ACTIVITIES & VIDEO RESOURCES
Social & Emotional Wellness Activities
2024 Parent/Caregiver Back-To-School Resource Toolkit by SEWI
This free guide offers practical solutions to parents/caregivers for common school-year challenges. The toolkit provides educational materials, activity ideas, and evidence-based tips to navigate the academic year effectively. It includes strategies for managing schedules, supporting child development, and maintaining family connections.
Building Connections Toolkit for Educators/Youth Development Staff by SEWI
Back-to-school activities for educators and after school staff to foster meaningful connections in the classroom and beyond.
Mental Health Awareness Activities 2024 Toolkit by SEWI
We created a Mental Health Toolkit with activities to support your mental wellness. The activities are easy to do and can be tailored for any age group. You can do this on your own, with your family, with a group at a school or after school program. We hope to bring a little wellness into your lives with this toolkit and that you’ll share it with all your people
Building Connections Toolkit by SEWI
Our young people are struggling to adapt to this ever-changing environment but one thing is for certain: the power of connections.
Download our free Building Connections Toolkit for activities to try with your loved ones.
Emotional Check-In Toolkit
Emotional checking in with ourselves, families and friends is so important. Sometimes it's difficult to express our feelings simply because we can’t find the right words. Here are some tools to make checking in easier and fun!
Mood Meter Check-In Tools by SEWI
A fun variety of themed mood meters for quick, visual emotional check-ins. From relatable memes to cute animals, these silly check-in tools make acknowledging your feelings both easy and entertaining.
Practicing Gratitude
This activity can be done as part of a group or on your own to help bring focus on the things we have to be grateful for and ultimately bring a sense of wellbeing.
Building Connections Questions
Here are questions you can ask youth, your team or family to help drive connection and openness
Emotional Charades Activity
This icebreaker/team-builder is a perfect introductory activity to do with young people or with adult staff and other interested persons. Combining emotional recognition with emotion presentation, it allows individuals to get experience recognizing and expressing certain emotions and viewing how others may perceive a specific emotion.
Positive Self-Talk Worksheet
Here is a worksheet to help navigate that negative talk we have with ourselves and turn it into something more positive.
Grounding Techniques
When the world seems to much for us to handle these grounding techniques can help us not feel so overwhelmed
If you or a loved one needs extra support, please reach out to us at care@sewi.org.
Social & Emotional Wellness Videos
Take 5
A video on 3 social and emotional wellness activities that you can do under 5 minutes
The Butterfly Hug
A video on a grounding technique to help us feel centered and focused
Coping with Grief & Loss
A video on how to cope with grief during the Covid-19 pandemic
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