This week for Children's Mental Health Week, we are exploring the different ways we can express ourselves, and the creative ways that we can share our feelings, our thoughts and our ideas.

We will also be thinking of some quick and simple ideas for regulating our feelings to and help us keep calm. 

You could also do this as a discussion activity, using the following sentence starters:

- Something I am grateful for today is…

- The best thing that happened today was…

- Something I did well today was…

- I’ll make the rest of the day great by…

Listen to the song below. How does it make you feel? Can you talk about all the different things it make you think of. Does it make it make you feel happy? Does it make you think of a happy time? Does it make you feel like moving? 
 

If you want to you can express yourself by moving around the room. Move to the music in anyway you like. You don’t have to be a dancer to dance. 

Wellbeing Wave

It is easy to get involved! Pop a Wellbeing Wave in your window and let others know you are thinking of them:

1. Draw around your hand
2. Decorate
3. #wellbeingwave
4. Pop it in the window!

Expressing yourself through talk!

1. Share some happiness! Find a time to turn off all devices and talk. Share the best bits of your day or your favourite memories.

2. What’s on your mind? Talk about the things that are worrying you or you feel unsure about. It can really help to talk things through!

3. Catch up with a friend you haven’t spoken to for a while (video chat or phone call - make sure you ask permission). This could be someone from school who you cannot see at the moment. Check in and see how they are. Let them know how you are feeling too.