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Mindfulness and Relaxation​
Why is this important?

**Strengthens self control

**Lowers Anxiety and Stress

​**Increase positive moods

**Helps with better decision making

**Improves emotional regulation skills

**Increases self-esteem

**Improves body and health image
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**Improves social skills and communication



ELEMENTARY - MINDFULNESS & RELAXATION
      Go Noodle - Rainbow Breath         Cosmic Kids - Peace Out Meditation: Balloon            Cosmic Kids - Be the Pond
   Mind Yeti - Get Your Mind Ready                      Go Noodle - Bring It Down                Cosmic Kids Zen Den - Listening Game
SECONDARY - MINDFULNESS & RELAXATION
     Go Noodle - Let's Unwind: Flow                         5-Minute Meditation                                   Relax, Ground, and Clear
           Ocean - Relaxation                                          Body Scan Meditation                        15 Minute Meditation - Relaxation
SIMPLE IDEAS FOR MINDFULNESS WITH YOUR CHILD

  • Practice kind thoughts by prompting your child to think of 5 people they’d like to send kind wishes to
  • Bang on a pot/pan and invite your child to signal to you when they no longer hear the sound ‘hanging’ the air
  • Blow bubbles ‘slo-mo’ style, emphasizing a big deep breath in through the nose to fill the bubble… and out through the mouth as slow as possible
  • Squeeze and let go, tensing different muscles in the body for 5 seconds and then slowing releasing
  • Tune into the body by getting down on your child’s level and feeling each other’s heartbeats
  • Have a ‘mindful’ snack by describing the smell, texture and taste of the food
  • Explore textures in nature, take a walk to collect several different objects and observe/describe how each feels
  • Have your child give you the ‘weather report’ on how they’re feeling, “I’m dark and cloudy with some raindrop tears coming out”
  • Find shapes in the sky by laying down together and choosing different objects to search for in the clouds
  • Practice noticing with art. Choose several different utensils and describe how they all feel different on the paper
  • Take a mindful walk pointing out sights and sounds along the way.
  • Explore touch by choosing several objects, then comparing the difference in how they feel dry vs. wet
  • Slow down by having a snack in ‘slow motion’ and taking notice of the taste throughout
  • Explore smell by inviting your child to help you cook a meal while taking notice of each smell present
  • Try ‘buddy breathing’ and invite your child to grab a toy/stuffed animal to place on their tummy while they lay down and take slow breaths, in through the nose and out through the mouth
  • Explore emotion by prompting your child to scan their body when experiencing a feeling, and describe where they feel it the most.
  • Use a happy moment to ‘soak in the good’ by pausing with your child to observe the pleasant physical and emotional feelings present
  • Sit down with your child and ‘color your feelings’ together depicting each emotion with a new color
  • “Press the pause button’ together during a tense moment (but not too tense) and check in with how each of you is feeling at that moment
  • Listen to some music and see how many different instruments you can each hear​
  • Explore gratitude by going back and forth with your child (for as long as you can!) to name as many things possible that you are grateful for
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  • Sounds&Music
  • Visual Relaxation
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  • Breathing Exercises
  • Mindfulness
  • Get Moving
  • Phone /iPad Apps