Want some extra social/emotional resources to use with your child(ren) at home? Here are some apps that could be used for a variety of situations and concerns!

Stop, Breathe & Think Kids: Focus, Calm & Sleep by Stop, Breathe & Think - This app has a variety of calming mindfulness breathing exercise. This is perfect for students needing to calm and refocus. The exercises are around 5-8 minutes and also allow students to use emojis to track their feelings before and after.
Settle Your Glitter by Momentous Institute - This app leads students through mindful breathing exercises as the glitter settles and offers time for comparing strength of feelings before and after the exercise.
Breathing Bubbles by Momentous Institute - This is a great app to use with kids who worry. When the user selects worry as the current feeling, the app asks if the user would like to release a worry or receive a joy. Students can then practice calming breathing exercises.
iTouchiLearn Feelings for Preschool Kids Free by Staytoooned - This is a great app for young children who are learning to identify feelings. This app is also helpful for students who struggle to recognize facial expressions in others. Users are given a scenario and asked to select the emoticon that matches how the character is feeling.
Feelings - For Kids by BABYBUS - This educational game teaches children to recognize when they have a specific feeling. Children feel the same emotions as adults, but they often lack the self-control and language skills to express their feelings. This app helps them realize solving problems is easy and fun.
Q Wunder - This app is great for Pre-K and Kindergarten students! Students play with a genius monkey, Q, to learn life skills, such as using manners, and promote emotional intelligence. You can customize the content in Q's world to suit student needs. There is a subscription that opens more content if you like the app!
Social Skills Play ($2.99) - This is a fun social skills play app designed to help your child to interact and communicate appropriately with other children.
Peppy Pals Farm - Friendship Adventure - This app features four quirky animal friends on exciting adventures and learning about emotions and friendship. This game is a fun way to nurture a child?s emotional intelligence.

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