Child Grief Support
Books & Videos You
  Might Like
Your Brother or Sister
  Has Died
Things You Can Do
    Remember
    Scribble Drawings
    Make A Collage
    Things For Adults to
       Do With Kids
The Journey
Children and Adult Bereavement Remembering Our Dead

Play:
  • Talk about what happened using a doll house, puppets, stuffed animals, phone
  • Run, jump, play on big equipment to get stored up energy out
Art
  • drawing
  • painting
  • clay
  • take pictures
Music
  • write songs
  • play songs
  • listen to music
Storytelling/Reading
  • reading stories about the person who died
  • telling stories to each other about the person who died
  • reading stories/books together
  • create your own life story
Writing
  • letter to the person who died
  • write a letter from the person who died to you
  • make a wish list
  • write in a feelings journal
  • write poems about feelings or memories
Creative Expression
  • let go a balloon with a note in it
  • create a scrapbook of favorite memories
  • make something to leave at the grave side
  • work on a memories quilt together
  • start a memory box
When the child shows you something they have made or done, encourage them to tell you more about it. For example, "I see you drew a picture. Tell me more about it. What does this mean to you?"

Allow the child to be your teacher. Having a dialogue with the child about their expressions of grief allows healing to occur.