The goal of this book is to assist parents with facts about what to expect when they start out on this journey to teach their children mindfulness. This can seem to be a daunting task for any parent who has not been taught mindfulness themselves from a young age. That is why this book takes you through step-by-step to explain what mindfulness is and how you can apply this to teach your children to experience the world fully with all their senses.
All the benefits your child gains through mindfulness is highlighted without scientific jargon in plain language to give you as a parent the best knowledge and easiest ways to teach and show your children that mindfulness is not a chore or a dreadful activity that you as a parent have thought up to make their lives more complicated.
As you progress with the mindful activities and exercises, your children will experience the benefits and look forward to these times spent with a parent that in itself opens new avenues to add more mindfulness activities that benefit not only a child but you as the parent as well.
The activities have been grouped in categories for easy reference to assist you when looking for specific types of mindfulness activities. Please note that many of the activities detailed in this book fall into more than one category, with outdoor activities being suitable for indoors as well. The activities for younger children also apply to older children, depending on their personalities and interests.
The activities detailed are fun and will appeal to children from diverse cultures and nationalities with the goal to give your children the gift of a mindful life that they will take forward into adulthood and throughout life.