A Child’s Journal is a Surprisingly Powerful Tool

A child’s journal is a fantastic bucket emptier and therefore a fabulous activity for a highly sensitive child. Getting thoughts, ideas, stories and experiences on paper is a great way to help children calm their minds (and bodies!) AND makes for a wonderful time capsule!

A Blank Piece of Paper

This is particularly important at the moment, whilst children try to get their heads around school closures. Normal routines and schedules have been decimated by the corona virus crisis. And writing about that, even on a blank piece of paper, can be helpful to process what is going on.

Here are our two favourite journals for children.

Time Capsule: A Seriously Awesome Journal

My son enjoys filling his “Time Capsule: A seriously awesome journal” with his thoughts and drawings.

This Katie Clemons journal is such fun.

He mesmerised me as I watched him draw himself as a pirate! He took his sweet time to think up his pirate name….

The most wonderful thing about this activity is that within twenty minutes of filling in a few pages of his journal my son’s bucket is empty. By the time he finishes up he’s smiling from ear to ear. And we have a calm boy ready for his bed.

That’s the power of a kid’s journal.

Big Life Journal – for Children

Another favourite kid’s journal in our house is the Big Life Journal for Kids. We use the Teen Edition and I love it.

There are journals for different age groups and these kid’s journals get children to ask themselves big questions. These journals get kids to delve within themselves and challenge themselves on how they see the world.

The primary focus of the Big Life Journals is to focus on the development of a growth mindset. A focus that is important for highly sensitive children, given perfectionist and fear of failure tendencies.

Further Reading About Journaling

Why Journaling is so Goof for a Highly Sensitive Person

Fill a Page to Empty a Highly Sensitive Mind

For more bucket emptying ideas get the Happy Sensitive Kids book.

Over to You

Do you journal? Do you encourage your children to journal? What benefits do you see? Share your thoughts below.

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