Getting a Shot - 5 Minute Meditation for Kids

Getting a Shot - 5 Minute Meditation for Kids: This mindfulness and breathing exercise helps calm children down before visiting the doctor's office.

Getting a shot can cause fear and anxiety in many children. The goal of the breathing exercises in this meditation is to help calm children prior to and during their doctor's appointment.

Mindfulness is an important theme in 'The Paper Girls Show'. Together with "Making" and "Mistakes", they create the "3 M's of The Paper Girls Show", which serve as the series' pillars. 
 "Make things Mindfully – don't sweat your Mistakes", as our mantra goes!
 
The goal of this series is to help guide children through mindful breathing techniques, visualizations, and positive affirmations to self-soothe and use throughout the day when needed. 

Our practices contain:
🧘‍♀️ Mindful breathing exercises for kids
😊 Positive affirmations for kids
🧠 Visualizations for kids

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• Visit https://www.minimeditationsforkids.com/ for more meditations.
• Visit www.papergirls.com for more information on The Paper Girls Show, an educational animated series with a diverse cast of brainy kids. It stars Caily and Reese, two techie and artistic best friends, who travel to Confetti – a secret world made entirely of paper. In Confetti, they meet their friends, musical Dev and adventurist Kami, to find creative STEAM solutions for their real world challenges. "Making", "Mindfulness" and managing "Mistakes" are three pillars of of the series.

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Narration by: Tara Segree, an experienced educator and mindfulness practitioner with 17+ years experience whose work has positively impacted the lives of many children across the globe.

Produced by: Global Tinker, Inc., an award-winning children's media studio inspiring young minds through STEM content, products and curriculum that extend from traditional print media to digital eBooks and animations, and online material for desktop and mobile platforms.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Hello.
I am Tara sicky.
Getting a shot can be very scaryand intimidating, but it is
important for us to get ourshots so that we can continue
playing with our friends, beingwith our family and staying
healthy.
Let's do some breathingexercises to calm us and take

(00:28):
our attention away from the shotor whatever else we need to do
that makes us nervous and focusaware on our breathing.
Instead, go ahead, getcomfortable.
And when you're ready, you canclose your eyes or just rest
your gaze on the floor.

(00:52):
Let us take us long, slow, deepbreath in through our nose and
exhale out our mouth.
Again.
Another long, slow, deep breathin through the nose pretending
you're smelling the mostdelicious cookies baking in an

(01:14):
oven and exhale out your mouthas if you were blowing out
birthday candles.
Again, another long, slow, deepbreath in through your nose.
Smelling that delicious cookieand exhale out your mouth.

(01:36):
As if you were blowing out thebreath candle.
This time, take a long, slow,deep breath in through your nose
and bring that breath down toyour belly, watching your breath
as it enters your belly.

(01:58):
And as it comes up and goes outyour mouth again, another long,
slow, deep breath in throughyour nose, bringing your breath
into your lungs, holding it inyour lungs, and then exhale out

(02:19):
your mouth.
Again.
Another, a long, slow, deepbreath in through your nose.
Bringing that breath to yourheart, surrounding your hearts
with that breath and exhale outyour mouth.

(02:43):
Just begin to notice how yourbody breathes for you each and
every day.
Without you even having to askfor that breath, how does your
body breathe for you in andoutta your nose in and out of
your mouth or a combination ofthe two?

(03:06):
Just watch your breath for a fewmoments And let us bring the

(03:32):
positive affirmation to mind.
I am brave.
I am brave.
And with each inhale and exhale,repeat silently in your mind.
I am brave.

(03:53):
I am brave.
I am brave.

(04:15):
I am brave.
And let us take a long, slow,deep breath in together through
our nose, smelling thatdelicious cookie and exhale out

(04:37):
our mouth, blowing out thebirthday can Start to notice the
sounds in the room.
Start to wiggle your fingers,wiggle your toes.
And when you're ready, open youreyes.

(05:00):
You are very brave.
Say this throughout the day toyourself.
When you need a reminder.