Prototype cards for after each game session. Try 5–10 minutes while walking, drawing, or having a snack. A two-minute invitation counts. Your job is to listen, not to get every question answered. These cards are drafts for clinical review.
01 / After Moonwell
We can grieve differently.
“Was there an idea in the game that surprised you? We don’t have to feel the same way.”
Your listening practice
Let your child finish. Reflect one thing you heard before adding your own experience: “It sounds like…”
Avoid correcting a feeling or explaining what they should feel. You can share a small experience of your own without asking your child to look after you.
Two-minute version: “You can talk to me about your person, even if your feelings are different from mine.” Let that be enough.
02 / After Lanternwood
Let them show you.
“Is there one color, feeling, or thing you made that you’d like me to understand?”
Your listening practice
Ask permission, then check your understanding: “Let me see if I’ve got that right…” Your child chooses what to show. The whole picture is not an assignment to explain.
If they say “not today,” try “Okay. I’m here when you want.” Do not guess what a color means.
Two-minute version: Invite your child to show you their companion or garden. Be curious about their creation.
03 / After Starswell
Company through the waves.
“When a hard moment comes, would you like me to listen, sit with you, or help you do something else?”
Your listening practice
Let your child say what helps. A memory can bring comfort, sadness, mixed feelings, or little feeling at all. They do not need to read you anything from the jar.
A hard feeling does not mean the game or your conversation failed. Keep the invitation open without promising that a memory will make the feeling go away.
Two-minute version: Choose one small way to be together during a hard moment. Changing their mind later is okay.
These are invitations, not completion checks. Stickers and keepsakes do not depend on how much a child shares. Plans written here are not saved; print the filled cards or write on paper.