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KIDS HAVE STRESS TOO! Grades 4-6

Empowering Educators to Build Emotionally Healthy Classrooms

Kids Have Stress Too! (KHST) for Grades 4-6 empowers elementary school educators and child-serving professionals with effective strategies to build an emotionally healthy classroom environment by promoting self-regulation and age-appropriate stress-management strategies.

By implementing the KHST! Grades 4-6 program, you will help children to:

  1. Understand the effects of stress  on overall health and learning
  2. Learn practical, coping strategies for managing stress 
  3. Promote a positive mindset  to support and emotional resilience.
  4. Learn how to address worries and fears.

With practical tools and easy-to-apply tips, this program features 7 core lessons to support students on their stress management journey:

  1. What is Stress: Students discover what stress is and how it impacts their emotions, body and health if it’s not managed properly. 
  2. Stressed or Not Stressed: Students reflect on stressful situations and begin to think about ways they can cope.
  3. Deep Breathing: Students learn a series of simple deep breathing exercises that will help them manage stress and restore a more balanced, positive attitude.
  4. Hooked by Stress: Students recognize that stressful situations can sometimes trigger negative responses and learn how to react to situations in a more positive way. 
  5. Worries & Fears: Students think about their worries and fears in a realistic and productive way so that they are equipped to manage situations that make them anxious or afraid.
  6. Puzzle Solvers: Students learn to break down problem into smaller ones so they can tackle them proactively.
  7. Express Yourself to Bust Stress: Students review learnings from previous lessons in a fun way and explore creative self-expression as an effective stress buster.
Additional Program Features

INSIDE YOU’LL DISCOVER:

  • Seven Lessons with a lesson plan and student activity sheets.
  • Videos and posters for applicable lessons.
  • A certificate of completion.
  • A letter for parents.

Explore our video collection designed to support and enhance the KHST! Grades 4–6 program with your students.

Professional Development Training: For Educators & Child-Serving Professionals

We offer professional development training to help educators and child-serving professionals confidently implement the Kids Have Stress Too! (KHST) program. Led by a Stress Management Expert Trainer, our training sessions provide a comprehensive overview of the lessons, tools, and resources needed to integrate KHST into classrooms effectively.

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Explore our Kids Have Stress Too! Grades 4-6 Program Guide

Available in E-book (PDF) and/or print format.