Wellness day 2 grades 4 - 6 learning activities

Time: 5 minutes

Trivia question: Think of the answer in your head. How many bones does your skull have – 2, 5, or 22?

Mindfulness Activity:

• Sit in a comfortable spot.
• Take a deep breath in and bring your hands together.
• Start rubbing your hands together slowly. Now a little bit faster.
• Count down from 10. When you get to zero stop your rubbing your hands together but keep them pressed together.
• Notice how they feel and notice the warmth you created with a bit of movement.

Time: 10 – 15 minutes

Supplies:

• Blank paper
• Coloured paper
• Pencil
• Crayons or markers

Ask your child: if you were a superhero, what would your name be? What superpowers would you have? How would you help people? What words would describe you?

Have your child draw themselves as a superhero on a blank paper sheet and decorate it.

Have your child draw themselves as a superhero on a blank paper sheet and decorate it.​

Time: 10 – 15 minutes

Guide your child through the following superhero exercises:

• 30 seconds - running on the spot
• 30 seconds – jumping jacks
• 30 seconds- jump as high as you can
• 30 seconds- drop to the floor and pretend you’re “flying” like Superman
• 30 seconds- push ups
• 30 seconds- air kick - (don’t kick anyone)
• 30 seconds- air punch - (don’t punch anyone)
• 30 seconds- drop to the floor and belly crawl
• Lay flat on your back and take 5 deep breaths

Repeat 3 times.

Time: 10 – 15 minutes

Trivia question: Think of the answer in your head. How many smells can a nose remember – 5 thousand, 50 thousand, or 5 million?

Mindfulness Activity:

• Sit in a comfortable spot.
• Bring one hand to your belly and your other hand to your heart.
• Take a deep breath in. Deep breath out. Do you feel your heart? Notice how fast or slow it is beating.
• As you take a deep breath in try to make both of your hands lift.
• Breathe into your belly and your chest. Breathe out from your chest and your belly.
• Notice how you feel.

Time: 10 – 15 minutes

Supplies:

• Paper
• Markers
• Scissors

Have your child cut a blank piece of paper into a square. Use the instructions to make a fortune teller.

Write the name of four different colours on each of the four outside squares. Write the numbers 1-8 on the eight triangles inside the fortune teller. Flip up the eight triangles and write the following questions:

• Who is your favorite superhero?
• If you could have one super power, what would it be?
• What are 3 things you are good at?
• What are 3 things the person in front of you is good at?
• What are 3 things you can be better at?
• If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be?
• How can you improve and master a skill?
• What are some pros and cons about being a superhero?

When your child has finished their fortune teller, take turns using it and asking each other questions.​

Time: 10 – 15 minutes

Supplies:

• Notebook
• Paper or computer
• Pen

Have your child write a daily journal to reflect on their feelings and thoughts. Use the following to help them get started:

• Make a list of all the things you are good at (Example: being a friend, listening, helping, playing, etc.). Be as specific as possible.
• Looking at your list, do you think you are good at these things because you learned and practiced them or because you were born with it?

Time: 5 minutes

Trivia question: Think of the answer in your head. What is air made up of? Mindfulness Activity:

• Put up one hand, palm facing out and fingers spread apart.
• Using a finger on your other hand, breathe in and move/trace from the base of your thumb up to the tip.
• Move/trace your finger down the other side of your thumb and breathe out.
• Do the same with the remaining four fingers, taking deep breaths in and out as you move your finger.
• After you’ve reached the second side of your pinky finger, you will have done 5 complete deep breaths.

Time: 10 – 15 minutes

Supplies:

• Poster paper
• Paper
• Blank cardboard
• Markers
• Pencils
• Crayons

Have your child create a poster of themselves as a superhero (they can use their superhero drawing from before). Have them write their strengths, a positive statement about themselves or quote on the poster. Here are some examples:

• "I can discover great new things about myself"
• "I have special qualities. I can share them with the world"
• "It is important to learn what strengths I have, use them, and build on them"
• "Knowing others is intelligence, knowing yourself is true wisdom" – Tao Ti Ching
• "Why fit in when you were born to stand out?" – Dr. Seuss
• "Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses" – Marilyn vos Savant
• "Teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength" – Maya Angelou

Decorate the walls with other inspiring posters, advertising, photos and other artwork created by your child.

Source: https://education.alberta.ca/media/3272613/discover.pdf​​​

Mindfulness Activity 1: The skull is made up of 22 bones that are joined together.

Mindfulness Activity 2: 50 thousand.

Mindfulness Activity 3: Nitrogen (78%), Oxygen (21%), water vapor (1-5%), and more.​​