside?
- A Personalised Space for Expression – Encourages children to write, draw, and share memories of their special person in their own way.
- Understanding Feelings of Grief – Helps children recognise emotions like sadness, anger, and confusion, showing that these feelings are normal.
- Remembering a Loved One – Provides prompts to recall happy memories, tell stories, and explore how their loved one continues to be part of their life.
- Explaining Death in Simple Terms – Uses gentle, age-appropriate language to help children understand that death means a person’s body has stopped working.
- Tears and Talking About Feelings – Encourages children to express sadness and find comfort in talking to trusted adults.
- Who Helps and Loves Me – Helps children identify their support network and the people they can talk to when they feel overwhelmed.
- Creative Activities for Healing – Drawing prompts, memory pages, and reflection exercises allow children to process their grief in a personal way.
- Addressing Feelings of Guilt and Control – Reassures children that death is not their fault and that some things are beyond human control.
Practical Ways to Use This Resource
- One-on-One Support with a Trusted Adult – Parents, carers, or counsellors can guide children through the workbook at their own pace.
- Therapeutic Use in Grief Counselling – Counselors and therapists can incorporate the activities into bereavement sessions to help children process emotions.
- School and Group Support – Teachers or support workers can use this resource with children who have lost a loved one, providing a structured way to discuss grief.
- Personal Reflection – Children can use this book independently to draw, write, and revisit memories whenever they need comfort.
- Family Discussion Tool – Helps families talk openly about grief and share memories of a loved one in a supportive environment.
Who Can Benefit from This Workbook?
Ideal for children who have lost a parent, sibling, grandparent, or other loved one, Time4Me provides a gentle and reassuring way to navigate grief. It is a valuable tool for parents, caregivers, teachers, and therapists looking to support a grieving child. By offering a creative outlet for expression and fostering meaningful conversations, Time4Me helps children understand their emotions, honour their loved one’s memory, and develop coping strategies for the future.
