Ohio Healthy Minds, Thriving Kids Pre-K:
Helping 3-to-5 year olds in the State of Ohio learn healthy mental health skills!
Created in partnership with the Child Mind Institute and OCCRRA.
Kids and parents can watch these five fun videos, set in the magical world of Hedgehog Land, where kids can follow the stories of our friendly hedgehog characters as they try to solve problems, learn new skills, and have fun together! Each episode, based on social-emotional development research, teaches an important skill to help kids grow and thrive! There’s also important tools for parents, caregivers, and educators too.
Kids can watch and adults can follow along
with the videos and learning guides below:
- Understanding Feelings: Learning to label and accept emotions while identifying health expressions of these feelings and coping with uncomfortable feelings
- Using Your Words: Fostering language to communicate needs, resolve conflicts, and build deeper connections
- Having Big Feelings: Improving self-awareness and decision-making
- Being Brave: Facing healthy challenges to build resilience
- Being a Good Friend: Providing social skills to build valuable friendships
For the adults!
OHMTK Caregiver Guide: Children experience all the same complicated, wonderful, confusing, and big emotions that adults do. It’s important for them to know that it’s okay to feel all emotions, including feelings that are pleasant and feelings that are uncomfortable.
OHMTK Educator Guide: Educators and the school setting play an important role in helping preschoolers learn and practice the skills introduced in the OhioPreschool Healthy Minds, Thriving Kids Project. This guide provides helpful tips for introducing and reinforcing the content from each video in the classroom.