This week is children’s mental health week and the focus is expressing yourself. It is a great time to do lessons and assemblies on this with the children BUT it goes well beyond that. In order to learn something we have to do it over and over again, it takes time and repetition to really take on a new way of doing something. This is why we spend so much time focusing on handwriting and reading. If we really want children to learn to take care of their own mental health by expressing themselves then we have to teach them how to do that in a multitude of ways to help them truly learn how. A lesson on expressing yourself through art or a drama session isn’t enough, in fact, it is more of an introduction.

In today’s episode, we are going to discuss 4 key ways that will really teach children to express themselves as a means to support their mental health.
1. Creating a feeling of being comfortable with a creative medium

2. Adding small daily practices into your day with the children in school that promote self-expression

3. Teaching children to use self-expressive tools to regulate themselves when they need it most

4. Modelling self-expression

If we really want to make a difference to children’s mental health and give them the tools to express themselves then we must commit to this every single day.

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