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Ways to connect with your kids

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Internet safety tips for parents

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Staying safe online

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Conflict is inevitable in all relationships and children often struggle with what is a normal , healthy disagreement, what is playful joking, what is  conflict and what is bullying.
This may help in teaching and reinforcing what is and isn’t bullying.

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Communicating

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Anxiety is one of the biggest day-to-day challenges that my Autistic daughter faces. It's one of those dark sides of Autism that many Autistic people struggle with. From coping with change to sensory needs to difficulty understanding emotions and black and white thinking, anxiety likes to creep in and roar...loudly. This list of 15 Apps for Kids with Anxiety has done wonders for helping us navigate the negative thinking, difficult social situations, and anxiety.

We personally are an iOS family, but I did manage to find quite a few of these on Amazon Underground to be used for Android devices or on the Leap Frog Epic (see tutorial on how to put Amazon Underground on your Epic here).

And make sure to swing by and check out these Ten iPad Cases that can Survive Young Kids before you hand your tablet over to your child 😉

Relaxation and Mindfulness Apps for Kids with Anxiety

Update: A reader recently brought it to my attention that you can save 5% on app purchases on iTunes through iBotta right now. I'm not sure if it works for in app purchases but thought I would share that with ya'll!
Breathe, Think, Do Sesame
Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame is intended for parents and caregivers to use with their young children (ages 2-5) to help teach skills such as problem-solving, self-control, planning, and task persistence.
Calm
Calm is the perfect meditation app for beginners, but also includes hundreds of programs for intermediate and advanced users.

Guided meditation sessions are available in lengths of 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 minutes so you can choose the perfect length to fit with your schedule.

RELATED POSTS: 13 Powerful Phrases Proven to Help an Anxious Child Calm Down
DreamyKid
The DreamyKid meditation app offers meditation, guided visualization and affirmations curated just for children & teens. It uses proven techniques that teach your kids methods to guide them towards a happier life through mindfulness.
Headspace: Guided Meditation and Mindfulness
Meditation made simple. Guided meditations suitable for all levels from Headspace. Meditation can help improve your focus, exercise mindful awareness, relieve anxiety and reduce stress.
Kids Yoga Deck
Children will love to move their bodies as they flip through their very own yoga deck. With clear pictures and step-by-step instructions, these yoga poses are fun, child-friendly, and great for every body!
Stop, Breathe, and Think Kids
As parents, we want to raise our kids to be able to handle whatever comes their way. Whether they need to mellow out before bed, develop positive relationships or simply have a peaceful moment, Stop, Breathe & Think Kids offers children a fun and easy way to identify and process their emotions. From counting breaths to friendly wishes or frog jumps, each activity brings fun rewards to keep them engaged.
Breathing Bubbles
Breathing Bubbles is an app that helps kids practice releasing worries and focusing on good feelings by allowing kids to select the emotion they are feeling and how strongly they are feeling it. Kids can choose to handle their emotion by releasing a worry or receiving a joy as Manny the Manatee walks them through deep breathing and visualization.
Smiling Mind
Smiling Mind is designed to help people pressure, stress, and challenges of daily life. This app has a fantastic section on Mindfulness in the Classroom and is suited for kids ages 7-18.
Positive Penguins
The four positive Penguins take you on an interactive journey to help you understand that feelings arise from your thinking and if you challenge your negative thoughts successfully you may be able to see things in a more realistic and even optimistic way.

