Mindfulness for children - recommendations

[Indecisivelurcher]

Can anyone recommend an app maybe, for children's mindfulness? Something that I can work through with my 6yo Dd.

In my previous role as a psche teacher I spoke to lots of people about mindfulness in school and the general consensus is it’s not good for children as it can make them become too focused on negatives.

Really? How come? Perhaps I've said mindfulness when I mean meditation.

I'm looking for a way to help my Dd with managing negative thoughts at bedtime, mostly. She says bad thoughts come into her head and is worried that she can't control them.

Mindfulness is about being in the present and focusing on the present and it can mean children stay focus on their current negative thought.

Ceebies have a yoga series - something about a tent. It might be worth seeing if that cover mediation.

She's a planner, she has to do lists that keep her up at night, running through them and worrying, she's a bit of a worrier generally, not very empathetic in some ways but extremely nostalgic herself, not confident in some ways, won't accept praise, ran off when we sang happy birthday today. I suppose I'm seeking something to help her settle in herself.

Cosmic kids yoga - it’s an app and on youtube. It’s brilliant, some videos are yoga and others about mindfulness/meditation. My 5 year old loves it.

The calm app has bedtime stories which could be nice and relaxing. Cosmic yoga do classes for children... You could try yoga

@Indecisivelurcher

She's a planner, she has to do lists that keep her up at night, running through them and worrying, she's a bit of a worrier generally, not very empathetic in some ways but extremely nostalgic herself, not confident in some ways, won't accept praise, ran off when we sang happy birthday today. I suppose I'm seeking something to help her settle in herself.

Can she keep a note pad by her bed and write it down/draw a picture of it.

Good idea.

And Cosmic yoga and the calm app. Have just found that headspace do one for kids too. But I'll have a look at it myself first on basis of advice here.