This comic contains great, factual information about COVID-19 that may help to ease the minds of our students.

The recent Coronavirus pandemic has caused anxiety for most of us, including our children. This article provides useful and practical guidelines  for how to address the issue with our children.

Anxiety is your body's natural response to stress. It's a feeling of fear or apprehension about what is to come. Anxiety can be normal in stressful situations such as public speaking or taking a test. Anxiety is only really problematic when feelings become excessive, all-consuming and interfere with daily life. Nonetheless, whenever we feel anxious, it is not pleasant. This is a great resource for techniques to help calm an anxious child.

This link contains 4 articles on social/emotional skills. Also, there are two pages of "Expert Tips and Advice" on a variety of topics including things such as resiliency, separation anxiety, having a "growth mindset", meltdowns, decision making, anger, etc. Check it out! There is a lot of good information to read through and suggestions for activities to help your child grow in these areas!

The purpose of teaching "Mindfulness" to children is to give them skills to develop their awareness of their inner and outer experiences, to understand how emotions manifest in their bodies and to recognize when their attention has wandered and to provide tools for control.