Physical Health
Getting 8 to 10 hours of this each night gives your body time to repair itself and store memories.
What is sleep?
Money set aside in a bank or piggy bank for future emergencies or big purchases.
What are savings?
The habit of putting off something challenging until the last possible minute.
What is procrastination?
Taking slow deep breaths or talking to a counselor when you are upset are healthy examples of these.
What are coping skills or stress management skills?
When you let someone know that they're taking something too far, and you're not okay with it, you are establishing a healthy _________.
What is a boundary?
Drinking plenty of this daily keeps your organs functioning properly and helps regulate body temperature.
What is water?
A warm winter coat is an example of a "need," while a new gaming console or a Needoh squishie is an example of this.
What is a want?
A mindset where you believe your intelligence and skills can grow with hard work and practice.
What is a growth mindset?
The ability to bounce back from difficult situations, failures, or mistakes.
What is resilience?
Listening closely, making eye contact, and showing interest when someone talks is called this type of listening.
What is active listening?
Sweating, elevated heart rate, and doing things like riding your bike, swimming, or playing tag count as this.
What is exercise (or working out)?
Core beliefs that guide how you act, make decisions, and treat others, such as honesty or kindness.
What are values?
Using a planner, calendar, or checklist to manage your school tasks helps build this skill.
What is time management?
Understanding and sharing the feelings of another person.
What is empathy?
Spending your free time picking up trash in a park or helping at an animal shelter without getting paid.
What is volunteering?
Washing your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds is a simple way to practice this habit that prevents illness.
What is hygiene?
Buying an item right away without thinking about whether you can afford it or need it is called this type of spending.
What is impulse buying?
The desire to learn new things, ask questions, and explore topics outside of class.
What is curiosity?
Doing the right thing even when no one else is watching, like returning a lost wallet.
What is integrity or ethics?
When people your age try to get you to do something you might not want to do.
What is peer pressure?
Staying up too late playing video games (Physical) makes it hard to focus on your math quiz (Academic). This shows your dimensions are ___.
What is connected?
Saying "thank you" and noticing the good things and helpful people around you is practicing this.
What is a sense of gratitude?
When you exercise your brain by writing, making art or music, working out math puzzles, etc, you are using this.
What is creativity?
Feeling butterflies in your stomach before giving a presentation is a common sign of this.
What is stress?
Resolving a disagreement where both sides give up a little bit to reach a peaceful agreement.
What is a compromise?