Beginners Journaling For Kids

In this bitesize practical course designed for children (and adults too), you will learn about what journaling is and how it might be useful to you. You don't need any experience of journaling, just a pen/pencil and paper or notepad.

As well as some theory you’ll be guided through a few journaling exercises that you can try during the course to help you to start journaling. These can be re-listened to and repeated as often as you like to help you practice journaling by yourself.

This course can be completed alone or with a parent, friend, or as a family but you don’t have to share what you’ve written with others if you don’t want to. No one is going to grade your work.

Each lesson includes Anna's track 'Soothing Piano With British Birdsong' playing in the background to create a relaxing learning experience.

Leçon 1: What Is Journaling And Why Is It Useful?

In this lesson, we will talk about what journaling is, why it might be helpful to you, and how to get started. Then we'll do a basic practical exercise thinking about gratitude. This lesson can be done alone or with a parent, friend, or other family member.

Make sure you have a pen/pencil and paper or notepad/journal ready.

Leçon 2: Let's Get Journaling: Exploring Gratitude

Today you'll try journaling for the first time with a positive topic. We'll explore the number one thing you’re grateful for in more detail using a practical writing exercise. We'll also talk about what else journaling can be used to express e.g. difficult feelings, stresses, etc, to give you some ideas of other ways you might like to journal.

Leçon 3: Bedtime Journaling

In this lesson, Anna shares how journaling can be used before bedtime to get out anything that’s bothering you so that it’s not so on your mind before you go to sleep.

Then we'll do a practical exercise to try this out. It can be repeated whenever you are having trouble getting to sleep or waking in the night because of something on your mind so listen to this lesson whenever you need to.

Leçon 4: Journaling Challenge

Anna sets you a challenge in this final lesson: an invitation to try journaling for 1 month (either occasionally throughout the month whenever something is bothering you, or as a regular daily or weekly practice). Then we'll try a writing exercise to reflect on your experiences of journaling for yourself on this course.