Feel free to try these at home!
Tell them to remain silent and raise their hands when they no longer hear the sound of the bell.
Breathing Buddies
Hand out a stuffed animal to each child (or another small object).
Tell them to imagine that the thoughts that come into their minds turn into bubbles and float away.
Ask them to close their eyes and describe what the object feels like to a partner.
Then have the partners trade places.
The Heartbeat Exercise
Have the kids jump up and down in place for one minute.
Then have them sit back down and place their hands on their hearts.
Heart-To-Heart
In this exercise, the meaning of “heart” is less literal.
In other words, this activity could also simply be called “Let’s talk about feelings.”
So sit down and casually, comfortably ask the children to tell you about their feelings.
What feelings do they feel?
How do they know they are feeling those feelings?
Where do they feel them in their bodies?
Ask them which feelings they like the best.
Then ask them what they can do to feel better when they arent feeling the feelings they like best.
The takeaway.
I sure wish I had these tools at my disposal when I was their age.
Imagine if all the children around the Earth learned to use these tools during their childhoods.
What a change our world would experience within just one generation!
