Coping Skills

Cosmic Kids Yoga is a GREAT YouTube channel that helps make yoga and mindfulness fun for your kids. Mindfulness is sort of a fancy word for meditation and is a great way to help your kids calm down when they are feeling stressed out or are bouncing off the walls! It's also a great way to provide a short break for your kids after doing schoolwork for a while.

GoNoodle is another fun YouTube channel with short videos designed to get your kids moving and give them a quick break from their work. There are fun videos for a lot of different interests. Some personal favorites include Frozen 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog!

• Think of something funny

• Take a quick walk

• Listen to music

• Slowly count to ten

• Use positive self-talk

• Do some breathing exercises

• Say, "I can do this"

• Talk to a friend

• Write a funny story

• Think of something happy

• Read a good book

• Eat a healthy snack

• Jog in place

• Write in a journal

• Doodle on paper

• Draw a picture

• Clean something

• Talk to an adult

• Use a stress ball

• Dance

• Write a letter

• Make a gratitude list

• List your positive qualities

• Build something

• Hug a stuffed animal

• Take pictures

• Blow bubbles

• Write a thank you note

• Organize something

• Identify your emotions

• Use a relaxation app

• Look at animal pictures

• Notice 5 things you can see

• Listen to nature sounds

• Compliment yourself

• Color a coloring page