Wellbeing

Wellbeing Guidance

Working and learning at home will be a huge change for children and parents.  It is therefore really important that we all look after ourselves and consider our wellbeing.

This page will be updated on a regular basis, so please keep an eye on it.

Some useful ideas to support your family's wellbeing:

• Try to stick to your usual routine – keep bedtimes and getting up times the same and try to avoid afternoon naps;
• Create a mini plan for the day with learning slots;
• Try not to be on tablets and games all the time;
• Include some exercise into the daily plan – The Bodycoach, Cosmic Yoga and Just Dance are good;
• Hands-on learning is great to do at home;
• Regular water and snack breaks will help;
• Try to maintain a healthy diet;
• Try to get some time outside in the garden or out in the open air away from others.

Useful apps and websites

Stop breathe and think kids

https://www.stopbreathethink.com/kids/

Calm

www.calm.com

Headspace for kids

https://www.headspace.com/blog/2019/01/25/headspace-for-kids-meditations/

Smiling mind

https://www.smilingmind.com.au/

Kids skills

http://www.kidsskills.org/

Further Support:

If you feel that you need further support with wellbeing for your family over the coming weeks then some of the websites below may be be helpful places to visit.

• Lincolnshire County Council’s Emotional Wellbeing Pathway has lots of useful advice and information: http://search3.openobjects.com/kb5/lincs/fsd/family.page?familychannel=2_9_9
• KOOTH: Kooth.com with free, safe and anonymous online support for young people: www.Kooth.com
• For Me - https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/for-me/  This app includes all of Childline’s services in an app: direct 121 access to a counsellor, videos, advice and chat on a range of issues that affect young people.  It is safe and discreet and can only be accessed with a  pin code.  For Me was named and designed to blend in with other apps on your phone. That means that if anyone else sees the screen, they won't realise it's a Childline app.   Available on iphone only but all resources available via the website
• Place2Be – Guide to helping parents answer questions from their children and to support family wellbeing- https://www.place2be.org.uk/about-us/news-and-blogs/2020/march/coronavirus-information-for-children/

Relaxation Exercises

You could try some of the short exercises in the booklet below to help you relax.  Maybe complete them together as a family.

Other Ideas

Physical activities:

• Cosmic Kids Yoga
• Bodycoach
• Just Dance

Art activities:

• Painting, sketching, drawing and clay
• Scrap book making
• Jewellery making
• Box modelling

Sensory and craft activities:

• Play dough
• Kinetic snad
• Water play
• Bubbles
• Slime making
• Papier mache craft
• Origami
• Cooking and baking

Gardening

• Potting and planting seeds
• Tidying, pruning, etc.
• Making bug houses or hedgehog houses
• Collecting leaves or flowers
• Nature hunt

Calming activities

• Yoga
• Listening to music
• Meditation
• Drawing things that make you happy
• Playing a musical instrument
• Reading
• Word searches and other puzzles