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| Mindfulness |
Every child face problem time to time in their life, some get deeply affected by it, some get success in coping with their problem,
imagine if they all get the opportunity to cope with their problem, it seems to be a fantasy but, it can happen if all the kids get the training to fight with their problem in her childhood.
That’s why mindfulness exercise for kids is a great way to teach them to be mindful, so in this post, I will show you all the things step by step.
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Mindfulness for kids
mindfulness is a great way to engage children in a present movement through simple mindful activity, this will be drawn The mind into their our natural focus and calm state, mindfulness will always be relevant for their life because they can use it as a tool awareness of breath movement and stillness anywhere along their life path
The best age for kids to meditate
the answer of this question depends on the child and their parents if a child is not want to practice then it should be difficult to stay consistent with it it also depends on their parents because how they approach their child or explain about it there is a no age restriction for practicing meditation
Explaining mindfulness to kids
- Explaining mindfulness to children is not too hard if you want your child to practice mindfulness or meditation, the first thing you need to do is to create an environment like that around your child you can practice mindfulness meditation and keep your child with you when you do this your child ask you about that because according to science from the evolution period we are hardwired to learn as much thing as we can in our childhood that’s why we always saw children asking about things and trying to learn more things which can help them for living in their earlier life
so let’s come to the point when your child asked you about meditation and tell them why mindfulness is important and how he can do this,
Explain to them what they are doing and paying attention closely or noticing is mindfulness they can also pay attention to what they can see, how something test and how they are feeling right now, it’s all about noticing
if your child currently not concern then don’t worry give them time if they stay on that environment they will practice this in future
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Practicing mindfulness with kids
Before teaching mindfulness to kid it’s really important to practice this with your self when you know about this it’s easier for you to describe to children and help them in their mindfulness practice
- Sit quietly and observe your physical sensation in your body and level them again notice you can ask your child to copy you.
- Whenever you feel upsetting events rises, pay attention to how your body feels
- When and happy movement rise pay attention to it how your body feels
- You can put notes around your house to recognize you to be mindful of the physical sensation in that movement
Best mindfulness activity for kids
Here are the best mindfulness activity for your kids which help them to become mindful
Clap focus
If you want to know what your attention can do by focusing on something create a sensation like clipping and see what happens how do your hand feels after clipping are they tingling do both of your hands feel same
“You can help your child to focus by asking them how it feels when they clapping and say them to observe the sensation of both hands
Spotlight focus
Mindfulness is all about paying attention something our mind gets drifted and we start thinking about all sorts of things at once while practicing it will notice what our attention does and move it by choice like a spotlight
The most important part of mindfulness is to recognize when unwanted thoughts pop into your mind then return to your focus to the moment
What’s in the box
Our Sense gives us lots of information about the world, we notice our world through different senses just like we see the external world through our eyes
What you need:- small box, object of different textures
Fill the bag with t object having different textures each and ask your kids to guess the object without seeing to it
Feet, seat and hand practice
In this practice, you will learn to focus on different parts of the body
ask your child to sit on a chair and stamp for feed for the time it takes to breathe in and out then pause and noticed how their feet feel when they do this
Now say to your child to move side by side for 4 to 5 times and feel where they are sitting in the chair
Say to your kids to rub their hand gently until it gets warm
Now ask you are child which is the easiest spot for them to focus
Body breathes
Breath is always with you, use them or not it is the best way to get aware of ourselves
Breath deeply and put your palm on your ribs cage and see how it feel when you breath in your palm going up with ribs cage
Belly breathing:- put your palm on your stomach and breathe deeply feel your hands goes up when you taking a breath it’s like a balloon which is get blown and come back to normal size
Take a walk
going for a walk is the best way to become mindful, when we go for a walk like in a forest try to notice all the things around you like trees, the texture of leaves, birds, river, lakes in all sorts of things
Try to smell the things around you like how you feel when you taking cool and pure air
Your sense of touch gives you a piece of information about the temperature around your circumstances
Glitter jar
There is time come in everyone’s life when our thought and emotion gets stirred up and this makes it hard to think clearly, glitter jar can be a tool to help you to settle your feeling
What you need:- water, an empty jar with lid, crafts Glue, glitter ( different sizes work best )
Pour water into the jar and add a big squeeze Glu, this will make your glitter swirl around and settle slowly
add glitter to the jar it might flood at first but don’t worry different color represent different emotions
Put the lid on tightly and gently shake your jar what’s the glitter gets stirred up
what’s the glitter as it falls how many outbred does it take for the glitter to settle
Completely
anytime you feel stirred up shake the jar and patiently watch the glitter fall how do you feel when the glitter settle
Plant a seed
Just as a seed changes into the plant in different ways, speed, it needs the patience to grow a seed into a plant, with full care and support
What you need:- a plant pot with holes for water to drain away, a dish with slides, pebbles, soil, seed, water
Put the pot in the dish and add a few pebbles to cover the whole this will stop the soil from falling out
Fill your pot with soil and make a hole in it with your fingers, drop a seed and cover it with enough soil that you can’t see it anymore
Water the seed and then place the pot somewhere sunny
Check your seeding every day, this is a great time to practice mindfulness for few minutes, try to notice any small changes each time you observe it, eventually, you might need to put it in a bigger pot