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[helpful|books] ABC for Me: ABC Mindful Me: ABCs for a happy, healthy mind & body - Christiane Engel A fun read for the entire family, ABC Mindful Me is not only perfect for teaching toddlers their ABCs, but also for introducing them to key mindfulness tenants which promote physical and mental wellness, proper breathing, compassion, gratitude and kindness.

A Handful of Quiet: Happiness in Four Pebbles by Thich Nhat Hanh This book teaches children to employ pebble meditation, a technique created by Nobel Peace Prize–nominee Thich Nhat Hanh that involves connecting with nature in a tactile way. Kids can follow the steps outlined in the book to use rocks as a vehicle to cultivate quiet in the mind.

Take the Time: Mindfulness for Kids Paperback by Maud Roegiers This pensive and peaceful book encourages children to slow down and become deliberate with their day-to-day actions and thoughts. With gentle rhythms and soothing imagery, kids may be guided toward a quiet self-awareness and mindfulness.

What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety An interactive self-help book designed to guide 6-12 year olds and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of generalised anxiety. There are also a number of other books in this series of What to Do When book.s The Children's Meditations In my Heart - Gitte Winter Graugaard The meditations in this book help kids move their focus away from their many thoughts that often keep them awake, and down into their bodies. We truly believe that the world needs these stories of love and that we can make the world a better place, if we teach our children how to feel at home in their bodies and understand that the most beautiful love grows inside them.

I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness - Susan Verde When the world feels chaotic, find peace within through an accessible mindfulness practice from the bestselling picture-book dream team that brought us I Am Yoga. Express emotions through direct speech. Find empathy through imagination. Connect with the earth. Wonder at the beauty of the natural world. Breathe, taste, smell, touch, and be present.

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[helpful|books] Nightlights: Stories for You to Read to Your Child - Anne Civardi A collection of twenty interactive meditation stories that have been specially written to calm and relax your child at bedtime, while at the same time engaging and stimulating his or her imagination.

More Nightlights - Anne Civardi Meditation and visualisation, if approached in an appealing manner, bring enormous benefits to children. It can calm their anxieties, build their self-esteem, unlock their imagination and teach them quietness and thoughtfulness. This book, designed for parents to use with any child between the ages of 4 and 8, is a collection of 20 narrative-based meditations.

Teen Breathe Magazine For a happier, healthier more fulfilled life. From social media to sport and making friends to making flowers, there are tips, exercises and ideas to help you explore how paying attention to everything you do, being curious and staying positive can bring out the very best of You. Children's Worry Book: A mindful journal for young people with short stories and activities This worry book helps you in times of sadness and confusion and can be used as a tool to help deal with difficult situations you may be facing. As you journey through the stories, exercises and mind clouds, you will be provided with space to document your thoughts, feelings, wishes and dreams. Tips, advice and puzzles are featured on every page to provide coping techniques and a positive distraction.

Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can Be - Gemma Cairney Full of honest advice about the big, bad and beautiful things that growing up is all about: from mental health to families to first love and everything in between.

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[activities|for] [children] Hello Happy! Mindful Kids - Stephanie Clarkson Hello Happy! is an interactive self-care activity book for children aged 7+ to colour and doodle their way to happiness, calm and confidence.

Mindful Kids: 50 Mindfulness Activities This boxed card deck includes 50 creative mindfulness games, visualizations and exercises divided into 5 categories to help children feel grounded, find calm, improve focus, practice loving-kindness and relaxation. .

Sitting Still Like A Frog - Eline Snel Complemented by a 60-minute audio CD of guided exercises, an introduction to mindfulness counsels parents on how to help children manage anxiety, improve concentration and handle difficult emotions.

Mindfulness Coloring Book for Children: The Best Collection of Mandala Coloring Book This collection of more than 30 original patterns was inspired by Mandala, a method of creating repetitive patterns that promotes relaxation as well as creative expression. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display.

Yoga Kids - Fearne Cotton Meet the Yoga Kids and have fun, relax, and learn a thing or two! Colorful pages are filled with simple stretches and lots of fun examples of yoga poses that anybody can do.

Cosmic Yoga - You Tube Yoga, mindfulness and relaxation designed specially for kids aged 3+, used in schools and homes all over the world.

Calming Glitter Jars For Mindfulness and Relaxation A calm down glitter jar can help children self-regulate and melt away the troubles that are causing big emotions. It can be very difficult for some children to calm down on their own. This jar is simple to make together with glitter glue, water and a jar. Simply shake the jar when needed and wait for the glitter to settle whilst the child is able to use this time to either think mindfully about their actions or feelings and calm themselves down. You can use this in conjunction with breathing techiniques.

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[strategies|to|help] [children] 3 Things Technique Give children the opportunity to think of 3 good things about their day. This leaves them with some positivity at the end of their day when they may be feeling like nothing has gone right.

It could be a kind word from their sibling, or a song they sang along to in the car. They will hopefully think of at least one postive thing themselves which can be followed by a little reminder about other good moments.

