Student wellness activities

Here's how to host a Wellness Week at your school--it's a low cost and easy program for students that encourages movement and healthy eating! #healthykids #wellnesstips #ideasforkids #realmomnutrition

Are you looking for ways to plan events and activities that include your whole school community? Take a peek at my favorite events for students, families, staff, and the larger school community as a whole! These events go beyond a typical movie/pizza party and are sure to be a hit with your whole school!

Today kicks off Mental Health Awareness Week here at Penn State. Throughout the week several student associations will be hosting activities at the HUB including relaxation rooms, body image workshops, and even a TED talk by Kevin Breel. The purpose of this week is to create a dialog about mental health and to create an awareness here on campus.

Do your students know how to manage their feelings or does frustration and anger get the best of them? We've worked with a pediatric mental health nurse to learn ways to help teach our upper elementary students how to identify, regulate and manage emotions in the classroom. Come read all about it to get some social emotional learning strategies that can work in your classroom today.

Activities have the power to engage mental health clients in groups where they learn knowledge and skills to cope with the challenges they face. Use these activities to make your groups fun.

Easy ways to spread good vibes in your school community on World Kindness Day, during Random Acts of Kindness Week, and all year long!

It is important for middle school students to be practicing social-emotional learning throughout the year to help support them socially, behaviorally, academically, and in preparation for high school. Skills such as relationship building and self-management skills will help middle schoolers to cope with what can be a difficult time developmentally. Find below 20 different activities that you can use with your middle schoolers to support their social-emotional learning (SEL).

Simple mental health lessons for kids, like this activity, leave even young children with something to think about in their daily lives.

Camosun College Student Soc.’s Instagram profile post: “Have you had a chance to try our Self Care bingo? Thanks to @suvcc for creating this self care bingo - awesome idea!”

Practicing conscious breathing helps when you feel anxious and overwhelmed. A mindful breathing stick can help guide young kids develop breathing techniques.