Mindfulness Practices for Early Years
Finding calmness and enjoying the present moment should come naturally. But sometimes it can be challenging, especially for our little ones. Mindfulness is an essential skill to teach children. Knowing when and how to take a pause will be helpful as they learn to relax and take time out for their mental health.
How to implement mindfulness with toddlers
Mindfulness is an exercise of self-awareness and relaxation where you must become fully conscious of your surroundings and focus on the present moment. This is an activity which can be practiced with children both at home and in a setting. Resources such as Miniland’s Mindful Kids can introduce the concept of mindfulness in an easy and, above all, fun way!
Mindful Kids is a resource that combines real with digital play. Through its giant spinning top and online version, your little ones will discover different relaxation and mindfulness techniques.
Mindful Kids also allows the development of empathy and active listening, and it helps achieve more balanced emotional states by working on patience and respect. In the long run, this reflects many benefits for their emotional and physical development. This will be beneficial for their future academic performance as they evolve in their education.
It’s designed by experts who understand the interests of each stage of development, so that children are engaged, eager to learn, and open to adopting the healthy habits that yoga and mindfulness can teach them.
Mindfulness is a lot of fun!
Furthermore, in Miniland’s educational platform, miniland teach&play, online games and resources can be used to practice mindfulness. The online resources includes yoga and relaxation animations for little ones, and printable mandalas which can be downloaded to foster creativity. Mindful Kids also allows the development of empathy and active listening, as it helps achieve more balanced emotional states by working on patience and respect. In the long run, this reflects many benefits for their emotional and physical development.
It’s designed by experts who understand the interests of each stage of development, so the children are engaged, eager to learn, and opened to adopting the healthy habits that yoga and mindfulness teach us.
Mindful Kids is a wonderful resource for learning mindfulness in a very fun way. It’s both a game and an educational tool that offers a comprehensive mindfulness program, which will be highly useful in their daily lives.
This article was kindly written by Miniland. Shop the Miniland Mindful Kids Yoga here. For more of our articles, take a look at all our posts over on our blog homepage!
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