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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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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Written by Denis Daniels, RN, First Aid for Feelings: A Workbook to Help Kids Cope During the Coronavirus Pandemic follows the Moodsters in helping kids to explore their feelings related to the Coronavirus pandemic. It addresses many of the steps included in our Jump In! Stand Strong! Rise Up! comprehensive emotions management plan here are Hope 4 Hurting Kids including identifying emotions specifically related to the pandemic and various coping strategies. The workbook is available for download in both English and Spanish.
The scholastic website explains:
First Aid for Feelings: A Workbook to Help Kids Cope During the Coronavirus Pandemic is a free workbook from the Yale Child Study Center–Scholastic Collaborative, written by child development expert Denise Daniels. This comforting resource is designed to help children alleviate stress and anxiety and to provide a sense of control during changing times. This workbook will encourage children to express their thoughts and feelings while providing families with simple strategies to help kids handle emotions.
Last week we looked at a Covid-19 coloring book for kids. For older elementary-aged kids, the fine folks at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have also produced an awesome full color Coronavirus Activity Book. This activity book includes puzzles like crosswords, matching game and word searches as it teaches kids about Covid-19.
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The Coronavirus Book For Children was written by Elizabeth Jenner, Kate Wilson and Nia Roberts, and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The book is fully digital and meant for elementary aged children. It is free for everyone and can be read on screen or printed out to share with your child.
Published by Nosy Crow the book provides kids with information about Coronavirus, and as we know – information is critical in the battle against anxiety. The book benefits from great illustration and writing as well as the expert input of Professor Graham Medley from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
The book answers important questions in simple age appropriate language including:
This coloring book from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is an awesome Covid-19 coloring book from kids. In addition to providing kids with some great coloring pages to help pass all that extra time, the book covers important topics to help kids understand Coronavirus better like:
If you have, or care for, an elementary aged child (or younger), you will definitely want to check out this great resource!
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There is a lot of information out there these days for parents on how to talk to kids about coronavirus, and we are trying our best here at Hope 4 Hurting Kids to share as much of it as possible. However, there is not enough information directed specifically to kids. This guide from the website Live Science is an awesome comprehensive guide and earns its title as the ultimate kids’ guide to coronavirus.
The articles is written in language kids can understand and covers questions many kids have including:
Many adults are feeling a lot of anxiety today – about their jobs, about their health, about the economy and about the unknown. But, what does it look like to see Coronavirus through the eyes of a child. Some of the authors at Slate.com asked their kids to share what they thought about the Covid-19 pandemic.
Some themes are common:
Here are few of my favorite quotes from the article that offer up a glimpse of what many kids are experiencing these days.