Family

Mindfulness Resources

Ideas for getting your family started with mindfulness.

Curriculum and Lessons:

• The MindUp Curriculum: Brain Focused Strategies for Learning and Living (The Hawn Foundation)

• The Mindful Education Workbook: Lessons for Teaching Mindfulness to Students (Rechtschaffen)

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Resources for Parents:

• The Mindful Child (Greenland)

• Mindful Games (Greenland)

• Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children (Hanh)

• Sitting Still Like a Frog:Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (Snel)

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Activity Cards and Books:

• Mindful Games Activity Cards (Greenland)

• Mindful Kids: 50 Mindfulness Activities (Stewart)

• Yoga Pretzels: 50 Fun Yoga Activities for Kids and Grownups (Guber)

• Meditation is an Open Sky (Stewart)

• Sitting Still Like a Frog Activity Book (Snel)

• Focusing and Calming Games for Children (Plummer)

• The Yoga Adventure for Children (Purperhart)

• Mindful Movements (Hanh)

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Picture Books for Kids of All Ages with Mindfulness Themes:

• The Lion and the Bird (Dubuc)

• The Listening Walk (Showers)

• My Magic Breath (Ortner and Taylor)

• Feelings (Aliki)

• I am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness (Verde)

• I am Love: A Book of Compassion (Verde)

• Visiting Feelings (Rubenstein)

• I Wonder (Harris)

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