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Literature
Stories are wonderful tools for homes and classrooms to strengthen children’s social and emotional learning abilities, and foster the cultivation of mindfulness in several interconnected ways: empathy, self-awareness, emotion regulation, problem solving, relationship skills, stress and anxiety reduction, and enhanced focus and concentration. These benefits can positively impact academic performance and mental wellness.
Kids Yoga
Yoga for Kids: Strength, Flexibility, Embodiment, Nervous System Resilience
Through movement, breath, and stillness, kids learn to navigate stress, improve focus, and cultivate inner calm. Yoga also fosters self-confidence, balance, and a sense of connection to themselves and the world around them.
Yoga and Mindfulness Activities for Kids
giving children the tools they need to help reduce stress and anxiety, improve focus, boost self-awareness, and enhance self-management and social skills
Using the hula hoop to practice mindfulness of the body through awareness of sensations in the body.
This helps cultivate embodiment, flexibility, present-moment awareness, and love of fun.
A mindfulness activity that guides children to work with frustration compassionately, and fosters critical thinking, creativity and collaboration.
Teaching children to mindfully navigate obstacles and challenges with solid tools and resources will help cultivate resilience, self-awareness, empathy, compassion and grounding
Kids close their eyes and listen to a bell or chime, raising their hand when the sound ends. This builds focus, patience, and present-moment awareness through sound.