Does your child struggle to focus for extended periods of time or has trouble understanding others' perspectives or feelings?  Is your child easily stressed or overwhelmed by all of the stimuli they receive throughout the day?  This course is perfect for any child, and will empower them to better understand themselves and their thoughts and feelings, while learning fun Mindfulness techniques and activities they can practice in their daily lives. 

We have been empowering kids with Mindfulness and other Social-Emotional practices for more than eight years, and have seen huge benefits and changes in children, including an increase in focus and attention span, an ability to respond to difficult feelings (not react), an increase in empathy, and so much more! 

We believe that Mindfulness is not just sitting still and being calm, but is more about bringing presence and fully showing up to everything we do in life.  We teach Mindfulness in a fun and engaging way so kids can use the tools to use in their lives! 

Although the course will be individualized to its participants, and designed to meet their needs, the curriculum topics will include:

Week 1:  
Mindful vs. MindFULL: 
This week, we explore what Mindfulness is, learn how to do emotional roll-call, listen to our thoughts, and our breath, and we will learn how to make our own Mind Maps (while getting to know each other better, too). 

Week 2: Breathing in New Ways
This week, we will learn lots of fun, different types of breathing techniques, that can calm us down,  get out energy, bring us peace, and help us focus.  We will also talk about why breathing is so important for our entire body! 

Week 3: Bubbles & The Power of Our Thoughts
We will learn about different kinds of thoughts, we will watch a video, and we will talk about how we have the power to choose our own thoughts! Students will learn how to choose their thoughts, and we will make creative affirmations together! 

Week 4: Cultivating Gratitude: The Wants vs. The Haves
During this week, we will make lists about our "wants or desires" vs. everything we already have. We will talk about what gratitude is, and we will each make our own gratitude jars, sharing with others what we put in our jars! 

Week 5:  Our Brain's Superheroes (and Why Mindfulness Makes them Stronger) 
This week we will learn about what happens in our brain when we practice Mindfulness, and about our brain's superheroes. We will also watch a silly video about our brains, and role-play situations we can use Mindfulness from our own lives.

Week 6: The Magic Shoes: Empathy 
We will learn about the "Magic Shoes"and practice feeling with others and better understanding others'perspectives.  Then, we will share our Heart Maps and review all of the Mindfulness Superpowers we have learned together! 

Please Note: If your child is older and you would like this course, we offer the same course but for OLDER KIDS and TWEENS (ages 9-11 years old). Check that course out here: https://outschool.com/classes/introduction-to-mindfulness-for-older-kids-nuV6ylwJ?usid=TF6gntVB&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

The class sizes are purposefully made small to accommodate your child and give them more individualized attention, thus the higher price of the course. However, this is a small group course and is meant for at least 2 participants; if only one student is enrolled, the course will not run. 

After this course, if you are interested in continuing your child's mindfulness and social-emotional learning, we offer a Mindfulness Course 2: https://outschool.com/classes/mindfulness-course-2-for-kids-fxQ7s2pD?usid=TF6gntVB&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

We sincerely look forward to meeting and learning, sharing and reflecting with your child so soon!