This chart from Willow Counseling in the UK encourages us to “Just Be” during the coronavirus pandemic in order to maintain mental health. In a constantly changing world, it is important that we find a new normal for ourselves and our kids rather than imposing ideas about how things should be.
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This chart from Willow Counseling in the UK offers five ideas for daily activities you can do during the Coronavirus pandemic to maintain good mental health. Doing some, or all, of these activities each dat can help you and your kids to maintain a sense of normalcy during this difficult time.
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These charts from Willow Counseling in the UK explain how your personality type impacts your reaction to Coronavirus. It explains the unique struggles that introverts and extroverts might be experiencing and offers tips for each personality type.
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Name: Fidget Cube
Category: Manipulable
Coping: Physical, Distraction, Soothing
The fidget cube is likely the second best known type of fidget toy – second only to the fidget spinner. Widely available and immensely popular, the fidget cube is beloved by young and old alike.
In their continued efforts to help parents and kids deal with the coronavirus pandemic, Willow Counseling in the UK has posted the above graphic on ways to destress at home. No matter how good or bad your quarantine is going, it likely includes increased stress for both you and your kids. Using the coping techniques shown above, at least once a day, will help to lower stress levels in your house.
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Name: Fidget Spinner
Category: Manipulable
Coping: Physical, Distraction, Soothing, Social
We couldn’t start a series on fidgets without first tackling what has become the most popular fidget to date – the fidget spinner. From the spring and summer of 2017 through today, fidget spinners have become a cultural icon. Kids love them. Parents are sick of hearing about them. And, they have become the bane of some teachers’ existence. So, what is the fidget spinner, and why are they equally so loved and so despised?
Compiled by Lizzie Allard, and originally shared in her Facebook Group, the My Coronavirus Journal is a printable pdf file to help kids process the current coronavirus pandemic. It starts by allowing the child to record some information about themselves and also includes pages where they can record what’s going on in their lives as well as a daily page where they can journal what is going on.
Lizzie has generously allowed us to repost the journal here on Hope 4 Hurting Kids, and you can find the whole pdf download at this link.
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Noah Henry: A Rainbow Story is a great story for kids and families about the Covid-19 pandemic. Written by Deanna Sobel Lederman, it this cleverly illustrated story follows a day in the life of Noah Henry who is sad about all of the things he can’t do because of coronavirus until he goes for a walk and finds a parade of rainbows.
You can find the story on facebook here, or watch the video below.
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The graphic above from Willow Counseling in the UK provides helpful advice on reframing unhelpful thoughts you are your children might be having in relation to the coronavirus pandemic. Reframing is a useful Thinking Coping Skill included in the The Super Simple Feelings Management Technique [SSFMT] which is part of the Stand Strong component of our Hope 4 Hurting Kids Jump In! Stand Strong! Rise Up! Comprehensive Emotions Management Plan.
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Name: Squishy
Category: Manipulable
Coping: Physical, Distraction, Soothing
As fidget spinners burst on to the seen in the summer of 2017 (despite having been around for years), the squishy burst onto the popular culture scene in the Spring and Summer of 2018.
