Mindful Games | Free Book
Playing games is a great way for kids to improve their focus and become more mindful. In this book, The Mindful Child author Susan Kaiser Greenland shares how parents, caregivers, and teachers can bring mindfulness into the classroom or home. She provides 50 entertaining games that develop what she calls the new “A, B, C’s”—Attention, Balance, and Compassion—for your child’s learning, happiness, and success, offering context and guidance throughout. She introduces:
• Anchor games that develop concentration
• Visualization games that encourage kindness and focus
• Analytical games that cultivate clear thinking
• Awareness games for sensory awareness, self-regulating emotions, and gaining insight into ourselves, others, and relationships
Even though the games are designed for kids, they can be just as fun and transformative for adults. Greenland encourages parents and caregivers to develop their own Attention, Balance, and Compassion and to explore the universal concepts that she presents. Our own mindfulness has a powerful effect on everyone in our lives—especially our children.
“A wonderful, fun, and engaging way to bring mindfulness into a child’s life.” —Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence
In The Press
“Mindful Games is a remarkable book. It interweaves engaging
and practical mindfulness exercises for children with a sophisticated
and nuanced exploration of the psychology and insight wisdoms
underlying them. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone with
children in their lives—indeed, for anyone at all. Highly
recommended.”
—Joseph Goldstein, author of
Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
“Susan Kaiser-Greenland captures the essence of
mindfulness in a way that very few people can. As an experienced
practitioner and teacher, her insight shines through on every page and
Mindful Games will undoubtedly be a wonderful resource for
every parent and child alike.”
—Andy Puddicombe, founder of Headspace
“Children who are born and grow up in today’s world face
unprecedented psychological challenges that are not of their own
making, but were thrust upon them by earlier generations. This means
that we adults have a moral responsibility to do all we can to help
young people develop the cognitive and emotional skills that will
enable them not only to survive but to flourish in the world they have
inherited from us. Susan Kaiser Greenland’s Mindful Games, is a
very welcome and important companion volume to her groundbreaking
earlier book The Mindful Child. I recommend it highly for its
bountiful wisdom and skillful means, based on many years of her
pioneering work in this field.”
—B. Alan Wallace, author of The Attention Revolution
“Susan Kaiser Greenland, the pioneer in bringing
mindfulness to young children has done it again!
Mindful Games is not only a fun way to teach and learn
mindfulness but a truly wise way as well. Buy an extra copy because
Mindful Games is destined to be one of the most beloved,
well-worn references for parents, professionals, and kids alike.”
—Christopher Willard, PsyD, author of Growing Up Mindful
“Wise, practical, captivating, and fun,
Mindful Games blends a life’s work of the devoted, humble, and
brilliant Susan Kaiser Greenland into an at once useful and
fascinating masterpiece. Illuminating ancient contemplative principles
and applying them for serious and playful everyday use in practical
exercises for youth and their families, this magnificent book offers
us a powerful means for utilizing science-proven ways to strengthen a
child or teen’s mind by supporting the development of their brains and
interpersonal relationships. You may even find, as I have, that
these insightful ideas and games will enhance your own life as well.
Soak in these words of wisdom, and enjoy the journey!”
—Daniel J. Siegel, MD, author,
Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human
“A wonderful, fun, and engaging way to bring mindfulness into a
child’s life.”
—Daniel Goleman, author of
Emotional Intelligence
“Susan Kaiser
Greenland has played a foundational role in making mindfulness
practices developmentally appropriate for young people. In
Mindful Games, she builds on her previous work by emphasizing
play and creativity in teaching mindfulness skills. This
is truly the way forward for making mindfulness a true exploration
rather than just another chore or "to do" for our kids.”
—Chris McKenna, Program Director, Mindful Schools
“The practical benefits of mindfulness are wide-ranging and
undeniable. This wonderful book helps bring this transformative
practice into the routines of those who will carry it into the future:
our children.”
—Congressman Tim Ryan
“In
Mindful Games, Susan Kaiser Greenland offers a highly engaging
and easy-to-understand set of activities to use with groups of
children. All the games support understanding and empathy - and seem
like fun! Susan draws on her own deep understanding of meditation and
mindfulness practice, as well as her extensive knowledge of child
development and research. Although written for adults working with
groups of children, this book is certain to enrich the lives of any
reader.”
—Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness and
Real Happiness
“In her marvelous new book,
Susan Kaiser Greenland provides a whole new alphabet for raising
better children as well as our best selves.”
—Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha Within
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