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In Mindfulness Exercises for Kids: 75 Relaxation Techniques to Help Your Child Feel Better, parents and teachers will find a plethora of useful exercises meant to encourage childrens mental health. This book is a resource for anyone who spends time with kids and is invested in their success. Stability, awareness, positive self-esteem, and emotional growth may be achieved through mindfulness, especially when the individual learns these habits early.
Is your child stressed out? Do they have a difficult time conveying their emotions or empathizing with the feelings of others? Research has shown that meditation and mindfulness in schools drastically reduce aggression in children. Can you imagine the benefits of bringing these exercises home? Even your childs concentration and observational skills will improve.
Childhood is already challenging; there are so many new and conflicting expectations from parents, teachers, and peers. Teach your little ones to understand their own desires and feelings so that they are not lost in the noise. Children also benefit from learning to manage difficult emotions when they do arise. Growth and progress are possible when learning is made more digestible. These exercises are a blast for kids, all while teaching them the skills they need for a happy life.
What is mindfulness? Do you need healing crystals and a personal spiritual advisor? Nope. As it turns out, mindfulness is a practical term for finding calm through being present in the moment and accepting yourself. True peace can be vital during the storms that tend to arise throughout our lives. Teaching these skills to children is beyond beneficial for their mental health. Imagine developing habits that could have saved you heartbreak during your hormonal teenage years. Imagine having the emotional stability to love yourself as an adult, without ever having to buy another self-help book.
Reading this book youre going to find out all of the fundamental ways that mindfulness can improve your childs life now and later! Your little one will learn about their own emotions and how to understand the feelings of others. Kids perform exercises that foster feelings of self-love. Young minds soak up new habits that change their concentration and improve the way they observe the world. Watch how much detail your child notices after just a few of these activities.
Children learn to thrive, even in challenging situations. Self-soothing techniques ensure that your little one is always comforted, even when you are not around. Your little ones will learn the basics of meditation, visualization, and breath control.
Concentration skills are improved as children are challenged through games, crafts, meditations, and experiments.
Watch as your child learns new ways to process the world around them with all of their senses with activities that they will want to repeat again and again.
Create an environment where your children are comfortable being open and honest with you as they begin to explore their own feelings and developing personality.
Give your child a better understanding of how their body works through exercises that test balance and test physical observations.
Thank you so much for your purchase of Mindfulness Exercises for Kids: 75 Relaxation Techniques to Help Your Child Feel Better . This book exists to help children become well-versed in mindfulness. Scientific research has shown that kids exposed to meditation and mental health exercises are more emotionally intelligent than average. Through the activities inside of this book, children will learn to love and accept themselves while maintaining an affection for the world they occupy.
In 2011 one of the most influential studies sought to determine the usefulness of teaching mindfulness practices to children. This study was one of the largest of its kind, taking place thanks to a collaboration between Mindful Schools (a research group) and the University of California, Davis. Nine hundred thirty-seven children participated in the project, and the results were promising (fig 1).
Educators took a course that enabled them to embed mindful practices into the curriculum. Students in the control group were offered a tiny taste of mindfulness through a four-hour instructional lesson. Children who were exposed to the change in their entire syllabus showed significant signs of improvement in areas related to concentration, compassion, and engagement.
Researchers with Mindful Schools are hopeful about the outcome of their study. The more children are immersed in mindful practices, the better their scholastic experience. Mindful Schools is confident that their courses will continue to foster improvement in academic institutions and even offer online options for teachers.
Fig 1. Behavioral improvement of children when exposed to the mindful curriculum (6 Weeks), 2011-2012 Graph from Mindful Schools, Mindful Schools. Web. 17 Sept. 2020. n.pag.
Childhood is already challenging; kids take in so much new information while also attempting to navigate their desires and impulses. New schedules, fragile friendships, family life, expectations in the classroom, and so many factors compound to place pressure on children. Without the tools to navigate emotional obstacles, little ones sometimes find themselves feeling lost and confused. This book is full of exercises that address emotion, tension, concentration, and more.
