Relaxation techniques for children are a very suitable tool for them to learn to recognize their different emotional states and increase the degree of body awareness. With these resources they will not only know how to calm down before, but they will develop their emotional intelligence.
Children can learn to relax from a very young age. However, not all techniques are suitable for all ages. For example, the bottle of calm can be useful to the little ones. Instead, Jacobson’s progressive relaxation is appropriate for the elderly.
The Calm Flask: One of the Relaxation Techniques for Younger Children
This technique is very effective due to its simplicity. It can be used from 2 years. To carry it out we need the following:
A plastic bottle or a glass jar for older children.
A wide container.
A funnel.
A spoon to stir the mixture.
Purpurin.
Hot water.
2 tablespoons of built-in or clear glitter glue.
A few drops of food coloring.
The ingredients are mixed in the container and incorporated into the jar or bottle through the funnel. The result of the glitter water helps the little ones to differentiate when we are calm – the glitter is at rest in the background – from when we are nervous or upset, with all the glitter mixed with the water.
You can agree with the children when to use it. For example, when they detect that they are more anxious or angry. Shaking the bottle will release some of the built-up tension and watching the glitter slowly descend will have an added relaxing action.
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