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Below you will find different resources and links to mindfulness activities, destress activities, and outreach services. In a time like this, when social distancing is a necessity, it can be a difficult time emotionally, and we want you to have different activities and resources you can use to lower your stress, anxiety, and interact with others.

Handling Stress & Anxiety

• ●  Anxiety Workbook: Check PDFs

• ●  Mindfulness Practices: 

  https://positivepsychology.com/mindfulness-for-children-kids-activities/

  Mindfulness Breathing Sequence: ​

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmFUDkj1Aq0

  Exercise Sequences to Lower Stress and Anxiety: Yoga, Zumba, Dance

○  Kids Yoga YouTube Channel: Cosmic Kids

https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

• ○  Kids Dance Videos 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymigWt5TOV8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5if4cjO5nxo

• ○  Restorative Yoga Flows:

• YouTube Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfO6BZb6A7Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaA7c0dZ1DI https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene

• ○  Zumba & Dance 

• https://www.youtube.com/user/livelovepartyTV/featured https://www.youtube.com/user/lovezumba

• ○  Guided Breathing: ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awc8MLSpjlQ

• ○  Apps: ​Calm, Dreamy Kid, Stop, Breath, and Think, super Stretch Yoga, Take A Chill, and Headspace

At Home Fun

• ●  Virtual Field Trips: https://adventuresinfamilyhood.com/20-virtual-field-trips-to-take-with-your-kids.html ?fbclid=IwAR29tVKaarD0W1TLyaa8NWLjlJMowO_oo2o94tBIAs8zP8CAN98Za7iZLm4

• ●  Google Earth Tours (Article Contains 13 Tours) https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/google-earth-virtual-tours/

• ●  Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens will have a daily Facebook Live show on their page at 2pm CST featuring a different animal each weekday.

• ●  Character Strong Virtual Assemblies Start March 20th: Info to come. 

Parent Resources

• ●  Talking to your children about COVID 19: https://childmind.org/article/talking-to-kids-about-the-coronavirus/ https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/NASN/3870c72d-fff9-4ed7-833f-215de 278d256/UploadedImages/PDFs/02292020_NASP_NASN_COVID-19_parent_handout.pdf https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/coronavirus-how-talk-child.html

• ●  BrainPop Video Explaining COVID 19: https://www.brainpop.com/health/diseasesinjuriesandconditions/coronavirus/

• ●  Body Scan for Kids- https://www.mindful.org/body-scan-kids/

• ●  Parent Toolkit- https://www.parenttoolkit.com

• ●  What To Do (And Not Do) When Children Are Anxious- https://childmind.org/article/what-to-do-and-not-do-when-children-are-anxious/

•  Parent/Caregiver Guide- https://files.gabbart.com/1073/outbreak_factsheet_1.pdf