My Hero is You, How kids can fight COVID-19!
This beautifully-illustrated storybook, aimed at 6-11 year-olds, explains how children can protect themselves, their families and friends from coronavirus and how to manage difficult emotions when confronted with a new and rapidly changing reality. The book was produced through a collaboration of more than 50 organizations working in the humanitarian sector as part of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings, co-chaired by WHO.
Find below a video on the 5 ways to Wellbeing that is made by teenagers who work with animation company Kilogramme to make a short film about what the 5 Ways to Wellbeing mean to them, using their lives and their ideas.
Activities
- Encourage your children to look in a mirror when they are happy, sad, scared or angry. This will help them to understand their feelings and emotions.
- You can create your own worry monster or positivity tree.
- Look at a healthy diet, explore different foods and textures. A healthy body makes a healthy mind.
- Go for a walk. This is a great form of exercise and helps to clear the mind and leaves you feeling refreshed. The fresh air will also help to relax the mind.
Each term a new well-being challenge will be set for pupils at home and at school. These can be things such as:
GIVE- smile/ say or sign thank you/ share an object with someone
KEEP LEARNING- family homework/ help to cook the tea/ wash the pots
BE ACTIVE- walk, jump, dance, play outside
TAKE NOTICE- notice the weather- say how it make you feel/ draw a picture of a flower/ a tree/ the weather/ experience the weather- play in water/ sand/ learn the sign for different types of weather
CONNECT- play a game with a friend/ sibling / say hello/ sit next to a peer
Websites:
- Young Minds- https://youngminds.org.uk/
- The 5 ways to well-being- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF7Ou43Vj6c