A is for art therapy

Created by Bloom Art Therapy to support emotional awareness and creative self-regulation.

What if the ABCs taught kids how to feel, express, and create — not just spell?

This 52-page art therapy-informed alphabet book invites children (ages 3–11) to explore creativity in a way schools often don’t: through emotion, freedom, and joyful messiness. Each letter introduces a playful and meaningful art therapy concept, a new way of looking at art making, followed by a corresponding activity that promotes emotional expression, self-regulation, and artistic courage.

Created by a registered art therapist, this resource can be used in classrooms, therapy spaces, homeschooling environments, or at the kitchen table — wherever imagination lives.

A is for art therapy

• It’s designed by a registered art therapist, adding unique value and credibility.

• It fits both home and classroom use across a wide age range.

• It can be used for weeks or months of SEL and creative learning.

✨ What’s Included:

• 26 activity pages

• Designed for use with:

  • Ages 3–11

  • At home, Classrooms, therapy rooms, homeschool, art studios, or SEL time

  • Resource could also be used by any age as it is an excersize in expressing emotions and learning about about the value in the process of art making, rather than the end result.

Learning Goals:

• Foster emotional regulation and release

• Encourage creative risk-taking and experimentation

• Deconstruct perfectionism through play and process

• Support social-emotional learning (SEL) in inclusive, accessible ways

Instructions for Use:

• Introduce one letter/concept at a time during class, therapy, or morning check-ins

• Invite students to discuss the idea and complete the creative activity

• Encourage freedom, mess, silliness, and honesty — this is not about doing it “right”

• Refrain from using words like, "good" to comment on students work. Try to complement using words to describe the person inside. "That is so creative."

• Use with individuals or small groups- flexible for any setting!

Ideas for Educators & Therapists:

• Use one letter per week in SEL/art lessons

• Start group therapy with a letter and prompt

• Display pages in your classroom or calm-down space

• Pair letters with music, movement, or journaling

• Offer as a “no-pressure” creativity station

This resource is for personal/classroom/clinical use.