The Huge Bag of Worries

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My favourite character is the old lady who lives next door because she has lots of good advice and she is very helpful and a good friend to Jenny. All online references have been selected on an illustrative basis for the relevant potential learning activities.

com/US-en/articles/how-grow-rainbow-home/ As well as being a fun activity, this allows the children to explore the science behind different materials and how water travels through them. Make a worry monster with a big mouth so that it can eat up worries – the children might want to use junk modelling or even paper mache (recipe - https://www. The children can even decide to tear it up and use it alongside this Throw Your Worries Away activity.

Her many books include self-help titles on subjects such as bereavement, as well as the children's spooky adventure series BURLAP HALL. Eventually, it is so big that the girl fears she will never get rid of it and feels she will have to live with it forever. Using the discussions about the colours of the rainbows – look at the artist Kandinsky and invite the children to create their own Kandinsky styled pictures – https://www. It is a picture book but it could be used with older children if you ask them to think about how it could be used to support younger children. I really like how Virginia Ironside uses the image of an actual bag of physical things to represent a child’s worries that must be carried around with her.

Worry follows Jenny in a big blue bag, it's around wherever she goes, even when relaxing and watching TV! The zoo send a series of unsuitable pets, revealed behind flaps in the form of crates and packing cases. if the children are happy to share the worries from the bag let them do so and discuss the strategies they could use to deal with the worry. A recipe can be found here with good instructions on how to make a bubble wand - https://wredtedart. Arts and Culture: Taking part in arts and culture can help improve your mental health because it helps you to relax, express who you are and improve confidence and self-esteem through drama, literature, music and art.

This fun family read-aloud i s the perfect way to start Halloween celebrations and an ideal gift book. Now ask the children to start composing the message and think about how they would like to send this – there are lots of different choices. It also enables you to think about strategies to deal with your worries such as developing your network and who could help you feel safe.

This is a strategy that allows people to explore their feelings and thoughts using the 3rd person so it is not personal to them. You can find a lovely Mindfulness Pack available here, as well as some instructions on how to make your very own Stress Toy. The Government in Wales has signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), stating that children and young people have rights, no matter who they are, where they live or what they believe in.This book is a great tool to use in class as a whole class story to open up group discussions and allow conversations about difficult and sometimes abstract concepts. But, when Mr and Mrs Large fall asleep the little Larges put themselves to bed - and take the food with them. Yellow Door (here’s a link) have produced Emotion Stones and I think theses would be a great supporting resource to aid the discussion on feelings and emotions. As well as this worry bag activity, there are lots of other ways you can help your children to think and talk about their worries and emotions. I like this book because the old lady from next door helped Jenny learn how to throw her worries away.

This activity is so interesting as some children remain in character and suggest things like the elf may worry about Giants attacking them. Reinforce the idea that it’s okay for your child to feel like this and that we all experience different emotions. This would be a good opportunity to involve the whole family – record the message and send it to the chosen recipient. Beyond the UNCRC, the Welsh Government has implemented “Together for Mental Health,” a Cross-Government Strategy setting out goals for improving mental health and mental health services in Wales.To help your child open up and discuss their emotions, you can start by asking your children how they are feeling; are they angry, sad, happy, scared or worried? It would have been good if there had been some talking points at the back of the story to help start a conversation about worries we might have and how we could be like the characters in the story. Now invite the children to take their bubbles and their monster outside and blow away those worries. After reading this book, I realised that I could share my worries with someone, who will help me get rid of my worries.