Social Emotional Learning

Resources:

Dr Cheddar - a great series of short COVID 19 related episodes for kids addressing kids questions and topics such as physical distancing and playground closures

12 Mini Mindful Exercises for Kids

COVID messaging to Kids Fear vs Safety messaging to kids

Talking to kids about COVID-19: Coping with the uncertainty around COVID-19 is challenging for most adults, and kids may be having an even tougher time. Click the link for some things that may help you talk to your child about COVID-19.

Understanding Social Distancing: A social story about social distancing to help your child understand why we cannot see our friends or go to school. Feel free to download it and print it out.

Virtual Y of Northern BC -->Mind, Body and Spirit activities for parents plus a Just for Kids section with tons of ideas for math, science, literacy and art (for infants-school aged children)

Managing Anxiety: Click for the link from Interior Health to a poster with support information

Videos:

The Story of the Oyster and the Butterfly: The Corona Virus and Me --> Great story for kids talking about the Corona Virus

Why wash our hands? --> Video teaching kids the importance about washing our hands.

Solving Problems --> Video about big and small problems.

Anger Management --> Howard B Wigglebottom learns about managing his anger.

Why Do We Lose Control of Our Emotions? --> great explanation for kids about emotions.

Keep your hands to yourself --> Kids learn about personal space and keeping their hands to themselves.

Fight Flight Freeze – A Guide to Anxiety for Kids --> A great video to help your child understand how our bodies respond to stress and what we can do to help ourselves

Empathy --> Mark Ruffalo and Murray talk about the word "Empathy". A video to help children understand what it means to be empathetic.

Kindness --> a great short video about choosing to be kind