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Breathing
Breathing
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You can also visualize that you are holding a flower in one hand, and a candle in the other. Take a deep breath in, smelling the flower, hold for a second, then exhale to blow out the candle.
You can also visualize that you are holding your favorite slice of pizza! Smell the pizza, hold, then blow on the pizza to cool it off.
You can also visualize that you are holding your favorite slice of pizza! Smell the pizza, hold, then blow on the pizza to cool it off.
Feelings
Feelings
Mr. Rogers said, “If you can mention it, you can manage it.” He means that if you can talk about your feelings, then you can get control over them and deal with your problems. All of your feelings are okay to talk about with a trusted adult.
“When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.”
Feeling Thermometer
Feeling Thermometer
Green is the happy zone. These are very comfortable feelings. Red is the very unhappy zone. There are a lot of feelings between red and green. As you move from green to red, the feelings get less comfortable.
What color are you right now?
What color are you right now?
Can you rate how you feel on a scale of 1 to 10?
1 = Happy and 10 = Furious (very mad)
How good are you at naming feelings?
Let's play a game!
Let's play a game!
Can you match all of the feelings to their emojis? Click on the picture on the left to download the game!
When you're ready, find the answers here!
When our feelings become overwhelming, we can try different things to help us feel better...
Talk to a friend!
Exercise!
Join an Activity!
Relax!
Anxiety is a fear response:
Everyone experiences it
Anxiety is designed to protect you
Anxiety affects you mentally and physically
There are different types of anxiety, including social anxiety, separation anxiety, and general anxiety
You can calm yourself if you are experiencing anxiety by using simple coping skills
Cognitive Triangle
The Path of Anxiety
Everyone experiences anxiety
Anxiety is designed to protect you
Anxiety affects you mentally and physically
There are different types of anxiety, including social anxiety, separation anxiety, and general anxiety
You can calm yourself if you are experiencing anxiety by using simple coping skills
Changing our thoughts can change our feelings
Changing our actions can change our feelings
If we think differently, we feel and behave differently
It is good to remember there are things you can control such as your actions, beliefs, choices you make, asking for help, your thoughts, your attitude and SO much more! AND good to remember there are many things you cannot control such as the weather, what other people do and think, what people say, the past and SO much more!
WHAT CAN WE DO? Coping Skills:
Coping skills are different strategies we use to calm down.
Physical strategies: deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, exercise, yoga, drinking something slowly/eating
Relaxing strategies: 5 senses activity, coloring, meditation, yoga, watching a movie, listening to music
Talking to someone or journaling
WHAT TO SAY:
Positive self-talk:
“I am strong. I can handle tough things.” “I am safe.” "I am loved.”
Good steps to take when helping others or ourselves:
1)Validate. 2)Ask Questions/Support. 3) Assist with problem solving.
WHAT NOT TO SAY:
Negative self-talk:
"Calm down!" "Everybody just chill!" "Stop crying!"
Avoidance makes anxiety worse.
Try to face your fears slowly and small in steps with support from a trusted friend or adult. Uncertainty is a part of life. Try sitting with uncertainty; how does it feel; try calming exercises and see if you can feel the anxiety lesson.
Can you feel your anxiety rise and fall?
Anxiety can feel like a wave crashing down on you,
but using coping skills, it can slowly drift away.
Gentle exposure to fears can help decrease the fears and anxiety.
WHAT HELPS PREVENT ANXIETY?
Routine---Eating regularly and healthy foods---Exercise---sleep---Making time to recharge and do things that we love!
Are you ready to dance?!!
Are you ready to dance?!!
Monster Meditation with Elmo!
Monster Meditation with Elmo!
Elmo plays a game with his friend Andy, and notices things around the neighborhood. Play along with him!
Yoga
Yoga
The Down Dog app is free for students this year! Download information here.
ART
ART
Art for Kids Hub on YouTube offers free art lessons every week!
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