MINDFULNESS MONDAY
Happy Memorial Day!
This week’s activity is designed to be performed with your kids. Helping children to recognize and cope with emotions is one of a parent’s richest responsibilities. Emotional intelligence is a necessity for healthy self-esteem, relationships, creativity, empathy and resilience as adults.
In many ways emotions are like the weather, in today’s activity we are going to use the weather as a way to encourage kids to think about and express their emotions. The imaginative labeling process we will use also helps you to see into their world and understand how you can help them.
A suggestion for the week: ‘What’s your weather like today?’ You can read the following script word for word or adjust it to suit your child’s need or personality.
· Have your child sit or lay in a comfortable position. Tell them we are going on an adventure to fi…