During these challenging times, it’s more important than ever to look after your child’s well-being. Therefore we are delighted to announce the publication of a free journal designed for parents to help parents support their children at home and, in particular, to help them to enhance their well-being.

The journal, which was compiled by Fiona, is based on many of the well-being activities contained in our Weaving Well-being Programme. It is called At Home with Weaving Well-Being and our publisher Outside the Box has very kindly made this journal available for free.

It’s probably most suitable for children aged 8 to 12 years old but can certainly be adapted for younger or older children. It was released at the start of April as a response to the current crisis and will soon be distributed in other English speaking countries, starting in Australia next week.

You can download it and print it out for your child/children or, if you don’t have access to a printer, your child can get the activity idea from the screen and do it on a blank sheet of paper.

Most of the topics in the FREE journal, such as positivity, gratitude, kindness, bravery, creativity and self-kindness, are drawn from the field of Positive Psychology, which is the science of well-being. There are also activities based on dealing with worries and coping with change.

The journal is based on our Weaving Well-Being programme which your child may be already doing in their school. Even if your child has no experience of Weaving Well-Being, they will still be able to use this as a stand-alone journal. Your child can work through the pages at their own pace, or alternatively, if the journal is being used as part of school-based learning, their teacher can set activities for them to do from time to time.

The journal aims to give children a chance to reflect and express themselves, gradually building into a highly personal portfolio reflecting unique aspects of their mental well-being. Once complete, they may enjoy looking over it again from time to time, especially whenever they need a well-being boost!

As a parent, you can use this journal to open up an important channel of communication with your child. Take time to discuss the various activities while they are completing them and perhaps even join in and try some of them on yourself!

To download the free journal go to our publisher’s page at https://www.otb.ie/at-home-with-weaving-well-being.