Students will need a journal (journal, notebook, homemade journal with folded paper and staples, etc) or paper to write on. Students will also need a pen or pencil and things to color pictures with (crayons, colored pencils, or markers). Students can use things like stickers or stamps to decorate their journals or use in their projects if they want, but it is not required. Students will also need materials for their creative projects, but the students choose what they are going to do for their project (poem, video, colored picture, sculpture, etc), so materials will vary with different students. 

Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

This class is focused on emotions, so other students may share uncomfortable experiences about their emotions. However, the purpose of this class is to focus on coping techniques for emotions rather than the emotion, so the projects and discussions will be more focused on the techniques to help emotions rather than stories or experiences about the emotion.  The class is intended to be a safe space, so students will never be forced or persuaded to share personal experiences, or anything that may make them feel uncomfortable. Additionally, the instructor will work to ensure that no students become uncomfortable because of any content shared by other students. Since this class is not live, the flex design of this class makes the sharing content more limited, so it is easier to filter/monitor for materials that could be sensitive for other students. I work as a mental health counselor in an elementary school, so I have had many experiences with kids talking about their big and small emotions in group or individual settings. If there is a student who talks about something that could be sensitive, I will validate their emotion, and help guide the discussion or activity to the coping techniques, so the class does not focus on the experience or story.