Take Care of Your Children
Social Emotional Health & Wellbeing
Support your Anxious Child
Things to do - For their MENTAL HEALTH
SOCIAL CONNECTION
SCREEN-FREE ways to help your children stay socially connected to friends/family members
- Make a craft and drop it off in their mailbox
- Write a letter/make a card, and drop it off in their mailbox/mail it to them
- Chalk their driveway
- Start a Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt
- Make Kindness Rocks for people
- Hang up art in your window for others to see
- Put up "yard-art" for others to enjoy as they walk by
RELAXATION
Free RELAXATION APPs for children
Dreamy Kid
Inner Explorer
Calm
Smiling Mind
Breathe2Relax (iOS)
Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame (iOS)
Other relaxation APPs for children
RELAXATION STORIES for children
Shrinking Down (YouTube)
RELAXATION SCRIPT for younger children
RELAXATION MUSIC
Progressive Muscle RELAXATION for kids (YouTube)
Progressive Relaxation for Kids
BREATHING TECHNIQUES (printable)
VISUAL-MOTOR TASKS
Trace a labyrinth
Regulate your Breathing
MEDITATION
Guided Meditation for Children
15 Minute Guided Imagery (Johns Hopkins)
Classroom Meditation (Yoga with Adriene)
gratitude-jar.pdf
GRATITUDE
Make a Gratitude Jar
Write a "Thank You" note/sign for your mailman/garbage collector/gardener/doctor/other essential workers
Send a "Thank You" message to your teacher
MOMENTS OF JOY
Joy provides a respite from stress, and can help suppress the fear of the unknown.
Help your child find "Moments of Joy" every day.
It can be as simple as:
Playing outside on a sunny day
Building a pillow fort
Dance party
A favorite meal
A bonus book at bedtime
NURTURING
SENSORY REGULATION
Touch - A soft blanket or stuffed animal, your favorite pajamas, putty
Taste - Hot chocolate, your favorite tea
Sight - Photos of vacations/happy memories, watch a live Aquarium web cam
Sound - Listen to comforting music, soothing sounds, soothing music, use headphones
Smell - Lavender or eucalyptus oil
Vestibular (movement) - Rocking chair, porch swing, dancing, yoga
Proprioceptive (comforting pressure) - Weighted blanket (can be replicated by layering multiple blankets), hugs
Things to do - For their PHYSICAL HEALTH
YOGA
Coco the Butterfly (A Cosmic Kids yoga adventure)
The Twits (A Cosmic Kids yoga adventure)
Yoga for Kids (Yoga with Adriene)
SuperStretchYoga (App)
Hello Sun! A Yoga Sun Salutation to Start Your Day (YouTube)
Yoga for Teens (Ages 11-13)
Yoga for Teens (Ages 13-18)
EXERCISE
Things to do - For their LEARNING & CREATIVITY
DRAW
COLOR
Power Mandalas
Caroline Conquers her Corona Fears - A Kids Coping and Coloring Book
CREATE A MASTERPIECE
Paint a Virtual Masterpiece (Tate Kids)
Create Virtual Street Art (Tate Kids)
Create flowing Silk Art (Weave Silk)
ActivityIdeasVisual.pdfMASTER A NEW SKILL
READ TOGETHER
Storyline Online - Celebrated actors reading children's stories
Kids Audio Books (YouTube)