Skills for Calmer Kids
This short, on demand course is for those interested in learning about mindfulness and how to introduce it to children. You will learn ways to start and or maintain a practice for yourself as well as multiple tools and techniques to introduce this life changing skill to children. The course is suitable for parents, school teachers and other professionals working with children including yoga and mindfulness teachers.
No previous experience of mindfulness or meditation is necessary.
Course Information
The course consists of lectures including videos, audio, and audio-visual presentations. There are handouts and quizzes to support and test your learning. You will also receive a course booklet and downloadable audio of the key mindfulness practices. The course will take around 5 hours to complete.
In this course you will learn:
- What is mindfulness
- How to explain it to children
- The benefits for all ages
- Developing your own practice first
- Ways to maintain a practice
- Simple neuroscience
- Mindful movement activities
- Breath awareness activities
- Creative mindfulness activities
- Mindful relaxation
Are you keen to find out more about mindfulness?
On this course you will learn what mindfulness is and some of the evidence-based benefits that it can bring. You will experience various mindfulness practices for yourself, including a body scan practice, mindfulness of breathing, mindful movement and mindful walking,
You will learn ways to deal with difficulties in your practice and how you can make mindfulness safe, fun, engaging and effective for children.
Example Curriculum
Testimonials
I just wanted to say big thank you for the course. It was thoroughly enjoyable and interesting and I am already putting much of what I learned into practice.
Lorna , Mindfulness Teacher
A really well rounded course; thorough, engaging and fun. It was well structured and gave me a good foundation in mindfulness.
Sarah, Primary Teacher
Thank you for a fantastic course. I feel very inspired and excited to share these wonderful ideas with my children.
Urvi, Parent
Course Tutor - Christiane Kerr
Christian is the founder of Calm for Kids and has been practising mindfulness for over 25 years.
She qualified as a mindfulness teacher in 2014 and since then has taught over 20 MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) courses at the Mindfulness Project, based in Central London.
She has been teaching yoga and mindfulness to children since 1998. Her courses are informed by the huge evidence base of research showing the benefits of mindfulness.
Christiane believes the the earlier we introduce these skill to children the more opportunities they will have to thrive and flourish.
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Featured Products
Calm for Kids Yoga Poses Book is a great way to introduce yoga to children at home or in the classroom. With simple and straightforward intstructions it helps make yoga accessible to all. Our Certified Learn to Teach Mindfulness to Children Course is ideal for teachers and parents who want to share the benefits of yoga with children ages 4 - 11. It is packed full of easy to use mindfulness techniques and resources.