Externalisation - Worry Monsters When a child is feeling something (anger, sadness, worry) it can feel like they’ve been taken over.

Parents can draw this as a monster and talk about what it looks like - make some of the characteristics funny so it seems less scary (eg big blue nose to honk!). The child can then be drawn as a superhero to make them feel more in control. By externalsiing their emotions and sharing what they are feeling it helps normalise things for them.

Breathing Exercises When your body is calm and relaxed, your body is in rest mode. When you feel stressed the breathing rate and pattern changes as part of the ‘fight-or-flight response’. Muscles tense up, heart rate increases and breathing becomes more shallow. Taking deep breaths, instead of shallow breaths, is one way to tell your body to get back to resting.

These simple breathing techinques below can be helpful:Tummy Breathing Lie on the floor and place a small stuffed animal on your stomach. Breathe in deeply through your nose and feel the stuffed animal rise, and then feel it lower as you slowly exhale through your mouth.Rock the stuffed animal to sleep using the rise and fall of your stomach Bubble Breathing Sit comfortably with your eyes closed. Begin by imagining you are holding a bubble wand.

Breathe in deeply and then, as you breathe out slowly and gently, imagine you are blowing bubbles into the room. Imagine the bubbles are filled with peace or love or happiness and that you are filling the whole room with a peaceful, happy feeling. As you keep breathing slowly and blowing your imaginary bubbles , feel your body become calm and relaxed.

Elephant Breathing Stand with your feet wide apart and your arms dangling in front of your body like an elephant's trunk. As you breathe in deeply through your nose, raise your arms up above your head.

Then slowly swing your arms down again as you breathe out through your mouth.

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[strategies|to|help] [children] Kindful Cards - a collaboration between Scamp and mindful wellbeing expert & therapist Natalie Pennicote-Collier of CalmerRamaFamily.

A set of 25 cards with positive messages in bright colours to help you start and end your day with ease - feeling brave, courageous, smart and strong. The Kindful Cards are a powerful and holistic way of building a positive mind and happier children.

Affirmatons are simply statements that are designed to alter our beliefs about ourselves and make them more positive. They can serve as inspiration, as well as simple reminders.

Research shows that even one minute of awareness to the moment and being kind to yourself and others, positively changes your brain, grows your good vibes and emotional well-being for the better.

Use these cards in a variety of ways :DAILY MOMENT - choose a card and sit for one minute and feel what it means to you FAMILY KIND - Make the cards a PAUSE together moment. Connect, choose a card and discuss or just sit with the words before your meal.

JUST BE - Choose a Kindful card - PAUSE and repeat the words out loud to yourself Happy, Sad, Funny Once children are in bed, this can be a calm time when children let down their guard slightly.

Ask each other what is happy about their day, then sad, then funny. Sometimes a worry will come out that you wouldn't have otherwise found out about. It also reaffirms to them that adults have sad parts/worries in their day too. Ending on funny is a positive end.

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[useful|websites] www.place2be.org.uk Place2Be support children in schools, through varying means, such as individual or group counselling. It ensures that children can thrive and take the best possible path in life.

Their website is full of valuable information and resources which can be accessed by all parents and carers. www.annafreud.org The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families provide a range of specialist types of support for children, young people and families. In addition to direct work, they provide resources to others. The overarching aim of their services is to build resilience and to help children, young people and families who are in distress. www.mindedforfamilies.org.uk MindEd is a free learning resource about the mental health of children, young people and older adults. MindEd For Families has advice and information from trusted experts and will help you to understand what problems occur, what you can do to best support your family, and how to take care of yourself. www.youngminds.org.uk The UK’s leading charity committed to improving the wellbeing and mental health of children and young people. The YoungMinds resources library is full of useful toolkits, publications, reports and policy information about children and young people's mental health. www.kooth.com Free, safe and anonymous online support for young people www.childline.org.uk Childline is a service provided by NSPCC. A free, private and confidential service where you can be you. Whatever your worry, whenever you need help, however you want to get in touch. We're here for you online, on the phone, anytime. www.anxietyuk.org.uk Providing high quality, accessible, innovative and personalised services based on the experiences of those who have experience of anxiety, stress and anxiety based depression www.ritesforgirls.com Rites for Girls offers mentoring for girls right through their adolescence and helps make growing up for them an easier, safer, and better supported journey.

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[useful|websites/apps] www.relaxkids.com Relax Kids is the UK's leading expert in children's relaxation. Relax Kids Classes help children have fun, build confidence, make new friends, and teaches them new skills to help manage stress. There are also a number of great free downloads on this site. www.gonoodle.com .

Hundreds of videos that activate kids’ bodies and brains. GoNoodle makes movement and mindfulness an integral part of the day, at school and at home www.plantlovegrow.com Comes highly recommended by a friend of Scamp who runs her own Relax Kids franchise.

Offers lots of tools to help your child bloom! www.childhood101.com A great website all about creating playfuyl learnign opportunities for children. On mindfulness it has lots of helpful ideas about how to manage ‘big emotions’ in children. www.headspace.com Meditation made simple www.calm.com App for Meditation & Sleep

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