Feel Good Notebook
A feel good notebook is a great thing a child can have to help them focus on positive experiences they have each day. Often times we focus too much on the negative that we forget about the simple good things that happen throughout the day such as making someone laugh, having fun or even finding a good luck penny.
Materials: notebook, pen or pencil
Optional: Have your child decorate their notebook. Try using stickers, crayons, markers, glitter etc… to make their notebook a reflection of them and what makes them happy.
Activity: Each night have child sit at the table and write 5 good things that happen that day. It can be as simple as I had fun at recess or I made Sammy laugh in class today. If the child likes to draw encourage them to draw a picture of one of the things they listed.
Optional: Instead of asking your child to write 5 good things down, you can have them tell you what good things happened to them that day or have them just draw a picture and tell you about it.
When they are done writing in their notebook have them share what they wrote with you.
The key to this activity is consistency. This is a daily writing exercise.
2.) All About Me Collage
A collage is a form of art where various pictures are arranged and glued to paper. In this activity children make a collage that represents the things they like. Ask kids what makes you, you? Let them tell you through art. Follow the simple directions below to make an All About Me Collage.
Materials: a sturdy piece of paper, magazines, scissors, glue and markers
Reference: Kids Play and Create: Activities for Kids. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.kidsplayandcreate.com/self-esteem-character-building-activities-for-kids/
A feel good notebook is a great thing a child can have to help them focus on positive experiences they have each day. Often times we focus too much on the negative that we forget about the simple good things that happen throughout the day such as making someone laugh, having fun or even finding a good luck penny.
Materials: notebook, pen or pencil
Optional: Have your child decorate their notebook. Try using stickers, crayons, markers, glitter etc… to make their notebook a reflection of them and what makes them happy.
Activity: Each night have child sit at the table and write 5 good things that happen that day. It can be as simple as I had fun at recess or I made Sammy laugh in class today. If the child likes to draw encourage them to draw a picture of one of the things they listed.
Optional: Instead of asking your child to write 5 good things down, you can have them tell you what good things happened to them that day or have them just draw a picture and tell you about it.
When they are done writing in their notebook have them share what they wrote with you.
The key to this activity is consistency. This is a daily writing exercise.
2.) All About Me Collage
A collage is a form of art where various pictures are arranged and glued to paper. In this activity children make a collage that represents the things they like. Ask kids what makes you, you? Let them tell you through art. Follow the simple directions below to make an All About Me Collage.
Materials: a sturdy piece of paper, magazines, scissors, glue and markers
- Give your child a piece of paper.
- Have your child write his/her name in the middle of the paper.
- Have your child go through magazines and cut out pictures that represent them (i.e favorite color, food, style, sports,music what they want to be when they grow up and other things they like).
- When they have all their pictures cut out have them glue them to the paper around their name. They can also draw pictures if like. Make sure that your child is glueing their pictures so they almost overlap leaving not blank spots on their paper.
- Bring collage to school to explain their collage to the class!
Reference: Kids Play and Create: Activities for Kids. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.kidsplayandcreate.com/self-esteem-character-building-activities-for-kids/