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No, neither the Happy Cards nor the Youth Activity Interest Cards are assessment tools.  They are conversation tools and can be used flexibly - however works best for you. The cards are designed to help find out the types of activities a child likes to do.

Just as important as knowing what makes you happy, is knowing what you do not enjoy. The Happy Cards can be used for that too, and give children a voice in expressing their likes and dislikes.

They are designed to be used with children aged between 5-10 years and the photos generally depict children in this broad age group. However, they have been successfully used with younger children with extra support.  

Rules of Play can be used with any card or board game. They are especially useful when playing a game such as Uno when there can be different interpretations of the rules.

Before playing a round with young children, I usually go through the Rules of Play with them, discuss if we are going to use the “Pick up, put down” rule or not, and if we are, then place that card face up as a reminder that this rule is allowed. Another contentious rule can be whether a wild card is allowed to be placed on top of a wild card. If this is made clear at the beginning, most children are able to accept it.

If some children often have difficulty coping with losing or tend to crow about winning, I go through the cards related to that e.g. “Someone is always going to win. Someone is always going to lose. Both need to be kind.” Or simply “No insults.”

Some children respond better to the warning card (plain yellow) or the red card (time out).

Some children love being creative and this is an opportunity to make up your own rules!

Or replace one if it is lost or destroyed.

Inspired by sport, and universally recognised, the yellow card and red card can act as very simple and wordless reminders about playing by the rules.