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Mental and emotional health
Children’s Wisconsin’s Mental and emotional health e-learning content is designed for K-12th grade students.
These interactive lessons, activities and games focus on mental and emotional health education to raise awareness among students. Students will learn about feelings, dealing with difficult emotions, stress, healthy relationships, common mental health health disorders and how to get help when needed. Throughout each grade level there is an emphasis on finding a trusted adult to talk with.
This content provides an engaging look at what makes a healthy mind while introducing skills needed to help students lead healthy lives.
Supplemental activities for classroom use are available to reinforce what is learned in online lessons, activities and games.
Children’s Mental and emotional health content aligns with National Health Education Standards, Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for School Counseling, ASCA Mindsets and behaviors for student success: K-12 college and career readiness standards for every student and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s Social and emotional learning competencies. Visit the Connection to standards page for more information.
Learning activities by grade level
Kindergarten
Focus and attention
These mindfulness practices help students train their attention by listening to sounds and feeling the sensations of the breath.
Kindness and compassion
These mindfulness practices will help students notice their own feelings in their mind and body when being kind or having a positive experience.
Mindful movement
These mindfulness practices help students quiet their minds by developing a stronger connection to their body through guided movement.
1st grade
“Born to Shine” song
“Born to Shine” is a fun, upbeat song that talks about how to handle big feelings and how to share your thoughts and dreams with friends and family.
Healthy relationships lesson
In this lesson, students will learn how to identify healthy and unhealthy relationships.
Friendly behaviors lesson
In this lesson, students will learn about four different friendly behaviors, including active listening.
Friendly behavior story creator activity
In this activity, students are asked to create stories and make different choices about how a character will practice each type of friendly behavior.
Physical health and healthy minds lesson
In this lesson, students will learn about five different habits that will keep both their body and mind healthy.
Making decisions lesson
In this lesson, students will learn the five steps to making a healthy decision.
Goal-setting lesson
In this lesson, students will learn the three steps to accomplishing a goal.
Train track builder game
In this game, students answer questions about having a healthy mind in order to build a train track around a series of obstacles.
Focus and attention
These mindfulness practices help students train their attention by listening to sounds and feeling the sensations of the breath.
Kindness and compassion
These mindfulness practices will help students notice their own feelings in their mind and body when being kind or having a positive experience.
Mindful movement
These mindfulness practices help students quiet their minds by developing a stronger connection to their body through guided movement.
2nd grade
Focus and attention
These mindfulness practices help students train their attention by listening to sounds and feeling the sensations of the breath.
Kindness and compassion
These mindfulness practices will help students notice their own feelings in their mind and body when being kind or having a positive experience.
Mindful movement
These mindfulness practices help students quiet their minds by developing a stronger connection to their body through guided movement.
3rd grade
“Healthy Minds” song
“Healthy Minds” is a fun, high energy song that talks about what it means to have a healthy mind.
What is a Healthy Mind lesson
In this lesson, students will learn what it means to have a healthy mind.
Your healthy mind lesson
In this lesson, students will learn specific things they can do each day to be mentally healthy.
Feelings lesson
In this lesson, students will learn how to recognize what they are feeling, and how to handle different feelings. A strong emphasis is placed on talking about feelings with trusted adults.
Emotion ocean game
In this game, students will be presented with different situations for which they need to identify how a person would be feeling. As they correctly identify emotions, they will move across the ocean.
Healthy relationships lesson
In this lesson, students will learn about healthy relationships with friends and trusted adults. Four main characteristics of a healthy relationship will be discussed.
Goal setting lesson
In this lesson, students will learn what a goal is and how to set a goal in order to improve their mental or emotional health.
Journey through the mind game
In this game, students will answer questions about mental and emotional health, including feelings, relationships, healthy habits and goal setting while take a virtual journey through the mind.
Focus and attention
These mindfulness practices help students train their attention by listening to sounds and feeling the sensations of the breath.
Kindness and compassion
These mindfulness practices will help students notice their own feelings in their mind and body when being kind or having a positive experience.
Mindful movement
These mindfulness practices help students quiet their minds by developing a stronger connection to their body through guided movement.
4th grade
Focus and attention
These mindfulness practices help students train their attention by listening to sounds and feeling the sensations of the breath.
Kindness and compassion
These mindfulness practices will help students notice their own feelings in their mind and body when being kind or having a positive experience.
Mindful movement
These mindfulness practices help students quiet their minds by developing a stronger connection to their body through guided movement.
5th grade
"Healthy Minds" song
“Healthy Minds” is a fun, high energy song that talks about what it means to have a healthy mind.
Feelings lesson
In this lesson, students will learn that it is perfectly normal to experience many different emotions each day. They will also learn that puberty is the reason why their emotions sometimes feel pretty intense or change rapidly.
Friendship lesson
In this lesson, students will learn why friendship is so important, qualities of a good friend, and ways to support a friend. They will learn how to resolve conflict between friends and get out of pressure situations that may occur between friends.
Friend code game
In this game, students will test their friendship knowledge by solving fill-in-the-blank word puzzles to unlock a series of doors.
Just be you lesson
In this lesson, students will learn the benefits of having positive self-esteem and ways they can build their self-esteem, while celebrating what makes each of them unique.
Goal-setting lesson
In this lesson, students will learn what a goal is and how to set a goal in order to improve their mental or emotional health.
Miguel's wild ride game
In this game, students will answer questions about mental and emotional health in order to gain enough roller coaster cars to get up and down all the rolling hills of Miguel's wild ride.
Focus and attention
These mindfulness practices help students train their attention by listening to sounds and feeling the sensations of the breath.
Kindness and compassion
These mindfulness practices will help students notice their own feelings in their mind and body when being kind or having a positive experience.
Mindful movement
These mindfulness practices help students quiet their minds by developing a stronger connection to their body through guided movement.
6th grade
Focus and attention
These mindfulness practices help students train their attention by listening to sounds and feeling the sensations of the breath.
Kindness and compassion
These mindfulness practices will help students notice their own feelings in their mind and body when being kind or having a positive experience.
Mindful movement
These mindfulness practices help students quiet their minds by developing a stronger connection to their body through guided movement.
7th grade
What is mental health? lesson
In this lesson, students will learn what mental health is, and characteristics of a mentally healthy person. They will explore multiple ways to keep mentally healthy.
Truth or myth activity
In this activity, students will practice determining what is the truth and what is a myth when given a statement about mental health or mental illness.
Common mental health concerns lesson
In this lesson, students will learn about some common mental health conditions that teens can struggle with: anxiety, depression, ADHD and PTSD. They will learn what can cause these conditions and what signs and symptoms to watch for.
You be the judge activity
In this activity, students will learn how to determine if a source of information is valid and reliable.
How to get help lesson
In this video-based lesson, students will learn how to support a friend who is dealing with mental health challenges. Trusted adults, mental health professionals, 988 and 911 will be discussed.
Focus and attention
These mindfulness practices help students train their attention by listening to sounds and feeling the sensations of the breath.
Kindness and compassion
These mindfulness practices will help students notice their own feelings in their mind and body when being kind or having a positive experience.
Mindful movement
These mindfulness practices help students quiet their minds by developing a stronger connection to their body through guided movement.
8th grade
Focus and attention
These mindfulness practices help students train their attention by listening to sounds and feeling the sensations of the breath.
Kindness and compassion
These mindfulness practices will help students notice their own feelings in their mind and body when being kind or having a positive experience.
Mindful movement
These mindfulness practices help students quiet their minds by developing a stronger connection to their body through guided movement.
High school (Coming soon)
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