Smiling Minds
Recognising and Managing Emotions
Recognising and Managing Emotions
Deep Breath - Belly breathing helps us to remember to fill our bellies with every breath. Fill your body with deep breaths and use colours and shapes to show how it feels.
Many Emotions - We all feel lots of emotions every day. We can notice and name them. Draw three emotions you have felt today. Do they have shapes and colours?
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Looking After Worry and Anxiety
My Magical Wish Tree - Think of a favourite tree, or imagine a favourite tree. Imagine it is filled with magical wish birds. What do you wish for today? Just choose something that makes you feel calm and happy. Draw your favourite tree and fill it with wish birds. Write your wish beneath your tree.
Float Away - Imagine sitting beside a beautiful creek. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the cool fresh water is flowing past you gently and calmly. Pop your worries on leaves that are floating past and just let them float away. Draw and write what you are imagining right now.
Bouncing Back - When we bounce a ball it can bounce way up high and it always comes down again. Draw yourself with some bouncy balls to show that life can be like this too. We have up and down bouncy days too, just like a bouncy ball.
My Magical Wish Tree - Think of a favourite tree, or imagine a favourite tree. Imagine it is filled with magical wish birds. What do you wish for today? Just choose something that makes you feel calm and happy. Draw your favourite tree and fill it with wish birds. Write your wish beneath your tree.
Float Away - Imagine sitting beside a beautiful creek. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the cool fresh water is flowing past you gently and calmly. Pop your worries on leaves that are floating past and just let them float away. Draw and write what you are imagining right now.
Bouncing Back - When we bounce a ball it can bounce way up high and it always comes down again. Draw yourself with some bouncy balls to show that life can be like this too. We have up and down bouncy days too, just like a bouncy ball.
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Focus on the Positives
Catching Butterfly Moments - When we see a butterfly, it is often a joyful experience. Butterflies dance and weave in the sunlight, making the most of every moment. Create your own butterflies with art materials and hang them up in your room to remind you to look for beautiful moments each and every day. Gratitude Tree - Think of all the wonderful people, places and things that make you feel happy inside. Use these leaves to write and draw some of them. Then go outside and find a dead branch to bring inside (with your parent’s permission) to tie them onto. You can add more each week. Growth Mindset Hearts - Think of someone who is always there for you and helps you to learn and grow by helping you to keep trying even when things are tricky. Using a square piece of paper, make an origami heart for this person. 
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Mind Yeti
To help us practice Mindfulness, here are a few videos from Mind Yeti. These videos include: an Introduction to Mind Yeti, what is mindfulness, the calming power of your breath, what are our thoughts, feelings and sensations (Hubbubbles), learning how to chage your brain, how to practice gratitude and how we can take time to appreciate nature. Each of the videos is part of an overall strategy for how we can take charge of our mind, body and spirit and be proactive at being positive. Click on the videos featured below, or go to YouTube or go to MindYeti.com to find out more. |
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