What is Student Health and Wellness?
You work hard to help your students develop good academic and interpersonal skills - giving them the opportunities they need to succeed in school and beyond. It's probably second nature to you, whether you're a new teacher or a veteran.
What may not be second nature is helping your students develop a "toolkit" of healthy habits to support and promote their overall health and wellness. Physical health, mental wellbeing, and especially emotional health all suffered during remote and hybrid learning, and there are many recent studies pointing to student mental health as one of the biggest challenges facing classroom teachers following the pandemic.
How Can You Support Your Students' Emotional and Mental Health?
Integrating a focus on student wellness into your daily class activities is all about striking a balance between knowing when to support your students in meaningful ways and knowing when to rely on specialists. This collection of printables, tools, activities, and games can help you help your students build the healthy emotional, physical, and mental health habits that they need to thrive both inside the classroom and out.
Resources for Promoting Students' Emotional and Mental Health
- The Ultimate Self-Regulation Kit
- Coping Skills Checklist
- Feelings Thermometer
- Facial Expressions Chart
- 19 Ideas for Self-Care and Wellness in Schools
- Helping Kids Cope with Traumatic Current Events
- Teaching Mindfulness In The Classroom
- Two-Word Check-in for Elementary Grades
- Two-Word Check-in for Middle School
Health and Wellness Activities for Students
- Acts of Kindness Social Emotional Learning Activity
- Healthy Habits for Students Daily Dice Challenge Activity
- Creating a Mantra Activity
- Who Are Your Advocates? Activity
- Try This, Not That Growth Mindset Activity
- The Yoga Intervention
- 3 Collective Breaths Mindfulness Activity for Elementary
- 3 Collective Breaths Mindfulness Activity for Middle School
