This boxed card deck includes 50 creative mindfulness games, visualizations and exercises divided into 5 categories to help children feel grounded, find calm, improve focus, practice loving-kindness and relax. Whimsical full-color illustrations on both sides of the cards break down each practice into easy-to-follow steps. Tips on individual cards plus an 8-page instructional booklet show modifications that make these activities inclusive for children of all abilities. Perfect for parents, teachers, therapists and homeschoolers.
Product Dimensions:Box: 5.5 x 7.25 x 1.24 inches; Cards: 4.96 x 6.97 in
Page Count:50 cards + 8-page booklet
Age Range:Ages 4 years and up
Awards & Accolades
Parents’ Favorite Products Award, Tillywig Toy & Media Awards, 2017
Hot off the Press anticipated bestsellers, Children’s Book Council, 2017
The Big List of Mindfulness Books for Kids, Imagination Soup, 2017
(Even More) Must Read Picture Books from 2017, Imagination Soup, 2017
Meaningful Ways to Help Kids with Anxiety, Imagination Soup, 2017
Mindfulness for Kids list, bambino goodies, 2018
My Top 20 Books About and For Kids Yoga, Always Be Dancing, 2017
15 Best Meditation Books: Helpful Resources For Learning and Practicing Meditation, Choosing Therapy, 2020
"Though geared towards children, the playful visualizations and exercises are powerful, life-changing tools that open pathways to inner strength and peace from which many an adult will benefit" — Tillywig Toy & Media Awards
"I fell in love with illustrator Mina Braun’s adorable drawings and appreciated their fostering of diversity. It is so important to show that every child will be able to access the mindful activities on these cards" – Always Be Dancing
"The card format makes it easy to do the games and meditations with a child or classroom in small chunks of just a few minutes at a time" – Youth Services Book Review
About the Contributors
Written by - Whitney Stewart
Whitney Stewart puts her heart, mind and feet into her work. She has trekked in a Himalayan snowstorm with Sir Edmund Hillary, climbed to remote Buddhist monasteries in Tibet, interviewed the Dalai Lama in India and sat for days in meditation retreats. She is the author of many travel articles, and of both fiction and nonfiction for children. When she is not writing or traveling, she teaches mindfulness and meditation to children and adults.
Illustrated by - Mina Braun
Mina Braun is an illustrator and printmaker from Germany. She now lives in Berlin, after studying at Edinburgh College of Art and working in bonny Scotland for more than a decade. All her work starts with a black line drawing, which then evolves into a screen print or digital image.
