What do mindfulness activities for kids even look like?
She is the founder of Little Otter, a childrens mental health practice.
Dont say, Go practice your breathing, she says.
Say, Come practice your breathing with me.
‘This way, youre modeling the behaviors you want to see while making practice feel less like homework.
Beers also suggests repeating exercises to make it form mindfulness habits.
Helen Egger, MD is a pediatric doctor, early childhood mental health expert, digital health expert, and prolific scientist. She is the founder of Little Otter, a children’s mental health practice.
In the study, children were taught what stress is and shown ways to relax through breathing exercises.
They also received training that helped bring their attention to the present moment and learned yoga-like activities.
Not sure where to start with your own little ones?
6 mindfulness activities for kids that can equip them with tools to cope
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What do you smell?
What do you hear?
You dont have to be somewhere special to do this, either.
To this end, Dr. Egger recommends a practice she has used with her own children.
They lie down, and you have them close their eyes.
Helen Egger, MD is a pediatric doctor, early childhood mental health expert, digital health expert, and prolific scientist. She is the founder of Little Otter, a children’s mental health practice.
Usually, she says, her kids fell asleep before she reached their belly buttons.
This isnt just about quieting the mind.
Activities for children are, after all, most effective if parents are participating, too.
Beers company, Little Renegades, createdprompt decksthat utilize animal characters to ground kids.
For example, one card instructs children to put on their fox ears, says Beers.
This helps them to tune into one sensetheir hearing.
It makes them hyper-focused on the environment around them, she says.
It builds a little bit more of a mindfulness routine into their everyday lives.
The journals are a space for processing, and really helping them tune in, Beers says.
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