January 30, 2019
A New Take on Valentine’s Day: 9 Resources that Promote Self-Love
Be your own Valentine this month.
Valentine’s Day isn’t just about exchanging cards and eating chocolates. It can also be a good opportunity to recognize the importance of self-love. Here are 9 resources to help you and your students practice emotional and mental self-care.
- Here are three things to do to help you and your students practice self-love.
- Need more convincing? Check out these five science-backed reasons it’s important to love yourself.
- Rather than writing love poems, encourage your students to write “I am … ” poems. This free template gives specific descriptions for what to include.
- Both you and your students can use this PBS activity to write a letter to yourself.
- Doing challenging work can help your intelligence continue to develop. Remember, the brain is malleable. This growth mindset lesson from Khan Academy can help give your students a more positive image of their academic performance.
- Check out these 45 free affirmation cards that you can download and print for kids.
- For $13.74, you can get a set of 50 affirmation cards for yourself (and share them with other educators in the teacher’s lounge).
- ThinkApp is a free app that allows you to select daily affirmations from a list or create your own.
- Finally, watch this short TEDxTalk about how to love yourself to the core.
