Alison Relax Kids Wokingham Areas

03/12/2025

This looks like a great family activity 😃

Create Natural History Museum, London

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-and-fun-winter-animal-themed-workshop-for-families-tickets-1975798588766?aff=oddtdtcreator%3Futm_source%3Dfacebook&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=nhm_winter_workshop

29/11/2025

Love this! ❤️
Have you seen a ‘Hatmus’ tree?

involve Community ServicesBarkham Hookers Charity GroupWokingham Charity and Community Hub

🎄 The wonderful Barkham Hookers have been at it again… knitting up a storm! 🧶

Their fabulous handmade hats are now popping up on “Hatmus” trees all around the Borough — and guess what? We’ve got one right here in the Wokingham Charity and Community Hub ! Erftstadt Court Denmark St, Wokingham RG40 2YF

If you’re feeling chilly and in need of a cosy new hat, pop in and help yourself.

Warm heads and warm hearts all round! ❄️❤️

29/11/2025

Decembers affirmation calendar is ready to download for free from Relax Kids

🎅 𝗙 𝗥 𝗘 𝗘 𝗔 𝗙 𝗙 𝗜 𝗥 𝗠 𝗔 𝗧 𝗜 𝗢 𝗡 𝗖 𝗔 𝗟 𝗘 𝗡 𝗗 𝗔 𝗥 🎄
𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘈 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘵𝘩, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴.

𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳, 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.

𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺. 𝘈 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦.

𝘿𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘭. 𝘈 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰. ✨🎄

L i n k i n t h e c o m m e n t s 👇

29/11/2025

What a lovely activity , from hello, Wonderful

Beautiful twig Christmas trees my daughter and I made one year 🥰🌲 Tutorial: https://www.hellowonderful.co/post/diy-twig-christmas-tree/

29/11/2025

Great S (elf) care calendar from Dorset MHST

It’s very nearly December! ⛄️🎄

We’re so excited to introduce the Dorset MHST S(elf)-Care Advent Calendar 2025! Packed with daily self-care ideas to help you nurture your emotional health and wellbeing this holiday season. 💛✨

Download your own copy now via the link in our bio or visit bit.ly/MHSTAdvent2025

Don’t forget to share it with friends and family to spread the self-care cheer. 🎅

29/11/2025

How anxiety can present fpr some children, thanks to Brave journeys

What anxiety looks like in children — and what’s actually going on underneath. A lot of people still imagine anxiety as looking shaky, panicked or obviously distressed. But in kids (and many teens), it rarely looks like that.

Most of the young people I work with look absolutely fine on the outside… while their bodies are in full “alarm mode” on the inside.
Here’s what anxiety often actually looks like in children:
>Angry outbursts
>“I don’t want to go”
>Suddenly feeling sick
>Tummy aches
>Freezing when asked a question
>Needing everything ‘just right’
>Being the class clown to hide how they feel

What’s really happening? (In proper plain English)
Children’s brains are still developing. The part that manages emotions and helps them rationalise things is much younger and less skilled than the part that scans for danger and does all the clever stuff and its much more reactive than proactive!
So when something feels scary, uncomfortable or unpredictable, their bodies react before their words can catch up.
> Their heart speeds up.
> Their stomach tightens.
> Their breathing changes.
> Their brain starts shouting: “Something’s wrong!”
> That’s why they lash out, shut down, cling, avoid, or suddenly “feel sick”.
> It’s not manipulation.
> It’s not attitude.
> It’s their nervous system going into protection mode.

Let’s use emetophobia as an example
I work with a lot of children and teens who are terrified of being sick. Here’s how it usually plays out:
>Their brain senses nausea - even normal tummy sensations.
>Their body goes into panic mode.
>Panic makes their stomach feel worse.
>Feeling worse convinces them they might be sick.
>And the cycle continues.
So what do you see?
>Refusing to eat certain foods
>Avoiding school
>“My tummy hurts” every morning
>Fear of long car journeys
>Needing constant reassurance
>Meltdowns before school or bedtime
>To a parent, it can seem irrational.

But to the child, it is completely real, scary and overwhelming!
Their body is reacting as if vomiting is a life-threatening danger!

Now if you are in the situation where your little goes into school and 'seems' to manage...
Don't be alarmed if the melt down when they get home, because they have worked so hard all day to keep it together....now they need a release!

However the good news is Anxiety — including emetophobia — is treatable.
Kids can absolutely learn to understand their body, calm their nervous system and break the cycle. You’re not imagining it.
They’re not doing it on purpose. And you don’t have to figure it out alone.
If your child is struggling with anxiety, I’m here to help support them (and you) through it.
💚 Graham
Brave Journeys Counselling

24/11/2025

This is a really helpful reminder, some children (and adults after work) need to release, after holding it all together all day long.

Thanks to The Contented Child, Child Wellbeing Consultancy

SECOND CHANCE SUNDAY - resharing our most popular posts of the past 7 days - just in case you missed it first time round.

If your young person seems to “fall apart” the moment they get home from school, you’re not imagining it — and you’re certainly not alone. After-school restraint collapse is a real, brain-based response to a long day of holding it all together.

In today’s visual, I’m breaking down the steps of the collapse — from the build-up during the school day, to the quiet unravelling on the journey home, to the release you often see the minute they walk through the door.
Understanding these steps matters. When we can recognise why it happens, we’re far better equipped to respond with connection, not correction.

If you want practical tools, scripts, and step-by-step support for navigating these moments, the full After School Restraint Collapse Toolkit is available via the link in the comments below ⬇️ or through the Linktree Shop in Bio. Global checkout system.

It’s designed to help you spot the early signs, stay regulated yourself, and guide your child back to safety and balance.

What part of the after-school routine feels hardest in your home right now? I’d love to hear so I can create resources that truly help.

FOLLOW for new posts on this topic over the coming week.

18/11/2025

Well said Donna Ashworth x

Let them put up their lights.
Let them decorate their trees.
They are fighting their own fight,
in the loveliest of ways.

D xx

18/11/2025

Beautiful way to find the way out of overwhelm.

Thanks to Colorsbysue

Today’s quote ❤️.

18/11/2025

Butterfly Tapping 🦋

A helpful tool to support a sense of calm, when everything may feel overwhelming.

Thanks to

https://youtube.com/shorts/T6BDIBjnI34?si=QzLULn-n_hBOoEKS

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

14/11/2025

How Amazing and Inspiring is Sara Cox!
What a Wonder Woman 🦸 🌟

The charities and projects that support are invaluable.

I have donated, have you?

BBC Radio 2 BBC Children in Need

Over 5 MILLION pounds raised for Children in Need 🧸🧡

One last push Sara! The difference this money is going to make to so many people’s lives ✨

To donate online and support Sara’s challenge attempt, visit bbc.co.uk/sara |

14/11/2025

What a great resource!

Early years treasures - new and preloved early years resources