Mindful Games: Sharing Mindfulness and Meditation With Children, Teens, and Families

Name: Mindful Games: Sharing Mindfulness and Meditation With Children, Teens, and Families
Brand: Random House
SKU: B-ZGBV
Price: 11.99 USD
Availability: InStock

0 reviews

List Price: ~~$16.95~~

$11.99

Brand: Random House

SKU: B-ZGBV

Availability: In Stock

FREE SHIPPING on orders over $49.
* Economy shipping to contiguous USA only.

Need it by November 27th? Order in the next 57 hours and upgrade to 2 Day Shipping at checkout.

🎄 Arrives by Christmas

When you place your order on or before 3pm EST on Dec 18. Contiguous USA only.

View sample pages

Description:

by Susan Kaiser Greenland

A playful approach for cultivating mindfulness in kids, with fifty simple games to develop attention and focus, and identify and regulate emotions--by the author of The Mindful Child.

Playing games is a great way for kids to develop their focusing and attention skills and to become more mindful. Susan Kaiser Greenland has had a lot of success bringing mindfulness to the classroom, and in this book she shares her experience, showing how parents, caregivers, and teachers can cultivate these qualities at home or in a school setting. She includes fifty mindfulness games that develop what Greenland calls the "new A, B, C's" for learning and for a happy and successful life: Attention, Balance, and Compassion. In a playful way, the games introduce kids to breathing practices and techniques for developing focus, concentration, and sensory awareness, and identifying and self-regulating emotions, among others skills. They include "anchor" games that develop concentration; visualization games that encourage kindness and focus; analytical games that cultivate clear thinking; and awareness games that develop all of these qualities and give greater insight into ourselves, others, and relationships. Greenland contextualizes each game and offers guidance for the parents/caregivers throughout.

Even though the games are written for kids, they can be just as fun and transformative for adults. Greenland encourages parents and caregivers to develop their own attention, balance, and compassion and explore the universal concepts that she presents. She points out that as caregivers, our own mindfulness has a powerful effect on everyone in our lives, especially our children. They notice when we're calmer, more composed, and more joyful, and learn by our example.

Paperback, 202 pages, ISBN: 9781611803693