Resource: Grab your Free Calming Strategies for Kids email course.
Calm Counter
Calm Counter is a visual and audio tool to help people calm down when they are angry or anxious. The app includes a social story about anger, and audio/visual tools for calming down.
emotionary
Emotionary guides users through five primary emotions to find the right category of feeling, with all definitions pared back to the essentials and displayed so they can be easily compared.
Take a Chill
This app is full of tools to help manage that stress and bring mindful practices into a daily routine. Using quick mindful exercises and thoughtful activities, begin to overcome those moments whether it's studying for a test or preventing negative thoughts and patterns.
Chill Outz
Chill Outz® is a collection of fun animated stories teaching children proven techniques to stay mindful & relaxed anywhere, anytime.
Super Stretch Yoga
Super Stretch is an educational yoga tool to use and teach the fun of physical activity and breathing to children. They will use the skills of self-awareness, self-esteem and self-regulation that they learn from this app as a foundation for the rest of their lives.
Relax Melodies
Mix and listen to over 52 different relaxing sounds with background sound support - this app can be used while using other apps!
P.S. Many of you have asked for screen free options and we finally have them posted! If you are needing a screen free option check out these 15 Mindfulness and Yoga Books for Kids.
Also, if you have any Android recommendations leave them for us in the comments! We will be updating this post here soon with reader recommendations - I have been loving the apps y'all have shared with us so far!
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15 Mindfulness and Relaxation Apps for Kids with Anxiety

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Anxiety is one of the biggest day-to-day challenges that my Autistic daughter faces. It's one of those dark sides of Autism that many Autistic people struggle with. From coping with change to sensory needs to difficulty understanding emotions and black and white thinking, anxiety likes to creep in and roar...loudly.

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Make a sensory / glitter jar

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How to make a Sensory Bottle | Easy + Quick | DIY

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5 Senses

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The game most popular in my office is CANDYLAND, and we play it with a Feelings twist. For every color.....we share a time we felt that way.  Color + Feeling Pair Recommendations:

Blue: Sad

Purple: Lonely

Red: Angry

Orange:Frustrated

Green: Scared

Yellow: You choose the feeling

Picture cards:  Happy

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Sensory bottles

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How to make a Sensory Bottle | Easy + Quick | DIY

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When Sophie Get's Angry, Really, Really, Angry!

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When Sophie Get's Angry, Really, Really, Angry!

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When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry...

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Please take a second to leave your name or at least what grade your student is in and their teacher’s name. Thank you!!

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Caleb Lawson kindergarten mrs Switzer

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Breathing activities

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Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns it's OK TO BACK AWAY!

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Anger Management Story-Children Literature Story Telling Read Along-How

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This book is a great tool to help  with attachment issues, grief and sadness from missing someone so help them remember we are never alone.

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The Invisible String Read Aloud for Kids!

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This book about grief offers a suggestion of a memory box, to help children have a tangible "memory' of their loved one.

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Print this or read through it and discuss with your child, the many feelings we have when we experience the loss of something or someone.

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Caregivers are encouraged and recommended to watch BEFORE showing to your child(ren).

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University of Michigan School of Public Health

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All about Coronavirus: A Video for Kids and Their Families | Michigan Public Health

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Helping kids adjust to mask wearing

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Time Capsule Printable

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This is a readable e-book to read together with your child if they are having worries related to all the changes in their world.

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Publishing platform for digital magazines, interactive publications and online catalogs. Convert documents to beautiful publications and share them worldwide. Title: Everybody Worries Epdf, Author: Oxford University Press, Length: 32 pages, Published: 2020-04-29

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THE COLOR MONSTER, a Story About Emotions

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THE COLOR MONSTER, a Story About Emotions

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The Color Monster, A Story About Emotions by Anna Llenas | Children's Books | Storytime with Elena

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English Learning Town / BabyA Nursery Channel

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When i am feeling angry (with typo mistake in the video. Sorry.)| Feeling and Emotion Management

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Mrs. Graham, one of our K-2 Reading Specialists, reads Ruby Finds a Worry.

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Hunter from Mr Valentino's 1st grade class

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Kid friendly answers to questions kids/teens may have about COVID-19

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Washing hands video/experiment

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Behaviors while social distancing

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SY students are familiar with our school wide Bucket Filling theme and this is a great intro for families to help
carryover Bucket Filling at home.

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Helping kids to feel connected to teachers and classmates during unexpected and prolonged school closure.

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The Invisible String Read Aloud for Kids!

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Practice letter recognition and 26 ways to be kind

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