Audience
Attendees
Number of facilitators
Level
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Activity
Description
Bibliotherapy is a creative arts therapy involving reading and storytelling, designed to promote mental health and wellbeing. Through a guided group reading and reflective creative activities, children and youth will practice emotional expression and empathy.
Objectives
Participants will:
• Stimulate emotional processing and wellbeing through literature.
• Strengthen social-emotional skills like empathy, self-awareness, and confidence.
• Create a safe space for self-expression and discussion.
• Encourage a positive connection with reading and libraries.
Worked skills
• Creative expression
• Listening and discussion skills
• Self-reflection and empathy
• Optimism
Prerequisites for the audience
• Familiarity with the language spoken by the facilitator or translation where available.
Equipment
• Soft seating
• Drawing materials to create a bookmark (crayons, markers, stencils, hard paper)
Content used
• Children’s books dealing with the topic of change, travel, migration
• Story prompts
• Visual emotion cards (E.g. ‘Feelin Cartes’ or ‘Mindful Talk’)
• (Optional) Movie: Disney’s Inside Out