Minds On
Health
Taking care of your health is important for your body and mind.
Making healthy choices helps your body to grow and helps your mind to learn.
Student Success
Think-Pair-Share
There are many different ways that people can be healthy.
- What does it mean to be healthy?
- What are some ways we can be healthy?
If possible, share your ideas with a partner. You can also record your ideas on paper, on a computer, or as an audio or video clip.
Note to teachers: See your teacher guide for collaboration tools, ideas and suggestions.
Action
Mental health
There are different ways to think about mental health.
Some people talk about mental health as taking care of their brain. Some people talk about mental health as taking care of their emotions.
Both are correct because our brain helps us to feel, think, and act.
Mental health is just as important as physical health.
When your body experiences a physical injury, it can affect your thinking and emotions. When your mind experiences an illness, it can affect how your body feels and acts.
Mental health strategies
There are many things we can do to help support our mental health.
Taking time to rest, having fun with friends, and exploring interests are all great ways to maintain good mental health.
Explore the images and descriptions of some ways to support mental health.
Talking
Talking with a trusted adult or friend about your feelings can support good mental health.
Resting
Resting when a person feels tired and getting enough sleep can help support good mental health.
Playing
Playing with friends and having fun can help support good mental health.
Scheduling
Making a schedule and following routines can help support good mental health.
Exploring
Exploring new things and practicing new skills can help support good mental health.
Breathing
Taking deep breaths and meditating can help support good mental health.
Sometimes it can be hard to deal with the thoughts that you have in your mind.
Explore the following How Do You Feel? video entitled “New School” to learn about ways that can help you deal with your thoughts.
If you are having a “sticky” thought, some things you can do are:
- take a deep breath
- be patient with yourself
- think positively
Consolidation
Healthy minds poster
Every person’s mind is different. This means that the ways people support their mental health will also be different.
Explore these posters that are examples of ways to represent healthy minds.
We are now going to create our own posters that represent healthy minds.
Complete the My Healthy Minds Poster activity in your notebook or using the following fillable and printable document. If you would like, you can use speech-to-text or audio recording tools to record your thoughts.
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Create a poster representing what a healthy mind means to you. You can also record a detailed description of what you would include on your poster. |
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Press the ‘Activity’ button to access the My Healthy Minds Poster.
Student Success
Think-Pair-Share
If possible, share your poster with someone and explain to them what your poster means.
Reflection
How do you feel about what you have learned in this activity? Which of the next four sentences best matches how you are feeling about your learning? Press the button that is beside this sentence.
I feel…
Now, record your ideas about your feelings using a voice recorder, speech-to-text, or writing tool.