Guidance Officer News
Wellbeing apps provide 24/7 access to mental health support, making them invaluable resources for families with busy schedules. Integrating mindfulness, relaxation, and personal growth in daily routines through wellbeing apps may help your child to improve their mental health in a fun, engaging way. The following are some recommended apps that may be a great addition to your child’s evening routine and a positive way to encourage conversations around mental wellbeing.
Positive Penguins
This educational app was designed to help build self-esteem and optimism has been created by a Melbourne schoolgirl and her family. One of the best anxiety apps for kids, Positive Penguins HD is a simple, interactive, educational tool to help children understand their emotions and to experience them in a positive way. It also provides children with practical ways to understand and cope with these emotions and, most importantly, change the way they think.
Smiling Mind
Smiling Mind offers hundreds of mindfulness activities for all ages. In addition to breathing meditations, the app has sensory exercises, like listening to music. This free mindfulness app is designed to help kids manage stress, resilience, anxiety, depression and improve general health and wellbeing. Smiling Mind is a unique mindfulness app developed by psychologists and educators to help bring balance to your life. There are programs for kids in different age groups, as well as for schools, workplaces, and sports.
Headspace
Headspace for Kids is a great app that introduces grade-schoolers to mindfulness through fun, guided meditations. It focuses on five key themes: Calm, Focus, Kindness, Sleep, and Wake Up. Designed for kids ages 5-12, the app offers 3-minute sessions that help them develop focus, self-awareness, and stress relief. With animations and age-specific exercises, children can learn the basics of meditation in a playful, engaging way.
Leanne Watson
Guidance Officer
Student Wellbeing
Enoggera State School - Thursday and Friday