Mindful Kids: 50 Mindfulness Activities for Kindness, Focus and Calm (Mindful Tots)

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We often find it challenging to uncover the relationships between our thoughts and feelings. This activity is used to identify past situations and uncover emotions that are associated with them. The penny game can be played with other objects too; the important part is that the children playing are able to focus in on something and pay attention to detail. 4. Balancing Relay

First, play the game while your child is distracted. Allow his mind to wander and engage him in conversation or activities that take away from his focus on the game.

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If you feel distracted or find your mind wandering, remind yourself that you are driving and refocus on the task at hand. Lyness, D. (2017). Mindfulness exercises. Kids Health. Retrieved from https://kidshealth.org/Nemours/en/teens/mindful-exercises.html

Proceed or carry on with whatever it was you were doing before you started this mindfulness exercise. Or, maybe after reflecting on what you learned during the observation step, you decide that you might need to change course completely. And that's perfectly okay. You can use this step to proceed with a coping strategy or aim for a little self-care instead. Do whatever you need to do to feel supported in this moment.

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Mindfulness music is exactly what it sounds like—it’s music that is intended to help you relax, meditate, stay mindful, and stay calm and cool-headed. There is preliminary evidence that mindfulness training can benefit children with anxiety, reducing their symptoms and improving their behavior (Semple, Reid, & Miller, 2005).

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for children ( MBCT-C) has been found to reduce symptoms of anxiety and the rate of problem behaviors in children with anxiety and attention problems (Semple, Lee, Rosa, & Miller, 2009).

Once limited to contemplative traditions, mindfulness now plays a central role in many therapeutic approaches, including DBT and ACT. Mindfulness is a powerful tool for treating clients with anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues in therapy. “It refers to the ability to focus one’s awareness on the present moment without judging the sensations, thoughts, feelings, or other characteristics of the experience” (Baker et al., 2019, p. 2). Although children may have a hard time pairing mindfulness with movement, especially when they are first learning about mindfulness, the two are certainly not mutually exclusive. The worksheet helps your child learn about moving mindfully by instructing them to act like a deer this time.