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Apps to Promote Emotional Well-Being
Apps about mindfulness or being calm
Headspace: Meditation & Sleep: Headspace is your guide to everyday mindfulness in just a few minutes a day. (Free for teachers)
Headspace for Kids: Simple breathing exercises for kids to focus on calm.
Calm: Calm is the #1 app for Sleep, Meditation and Relaxation.
Insight Timer - Meditation App: Guided meditations and talks led by the world's top meditation and mindfulness experts, neuroscientists, psychologists and teachers.
Stop, Breathe, Think for Kids: A meditation and mindfulness made easy for kids ages 5-10.
Mindful Powers: A very child friendly app that empowers kids to bring calm into their lives.
DreamyKid: A meditation app that whole families can use.
Kids Yoga Deck: Kids flip through a virtual deck of yoga cards with pictures of real kids demonstrating poses.
ChillOutz: A fun, animated stories teaching kids to stay calm in any situation.
Apps to help children with identifying emotions:
Avokiddo Emotions: young children dress up silly animals and learn about their personalities and emotions
Emotions from I Can Do Apps: uses real pictures of children's faces to help kids explore and identify different emotions
Zones of Regulation App: helps students categorize feelings into four color zones
Emotionary: Develop a rich vocabulary of emotions and you’ll have the building block for emotional intelligence.
Apps to help with focus and attention
Focus Booster App: This app chunks tasks into time segments for all age levels.
Bear Focus Timer: this app uses simple black and white graphics to break tasks into time chunks for kids, a method used for increasing focus and concentration
Freedom: Freedom blocks distracting websites and apps.
Ninja Focus: app helps with concentration and mindfulness with an engaging ninja theme
Color by Number: color a picture by number using focus and concentration
Rescue Time: Rescue Time helps you understand where your time goes each day. Optimize your energy. And take back control of your day.
Apps to promote gratitude/emotional expression
Three Good Things: A simple online journal where you list 3 good things about each day. This focus on gratitude leads to greater happiness.
Thankful for: This app prompts and encourages you to build a gratitude list daily.