Covering South Wales Areas:
Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan, RCT, Bridgend, Newport
Play Therapy,
Mindfulness and
Children's Well- being
PLAYMOBILE explains Coronavirus to children
This sweet story about a bear will explain social distancing to youngest children.
THERAPEUTIC STORIES
'Sophie's Stories' are therapeutic stories written by a very talented lady who explains importance of staying at home through a playful way.
Click on the image to access illustrated eBook.
Do you know any little superheroes who are still going to school? You can find a story especially for them by clicking HERE.
If you know any little superheroes who are feeling worried about going outside THIS story was written especially for them, to reassure them and explain social distancing in a fun, playful way.
https://www.sophiesstories.co.uk/
More stories written for children to help them make sense of the current situation.
Amazing You & Me is a free course designed to support you and your family with the emotional challenges that we find ourselves faced with now.
The idea of this course is to offer adults some insights into the science of positive psychology (PP) and how PP interventions support your emotional well-being. It offers you activities to try for your own well-being and activities for you to do with your children to support their well-being. Doing these activities together is a great way to enhance your relationships too.
Click on to sign up.
Mindful meditating with Cookie Monster
Here's a great video for introducing little ones to mindfulness and meditation. Let Cookie Monster with help from Andy at Headspace get you started.
The Magnificent Garden
Meditation is good for both adults and children, it's shown to reduce anxiety, enhance emotional well-being and can help with sleep. It canhelp you stay focused on relaxing. Here's one you can try together.
Belly Breathing
Breathing from your belly rather than your chest is a great way of helping your body into relaxation mode. This short video is good for mindfully practising some belly breathing.
Breathing
Breathing is a great way to calm your body. This video can help you take slow deep breaths from the belly. Remember breathing through the nose taking calm, quiet breaths is good for inducing your bodies natural relaxation mode.
Some more resources for parents, carers, young people and children:
Music and Well-being resources
The lovely people at Teacher's Pet are creating free downloadable resources to use at home. The latest ones have some helpful colouring and worksheets about how music helps our well-being.
Hair Love
Here is a beautiful short animation about overcoming difficult situations with love and some perseverance!
