Children sometimes experience BIG emotions!
Learning coping skills to manage their emotions and calm their bodies is a very important milestone.
Teaching children mindful breathing is a great way to help them gain control of their emotions and bodies. Mindful breathing is:
A quick way to calm the body and mindEasy for even a toddler to practiceCan be used repetitively to improve the skill
In Quentin Learns to Calm Down, Quentin continues his fun journey of learning important values and life skills. This time, Quentin learns how to use mindful breathing to calm himself down when he is in different situations:
During storytime at schoolWhen he feels nervousAt bedtimeWhen he gets angry
Quentin learns that when his body is squirming and moving all about, he takes a deep breath in and lets a calm breath out.
Quentin Learns to Calm Down, part of the Quentin Learns Series, introduces mindful breathing as a skill to manage intense toddler emotions and help them relax their wiggly bodies! This enjoyable story reinforces the value of self-control as Quentin learns that he has the power to calm himself down.