MHST Book Club15 February 2023 (by admin) |
Dear Families,
A message from our MHST - Mind in West Essex:
The Mental Health Support Team (MHST) at Mind in West Essex is excited to introduce its newest project. A wellbeing book club! Reading is a great way to relax and has positive benefits for child development and mental health too! Research has found that reading with your child not only strengthens the parent-child bond but also helps children to develop empathy and emotional awareness, teaching children that it’s okay to feel emotions and how to cope with their feelings in healthy ways.
To join you on this reading journey with your child, at the start of each month we will be releasing a MHST Book Club Newsletter, which will have 5 book recommendations (you don't have to read them all) that deal with the topic of mental health and wellbeing for all ages, along with some conversational prompts and questions to get you talking.
If you want to get involved, scan the QR code on the poster attached and sign up for our newsletter! Click on the image to open the poster.
If you are unable to scan the QR code please click on the link below
We will also be launching our MHST book club at Loughton Library on Saturday the 18th of February between 11am and 2pm. We will be hosting a wellbeing story time, time to be confirmed, as well as doing mindful activities that help us reflect on how reading positively impacts our mental health.