Mental Health
Activities

Mental relaxation is important for maintaining a healthy perspective, reducing stress, and keeping you solution-focused.
You will be more efficient and effective.

• Limit your exposure to the news through all forms: tv, newspaper, social media, etc. Continually watching what is going on in the world can be overwhelming.

• Utilize the Calm app.

• Take frequent breaks from your school work.

• Work on a jigsaw puzzle.

• Practice mindfulness.

• Take deep breaths.

• Read a book.

• Learn to play the guitar for free.

• Read a book outside.

• Go out into nature.

• Go to a park and look at the shapes of clouds.

• Look at the stars and moon at night.

• Write in a journal.

• Bake cookies.

• Write a thank you card to someone who doesn’t expect one.

• Take a break from social media.

• Take a virtual tour of a museum.

  • • National History Museum

    • Metropolitan Museum of Art

    • National Constitution Center

    • Ellis Island

    • The Louvre

• Listen to a different form of music than you are used to listening to.

• Write a card to a distant family member or friend.

• Call a grandparent or old friend.

• Watch wildlife while in nature.

• Watch animals:

  • • National Aquarium

    • San Diego Zoo

    • African Animals

    • Raptors

• Take a virtual tour of famous places:

  • • The White House

    • The Great Wall of China

    • Easter Island

    • Vietnam’s Son Doong Cave (World’s Largest Cave)

    • Ancient Egypt

    • Mars

    • Great Lakes

    • Mount Everest

• Places you can tour virtually via Google street view. (https://artsandculture.google.com/project/street-view)

• Go fishing.

• Draw, doodle, paint or color.

• Chalk a drawing or message for neighbors on your sidewalk.

• Get fresh air.

• Explore.org also has live cams featuring different animals and natural phenomena (including the northern lights, https://explore.org/snapshots/northern-lights-cam/,) and has lists curated for different interests, as well: https://explore.org/livecams/currently-live/

• Explore NASA’s augmented/virtual reality activities through the Space Center Houston app: https://spacecenter.org/app/

• Take a virtual tour of:

  • • The Grand Canyon

    • Yellowstone

    • Yosemite

    • Nature Works

• Meditate.

• Watch a TED Talk.

• Watch a virtual showing of a Broadway show.