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Writing for Well-Being: Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month

Writing is a powerful and accessible tool for resilience, reflection, and growth. Browse our collection of resources that promote well-being through writing.

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Grades 9–12
Videos
Write With. . . Life Stories: Tending Your Creative Spark with Suleika Jaouad
by Life Stories

by 826 National and Life Stories

Like any muscle, creativity can be strengthened and developed over time. In this lesson, you will carve out time for your own creative practice and reflect on the process along the way.

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Grades K–12
Videos
Write. Read. Feel. with Mychal Threets

by Mychal Threets, librarian and literacy ambassador

Memoir
Narrative
Poetry

Librarian, literacy ambassador, and new host of Reading Rainbow Mychal Threets invites you to write about your feelings, your way with four writing prompts to explore your emotions on the page.

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Grades 3–12
Educator
Journal Writing: Implementing an Intentional Practice

by 826 National

This Educator Tool shares a variety of prompts to help you springboard into journal writing with your students.

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Grades 1–12
Educator
Writing and Mental Health

by 826 National

This Educator Tool shares resources to help you support your students' mental health through writing.

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Grades 9–12
Lessons
Cataloging Gratitude

by 826 National

Poetry

What happens when we start from a place of gratitude? In this lesson, students will use Ross Gay’s "Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude" as a catalyst for a daily gratitude journal.

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Grades 4–8
Videos
Inspiration in the Everyday with Charlotte Yeung

by Charlotte Yeung

Fantasy/SciFi
Narrative
Persuasive
Poetry

Midwest Youth Poet Laureate Ambassador, Charlotte Yeung, shares one of her favorite brainstorming strategies for creating a new piece.

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Grades 7–9
Lessons
Choosing My Name

by Karla Brundage, 826 Valencia

Poetry

What’s in a name? Students will consider how language can impact identity and create an illustrated name poem that reflects their identities.

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Grades 1–5
Sparks
Sensory Heart Mapping

by 826 National

Narrative
Poetry

Students will identify their favorite sensory memories and transfer them to a visual heart map.

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Grades 6–12
Sparks
Writing to Process (Secondary)

by Asia Calcagno, 826CHI

Memoir
Narrative
Poetry

Writing can be a powerful tool when working through feelings of grief, sadness, or anger. This Spark creates an intentional opportunity for youth to write and speak about what is on their minds.

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Grades 1–5
Sparks
Writing to Process (Elementary)

by Asia Calcagno, 826CHI

Memoir
Narrative
Poetry

Writing can be a powerful tool when working through feelings of grief, sadness, or anger. This Spark creates an intentional opportunity for youth to write and speak about what is on their minds.

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Grades 1–3
Sparks
What’s Your Happy?

by Molly Sprayregen, 826CHI

Poetry

In this social and emotional learning writing prompt, students create a poem that shares the "happys" in their life.

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Grades 6–12
Sparks
A Place Worth Being with Jason Reynolds

by Jason Reynolds, The New York Times Best-Selling Author & National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature

Narrative

Students will write a personal narrative where they describe themselves as a place. Not a specific place, but all the things a "place" consists of.

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Grades 1–3
Sparks
Feeling Words & Healing Words: A Poetry Journey

by Molly Sprayregen, 826CHI

Poetry

In this collection of poetry activities, young writers will explore a range of feelings and strengthen their emotional vocabulary. Activities are available in print and web versions!

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