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
“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.
What is a healthy mind? lesson
In this lesson students will learn about mental and emotional health concepts. They will hear about different ways to keep their minds healthy.
Feelings lesson
In this lesson students will learn what feelings are, how to figure out what they are feeling and the importance of talking to a trusted adult.
Book of feelings game
In this game students will match a feeling with a facial expression and body language.
Managing feelings lesson
In this lesson students will learn and practice five strategies they can use when they are feeling a big feeling.
Showing care and concern for self and others lesson
In this lesson students will learn what it means to show respect for yourself and for other people.
Healthy harvest game
In this game students answer questions about having a healthy mind so they can pick vegetables from a garden that are needed for a healthy recipe.
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.
“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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
“Healthy Minds” song
“Healthy Minds” is a fun, high energy song that talks about what it means to have a healthy mind.
Healthy minds lesson
In this lesson, students will learn what it means to have a healthy mind.
Feelings lesson
In this lesson, students will learn appropriate ways to express and deal with certain emotions.
Stress lesson
In this lesson students will learn what stress is and how to manage it in a healthy way.
Mindfulness lesson
In this lesson students will learn what mindfulness is and different ways they can be mindful.
Goal-setting lesson
In this lesson students will learn what a goal is and how to set one to help improve their mental and emotional health.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
Facts about Feelings Lesson
This lesson presents the facts about feelings. It will help students differentiate fact from fiction and will help normalize what they may be feeling as they go through adolescence.
Ways to Express and Manage Feelings Video
This video shows students how to express feelings in a healthy way. Different ways to express and manage feelings will be presented so students will have options to choose from when real-life feelings occur.
Adolescence Video
In this video students will learn that hormones are the cause of many of their strong feelings that occur during puberty, or adolescence.
Stress Definition and Examples Lesson
In this lesson students will learn what stress is, they will be given examples of common everyday stressors and they will learn how stress affects the body, both positively and negatively.
Stress Toolkit Activity
In this activity students will learn positive ways to deal with stress. They can use these strategies to manage short and long-term stress.
Stress Detective Game
In this game students will differentiate between positive and negative ways to deal with stress. Students will become stress detectives and investigate stressful situations.
Relationships Definition and Types Lesson
In this lesson students will learn what a relationship is and review family, friendship and dating relationships.
Characteristics of a Relationship Lesson
In this lesson students will learn about some characteristics of a healthy relationship and some red flags of an unhealthy relationship.
Which Characteristics Do You See? Activity
In this activity students will apply their knowledge of relationships to identify which characteristics they see in various relationships.
Influences Definition and Examples Lesson
In this lesson students will learn what an influence is and they will be given examples of possible influences on their lives.
Internal vs. External Influences Video
Students will learn about the difference between internal and external influences from this video. When talking about external influences, the focus will be on social media because of the large effect it can have on student’s lives during middle and high school.
Cyberbullying Video
In this video students will learn about cyberbullying and how it can affect the mental and emotional health of all involved.
Letter by Letter Game
In this game students will solve word puzzles based on clues. They will try to score as many points as possible in each level by solving the puzzles.
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.
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.
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.
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