The Emotional Eggs: Mindfulness Colouring Sheet
The Emotional Eggs Mindfulness Colouring Sheet by Exciting Teacher The Emotional Eggs have been created to encourage children to different feelings, the varied vocabulary associated with them and the facial expressions that help us to understand what other people may be feeling. This calming mindfulness inspired colouring sheet is the perfect relaxing activity! Suitable for […]
Decorate an Egg: Mindful Arts and Crafts Activity
Decorate an Egg: Mindful Arts and Crafts Activity ‘Decorate an Egg’ is a calming activity that promotes mindfulness through arts and crafts. Children are invited to decorate the Easter Eggs using paints, colouring pencils, pens or any materials available to them. Decorate the egg below. Listen to some calming music as you decorate. You could […]
Egg-Cellent Doodles: Mindful Colouring, Pencil Control, Mark-Making Activity
Egg-Cellent Doodles: Mindful Colouring, Pencil Control, Mark-Making Activity Egg-cellent Doodles is a calming activity that promotes mindfulness alongside the development of fine-motor skills, mark making, and pencil control. Children are invited to decorate the Easter Eggs by completing and/or adding their own patterns. Can you add patterns to the eggs? Colour in the patterned eggs […]
Design an Easter Egg: Mindfulness Fine-Motor Playdoh Play Mat
Design an Easter Egg: Mindfulness Fine-Motor Playdoh Play Mat Mindful Modelling is a calming activity that promotes mindfulness alongside the development of fine-motor skills. Children are invited to decorate the Easter Egg. Use play-dough or small parts to decorate the Easter Egg. Sit quietly and calmingly. Notice yourself concentrating, feel the texture of each small […]
Transforming Unhelpful to Helpful Thoughts: Challenging Negative Thoughts
Transforming Unhelpful to Helpful Thoughts: Challenging Negative Thoughts This thought-challenging activity is a popular one in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: challenging unhelpful thoughts and turning those negative thoughts into more positive, helpful thoughts. This activity has been simplified to be used by Practitioners, Teachers, Parents, and ELSAs. It encourages the child to think about their thought […]
Worry Time: A Step-By-Step Guide
Worry Time: A Step-By-Step Guide A Step-by-Step guide to introducing Worry Time to children and teens. Worry Time is a common strategy used in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help children to let go of worries that we cannot do anything about. It is about giving children the time and space to actively worry about their […]
Spring Yoga Pose A4 Display Posters
Spring Yoga Pose A4 Display Posters These yoga pose cards accompany the Spring Yoga Story resource, which is a story-based yoga routine for children within the theme of Spring. Yoga helps to improve children’s core strength, balance, flexibility, and agility whilst also promoting the use of deep breathing techniques and feeling a sense of calm. […]
Yoga through Storytelling Spring Edition – Mindfulness Storytime
Yoga through Storytelling Spring Edition – Mindfulness Storytime This Spring Yoga Story resource is a story-based yoga routine for children within the theme of Spring. It comes with accompanying yoga pose cards. Yoga helps to improve children’s core strength, balance, flexibility, and agility whilst also promoting the use of deep breathing techniques and feeling a […]
My Rainbow Goals: Exploring Wellbeing, School, Friendships, Home and Being Active
My Rainbow Goals: Exploring Wellbeing, School, Friendships, Home and Being Active Spring is a time to check back in with the goals that we may have set at the start of the year or to allow us the opportunity to work on new hobbies and interests. Write down your goals on each colour. Cut them […]
Spring Cleaning My Habits: Thinking about Healthy and Unhealthy Habits
Spring Cleaning My Habits: Thinking about Healthy and Unhealthy Habits Habits can be both positive and negative. They can be good for us, such as a habit of going to a gym or eating 5 fruits and vegetables a day. Whilst on the other hand, habits can be negative for us, such as not getting […]