The Tiger Cloud Kit (6–11 year olds)

The Tiger Cloud Kit contains:

Cancer Care Pathway People
A paper-chain cut-out showing all the different types of healthcare professionals who look after people with cancer.

What is Cancer? Book
A book covering the basics of cell biology and cancer growth together with a guide to the main treatments, scans, and tests given to a cancer patient, as well as common side-effects associated with treatment. It includes photos of equipment and various other items found in a hospital.

School Letter
A template to inform the school about a parent who has been diagnosed with cancer.

Calendar
A calendar with stickers that can highlight treatment days, as well as family days together, or regular school events.

The Feelings Tree
A free standing tree with emotion ‘leaves’ to cut out and stick on the branches.

Children’s Booklet
A guide to understanding the changes in feelings and relationships that can be experienced when a parent has cancer.

Parent’s Booklet
A guide to help a parent support a child aged between 6-11 yrs affected by parental cancer.

Communication Ideas
Different suggestions for ways to improve communication within a family.

Comic Story Book
A story about a boy accompanying his mum to her chemotherapy appointment.

How Can I Help?
Suggestions of age-appropriate tasks for children to do around the house.

What Am I Good At?
A way to celebrate different talents a child may have.

Pocket Friend
A comfort pebble to put in a pocket.

Cell Models
Models showing both normal cell growth and abnormal cell growth (cancer).

Deck of Question Cards
A deck of 52 cards with a different question (with answer) about cancer, feelings, or lifestyle changes on each card.

Worry Box
A cardboard box for children to construct, where they can post their worries and concerns.

Family Games
A list of games for the family to play that require little physical energy.

Happy List
A place to pin ideas of fun experiences for the family to do in the future.

Apollo the Tiger
A small soft tiger in a box.

Treatment Board Game
A game that explores what happens when a person is treated for cancer.

Worry Chatterboxes
A creative way for a child to share their worries and fears.

Daily Time Table
A time table that helps divide up the day from morning until bedtime. Includes magnets so they can be stuck on the fridge.

Body Map
A map of the many organs and tissues we have in our body, to show where a cancer tumour is located.