Something we feel it is important for children to learn from a relatively early age is that mistake are OK. In fact, they are an important part of life and it really is OK to make them. We are sharing with you an activity from the book My Mindful Journal, from Upside Down Books by Trigger Publishing.
This activity is a really simple little exercise, inspired by Lady Gaga it would seem thanks to this quote:
I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I am not afraid of my flaws.
Lady Gaga
The focus of this activity is to think and understand the necessary place in all our lives for mistakes…
Mindful activity for tweens: Mistakes I have learned from
This activity suggests to tweens and teens that they look back on the mistakes that they have made. But with an open mind to how those mistakes have helped them learn, and shape their attitudes and ideas.
Perhaps they handed in a piece of homework late, and were given a detention after school; so they know that if they do that again, there are consequences that they don’t like?
Maybe they didn’t think before they said something to a friend once, and upset them?
We all make many little mistakes, even during the course of the day, and some larger ones. But how we handle them can help us to grow as people. Mistakes don’t need to define us, but they can help us to learn and develop into better people.
We hope you like this mindful activity for tweens, do check out the book My Mindful Journal; and encourage your tween or teen to think about their feelings, and be that little bit more present in the moment.
Mistakes are a necessary part of life – and it is actually more important how we handle them rather that we make them.
“Never judge a person for their mistakes, judge a person on how they fix them.”
Unknown
If you are looking for other activities focused on mindfulness and/or anxiety, do check out some of the other resources one the site.
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These mindfulness resources for kids are great resources to help you and your kids stay in the moment and live in the now.
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There are also some wonderful ideas from other bloggers and websites across the web – here are just a small selection for you.
Mindful activities for kids from other sites
Here are a few more ideas for you about mindful activities that your kids can do today.
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Some prompts for the journal that you might now have from Upside Down Books - or just some general journaling ideas for your kids.
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Helen Neale
Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, website editor and a qualified counsellor with experience of working with both children and adults.She is a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapists, with her own private practise. She also freelances with her local Mind organisation.Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, use those grey cells at the same time, and supplement her counselling income.KiddyCharts has reach of over 680k across socials and the site. The site works with big family brands to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. She is a specialist counsellor for neurodivergent individuals and brings this expertise to her resources and the site. She is also an ADHDer herself.KiddyCharts gives 51%+ profits to charities, focused on supporting mental health and a community in TanzaniaHelen has also worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on.Get in touch TODAY!