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How can we look after ourselves?

Noticing the changes in the seasons helps us recognise that things do change and feelings change. Self-care is making choices to look after ourselves in different ways, to care for our mental and physical health. We can have lots of feelings and these can be difficult or uncomfortable, or happy and energised, and it is important that we notice these and then choose ways to take care of ourselves.

  • Self-care is making choices to look after ourselves
  • Movement can help us to take care of our minds and bodies
  • By taking care of ourselves we can change the feelings we have

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Draw a picture of your favourite season.

For parents: The concept of self-care

For children to develop self-care they need adults who value their own self-care and can support children to take care and to begin to look after themselves. By noticing, validating and using language to name and describe feelings to children, they can begin to regulate and then to make choices to calm their bodies down or to energise themselves. Children need to hear it’s ok to put ourselves first, it’s ok to have a range of different feelings and to be able to ask for help. How to help your children with self-care. Read our blog.

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