This free Take Notice leaflet is a child friendly, printable PDF that introduces one of the Five Ways to Wellbeing. It helps children, teens and young people understand what it means to pay attention to the present moment and notice thoughts, feelings and the world around them. The leaflet explains how taking notice can support emotional wellbeing, reduce stress, improve calmness and help children understand themselves better. It is a useful tool for counselling, therapy and mental health support.
The guide describes simple mindfulness based activities using the senses, such as noticing what you can see, hear, smell, touch and taste. It also encourages children to listen to music with full attention, make small changes to daily routines and find new things to observe in their environment. These activities help build awareness, emotional regulation and coping skills, which makes the resource suitable for therapeutic work, early intervention and wellbeing programmes.
The leaflet includes ideas for managing difficult feelings such as anxiety, anger or sadness. It suggests taking brain breaks, focusing on small positive moments, using G.L.A.D. reflections and practising slow breathing techniques like 7–11 breathing. It also introduces grounding exercises, mindful daily activities and simple breathing techniques that are often used in counselling and therapy sessions to help children stay present and calm.
This resource is suitable for parents, carers, teachers, social workers, counsellors, therapists, school pastoral teams and mental health practitioners. It can be used in direct work, emotional wellbeing sessions, counselling, therapy, early help, classroom learning or as part of wider mental health support. It encourages children to build mindfulness into daily life through nature, music, colouring, exercise and sensory awareness.
This downloadable PDF is ideal for anyone searching for mindfulness activities for children, wellbeing worksheets, grounding exercises, coping skills tools, therapy resources for kids, counselling materials, mental health printables or child friendly resources linked to the Five Ways to Wellbeing.
