With Mental Health Awareness Week just around the corner, we've put together a variety of items that can help promote relaxation and mindfulness, including:
- Games & Affirmation Cards
- Toys & Dolls
- Journals and Colouring Books
- Books about feelings and emotions.
These can help encourage you to prioritise your mental well-being and provide a platform for conversations around mental health and well-being. We should all feel more comfortable talking about our feelings and experiences.

Mental Health Awareness Week takes place from Monday 15 – Sunday 21 May 2023. The official theme for this year, as set by the Mental Health Foundation, is ‘anxiety’. Our ‘Just’ Anxiety?’ campaign aims to help people and organisations to understand the difference between anxiety and anxiety disorders and to confidently seek and signpost each other to the right support.
You can find out more about mental health awareness week on their site here - https://mentalhealth-uk.org/

Affirmation cards are a fantastic resource for your children no matter what their age. With a positive happy jofyful message for them. See your child’s self-esteem soar whether you’re looking to inspire a little bit of confidence or just want to bring a ray of sunshine into every day, these cards are a great way to help your childrens mental health and let them know how brilliant they are!

We have a range of toys which are great to have in your home or care provision to help discuss or play with items which surround feelings and emotions. These feeling beanbags from Learning Resources are a great resource to add to your toy rotation for young children. With 10 different feelings expression on tactile beanbags it can help children express their emotions through play. I know my son who is 6 will get out his feelings flashcards and show me how he feels if he doesn't know how to express it via verbal communication.

Colouring books and activities books are perfect to keep little hands busy. They can help with anxiety, help slow down, relax and being mindful. Little activities such a magic paint book or a worry journal can help regulate their feelings. Feeling journals are great for children who worry maybe a little too much, we all have worries but if they have worries that overtake their lifes these can help them with little activities and doodle pages these can help children cope with their worries.