My self-care plan: primary
This self-care plan walks primary-aged children through a series of steps, helping them create a simple self-care plan that works for them.
Just as we look after our physical health, it’s important to look after our mental health.
Self-care is all about what you can do to help yourself feel better or to keep yourself feeling good. It’s a way that we can look after our own mental health and wellbeing. It can help your body and mind to relax, drift away, or be more energised.
This self-care plan walks primary-aged children through a series of steps, helping them create a simple self-care plan that works for them. It helps children identify activities that they can use to support their mental health.
Some of the suggested self-care activities include:
music and dance
mindfulness
art
The resource was co-written by Anna Freud experts and young people, who shared ideas on self-care strategies that work for them.
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