Stress Jenga Cards | Family Consumer Science | Relationships

This "stress" game looks at how stress and different life events can impact health.

You will need to purchase jenga sets for this - as many game sets as you want. I purchased mini sets from the dollar store.

Students set up jenga as normal and set the 17 stress cards face down in front of them. Each player in turn will pick a card, read it out, and have pull as many blocks as is written on the card. When the tower falls, students can discuss what was the final stressor that caused the "breakdown". Look at all the stressors they had pulled up to that point and discuss how small and big stressors can build up if you don't have stress relieveing strategies on hand.