The 5 Ways to Wellbeing 

Here are some ideas of how you can fit the 5 ways into every day:

Keep active

• dance to your favourite song
• walk a dog
• hula hoop
• join a sports team
• play a game in the playground
• walk or cycle to school
• help in the garden
• run a race with friends
• make up your own sport

Take notice

• look what you can see out of your window and how it changes
• paint or draw a picture of what you've seen today
• think about how you are feeling today
• listen to the sounds of nature like the wind and rain
• play I spy
• notice how your friends or family are feeling today

Connect

• talk to your friends and family
• help a friend or neighbour
• eat a meal with your family
• make a new friend
• say hello
• bake some cakes and share them

Keep learning

• learn a new word each day
• visit a museum or art gallery
• try out a musical instrument
• do a word search
• try a new food
• learn to cook a new recipe
• study an animal or bug
• visit a new place
• write a story or song

Give

• smile and say thank you
• make a homemade present or card for someone
• hold a door open for someone
• give someone you love a hug
• send your old toys to a charity shop
• share with others
• help around the house - wash the dishes or do some dusting
• listen to someone else and how they are feeling