The ABCs to a Mindful Me!

The ABCs to a Mindful Me!: Activities, Games and Information to Help Kids Learn and Practice Mindfulness and Improve Their Mindset

Kids who practice mindfulness can benefit in many ways. They may:

• have less stress and anxiety
• be more confident
• have better relationships with family and friends
• be able to manage a range of emotions
• be more accepting of self and others
• be more compassionate
• have better impulse control
• make better decisions
• do better academically

This book provides interesting and fun activities and information that will help children learn the ABC’s of Mindfulness: Attention, Balance, and Compassion. The book is divided into the following chapters:

1. WHAT IS MINDFULNESS?
2. MINDFULNESS 101
3. ATTENTION
4. BALANCE
5. COMPASSION
6. MINDFUL MINUTES
7. GAMES & MORE!

This book can be used by teachers in their classrooms and by counselors with individuals, small groups, or with an entire classroom focusing on a particular issue that needs attention. In the last few years, mindfulness has emerged as a way of treating children and adolescents with conditions ranging from ADHD to anxiety, autism spectrum disorders, depression, and stress. And the benefits are proving to be tremendous.

Appropriate for use with students in Grades 3-6

Suitable for use in individual and small-group counseling and classrooms