Let's Talk Summer Wellness Printable Toolkit
The Mental Health Association in New York State, Inc. (MHANYS) created a toolkit to help families and youth connect to wellness during the summer months. Inside there are fun activities to stimulate conversations about mental health and develop healthy habits to promote wellness.
To customize a toolkit for your families follow the steps below:
Stress Less Poster: Print this visual guide as a quick and easy way to promote healthy coping strategies. Hang it up in the bedroom or common places around the home to provide visual reminders of stress reduction techniques.
Gratitude Calendar: Express gratitude by using this calendar to spark ideas on how to connect and show appreciation towards friends, family and the community. Go in order or jump around, it’s up to you!
Mindful Nature Hunt: Explore your local area and use this mindful nature hunt as a way to connect with the 5 senses and the world around. Prompts help stimulate conversation. Pair with deep breathing for added relaxation.
Mood Tracker: Track your mood this summer with this printable mood tracker. Jotting down moments of high emotion can be helpful when trying to determine trends, identify warning signs and monitor overall health and wellness.
Kindness Cards: Spread kindness by sharing these kindness cards with others. Place them around your area as a Random Act of Kindness or give them to those in need. Color or decorate each one for added fun and to boost creativity.
Family Wellness Bingo: Playing together can be a fun and easy way to work on wellness. This Bingo card makes it easy for families to choose different wellness strategies to try out together. Post your completed card and tag @MHANYSinc on Facebook!
Soothing Bracelet: With this DIY activity, you can create a soothing bracelet to help manage intrusive thoughts or negative ideas or as a way to help manage uncomfortable emotions and limit the control stress has over us.
Wellness Board: Create a wellness board to help promote resilience, hope and positive thinking. Showcase self care tools or empowering images and quotes to increase inspiration and motivation to reach your goals.
Calming Space: Organize and decorate your space to promote a sense of calm and well-being in your home.
Let's Talk Summer Wellness Printable Toolkit
The Mental Health Association in New York State, Inc. (MHANYS) created a toolkit to help families and youth connect to wellness during the summer months. Inside there are fun activities to stimulate conversations about mental health and develop healthy habits to promote wellness.
To customize a toolkit for your families follow the steps below:
- Step 1: Print the introductory pages
- Step 2: Select additional resources (below) you think your families would enjoy
- Step 3: Distribute the toolkit to families and caregivers through your program (appointments, meal pick-ups, tech drop-offs, etc.)
Stress Less Poster: Print this visual guide as a quick and easy way to promote healthy coping strategies. Hang it up in the bedroom or common places around the home to provide visual reminders of stress reduction techniques.
Gratitude Calendar: Express gratitude by using this calendar to spark ideas on how to connect and show appreciation towards friends, family and the community. Go in order or jump around, it’s up to you!
Mindful Nature Hunt: Explore your local area and use this mindful nature hunt as a way to connect with the 5 senses and the world around. Prompts help stimulate conversation. Pair with deep breathing for added relaxation.
Mood Tracker: Track your mood this summer with this printable mood tracker. Jotting down moments of high emotion can be helpful when trying to determine trends, identify warning signs and monitor overall health and wellness.
Kindness Cards: Spread kindness by sharing these kindness cards with others. Place them around your area as a Random Act of Kindness or give them to those in need. Color or decorate each one for added fun and to boost creativity.
Family Wellness Bingo: Playing together can be a fun and easy way to work on wellness. This Bingo card makes it easy for families to choose different wellness strategies to try out together. Post your completed card and tag @MHANYSinc on Facebook!
Soothing Bracelet: With this DIY activity, you can create a soothing bracelet to help manage intrusive thoughts or negative ideas or as a way to help manage uncomfortable emotions and limit the control stress has over us.
Wellness Board: Create a wellness board to help promote resilience, hope and positive thinking. Showcase self care tools or empowering images and quotes to increase inspiration and motivation to reach your goals.
Calming Space: Organize and decorate your space to promote a sense of calm and well-being in your home.