Mini Meditations for Kids

Pet Pals - 5 Minute Meditation for Kids

• The Paper Girls Show • Season 1 • Episode 26

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Animals can fill our heart with love and always make our day brighter. In this meditation, we spend some time with our favorite animal or pet to breathe and take some time to bring calm to our day.

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 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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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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'Mini Meditations for Kids', named one of Common Sense Media’s Best Kids Podcasts of the Year, helps children ages 5–10 calm their bodies, focus their minds, and build confidence through short, 5-minute guided meditations.

Produced by 'The Paper Girls Show'—4-star rated by Common Sense Media and multi-award-winning—this trusted mindfulness series offers calming practices for bedtime routines, emotional regulation, classroom mindfulness, and everyday transitions.

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Our animal friends bring us so much positive energy and joy.

 

Have you ever noticed how they come over to you to say hello? 

 

To give you a snuggle? 

 

To play with you? 

 

Animals have a special way of making us feel better and filling our hearts with love. 

 

We all have favorite animals we adore. Some might love dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, lizards, horses, or so many other creatures. 

 

Whether we've met them or just seen them in pictures, we can imagine how they might feel. 

 

Are they soft, rough, bumpy, or sleek? Every animal, just like us, takes breaths in and out.

 

In and out goes the breath. 

 

Can you picture it? Breathing in and out, just like you.

 

How wonderful it is to share this world with so many incredible creatures.

 

Imagine spending time with your favorite animal.

 

Maybe it’s playing near you or resting nearby.

 

Let's imagine being with a gentle animal and breathe together.

 

Let us settle in a comfortable position on the floor or on a chair, bed, or even the grass outside.

 

Place your hand on your heart. 

 

If you feel comfortable, close your eyes or rest your gaze on the floor in front of you. 

 

Take a deep breath in through your nose, and slowly exhale that breath out of your mouth.

 

Again, take another deep breath in through your nose, and release that breath out of your mouth.

 

With your eyes still closed, imagine the gentle rhythm of an animal breathing.

 

Picture their sides moving in out and out with each breath. 

 

See their belly rise as the breath comes in and out. 

 

Now, notice your breath. 

 

Are you breathing fast or slow? 

 

Imaging syncing your breath with the calm rhythm of the animal.

 

Slow your breath. 

 

Breathe slowly in through your nose, and slowly exhale out of your mouth.

 

Feel the air flow in and out 

 

Just like the imagined animal. 

 

Let us silently repeat these words in our mind:

 

“Thank you for the animals and the peace they bring.”

 

“Thank you for the animals and the peace they bring.”

 

With each inhale or exhale of our breath, repeat the words, 

“Thank you for the animals and the peace they bring.”

 

“Thank you for the animals and the peace they bring.”

 

Take one more along, slow, deep breath in through your nose, and exhale out of your mouth. When you’re ready, open your eyes.

 

Let us take a moment to appreciate all the animals in this world and how they bring joy and calm into our lives.