Coping Skills

(All Students)

• Animal Live Cams:

  1. Baltimore Aquarium

  2. Monterey Bay Aquarium (with calming music)

  3. Florida Bald Eagles

  4. Shark Lagoon - Aquarium of the Pacific

• Activity: Mindfulness Scavenger Hunt - find and collect five things they see, four things that make noise, three things with texture, two things that smell, and one thing they taste.

• Activity: Drawing to Express Emotions

(Lower Elementary)

Movement Breaks

• Go Noodle (also available as an app)

• Cosmic Kids Yoga

• Picture: HIIT Workout for Kids

• Activity: Shake it Off

Guided Relaxation

• Video: Peace Out for Kids - Balloon

• Download: Breathing Exercises

(Upper Elementary)

• Video: Mind in a Jar

• Activity: Pleasant Events Calendar

• Activity: Create a Coping Skills Book -

• Cut two sheets of plain paper into 1/4 sections

• Draw things or activities that make the child feel better…older kids may like to include positive quotes.

• Staple along one side to create a “book” or punch holes and tie the pages together with yarn.