Hello, Peace Card Deck

Hello, Peace Card Deckicon

by Jessica Sinarski

Publisher
National Center for Youth Issues
Publication
Feb 19, 2026
Format
Paperback/Softback
Illustrated
Yes
Price
$16.95
Dimensions
4.5 x 1.75 x 4.5 in
ISBN
978-1965066287
ASIN
1965066283
Pages
40
Age
10 - 12 years
Category
Character DevelopmentHealth & Daily LivingPsychology

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Description

40 Skill-Building Cards for Emotional Awareness, Empathy, and Cooperation

Kids are growing up in a fast-paced, noisy world. The Hello, Peace card deck creates space to slow down, connect, and practice navigating big feelings—together.

Hello, Peace is a 40-card game designed to help children ages 8+ build emotional awareness, empathy, and everyday problem-solving skills through guided play. Using age-appropriate reflection prompts and playful challenges, kids pause, imagine, move, and engage in meaningful connection with others.

Players work toward a shared goal by revealing one letter at a time to spell HELLO PEACE, reinforcing cooperation, perspective-taking, and shared success along the way.

Skill-Building Categories

  • The Whole Story - Seeing the bigger picture behind behavior and feelings
  • Inside the Backpack - Exploring worries, thoughts, and experiences kids carry
  • Bright Thought Bookmarks - Practicing flexible thinking and encouraging self-talk
  • Let's Press Pause - Using breathing, movement, and mindfulness strategies
  • All Play - Building belonging and connection through group activities

Key Features

  • Emotional skill-building through play
  • Real-life, relatable prompts
  • Five skill-building categories
  • Flexible for classrooms, counseling, and home use
  • Designed for ages 8-14

Flexible for Every Setting

Hello, Peace adapts easily to classrooms, counseling groups, therapy sessions, family game nights, and small-group settings. Use it as a full game, a quick conversation starter, a journaling prompt, or a brief brain break.

Author(s)

Jessica Sinarski

Jessica Sinarski

Jessica Sinarski, LPCMH is an author, speaker, and instigator of hope. Weaving user-friendly brain science into everything she does, Jessica ignites both passion and know-how in audiences. Extensive post-graduate training and 15+ years as a clinician and educator led her to create the resource and training platform–BraveBrains. She partners with school districts and child welfare agencies around the world to unlock resilience in children and adults alike.  Jessica makes social emotional learning (SEL) practical, equipping parents and professionals with deeply trauma-informed tools. She is the author of numerous books including, Your Amazing Brain, the award-winning Riley the Brave series, and Light Up the Learning Brain. She also shares her expertise as a contributor to magazines, blogs, and podcasts. Jessica lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and three busy boys. Jessica was awarded the national Voice for Adoption Drenda Lakin Memorial Award in 2021 in recognition of her valuable post-placement support and services to families who have achieved permanence for children in the child welfare system. Compelled by her work with foster, adoptive, and kinship families in the South Bronx of New York, Jessica became a Certified Adoption Therapist in 2008 through Hunter College School of Social Work and began an adoption therapy program at her local agency. She earned a master’s degree from Boston College in Counseling Psychology following a B.A. in Psychology and Spanish from Taylor University.

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