Relaxation and Play: Life Skills for Kids

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Help your child develop healthy life style habits by teaching kids how to manage stress, relax and enjoy play. Practical parenting advice and strategies to decrease anxiety in kids. 12 life skill activities give parents, teachers and carers the knowledge, skills and resources to help children learn work-life balance in just 15 minutes at a time. In today's society most parents are rushing, overworked and lack a good work-life balance. This is also true for our children who are busy with school, homework, sporting activities, after-school tutoring, social networking & the list goes on. Being able to relax & to play reduces anxiety, illness and increases the joy in life. This ebook is designed for the busy parent - each activity takes only 15 minutes to complete and teaches valuable relaxation tools and work-life balance. Experience the many benefits as a family. Research shows that most diseases stem from stress, so teaching children how to relax & play will support them to live a healthy life. Relaxation and Play life skill activities can also reduce anxiety. A recent study (Manzioni et al. 2008) reviewing 10 years of research, found that anxiety could be reduced through relaxation techniques. There are a variety of relaxation activities you can teach your child in this Home Activity Work Book which help children to improve the oxygen flow to their brain, cope with stressful situations and manage their emotions. Developing good work-life balance should begin as young as possible. Maggie Dent's Chapter titled 'Helping Children Manage Stress', in the book Inspired Children: How the leading minds of today raise their kids, explains that many adults can't manage their stress because they didn't learn how to deal with stress and distress as children. So it's very important to learn this skill as a child. Do you and your children regularly take time out to relax & play together? Helping children relax and play will help them to identify when they are overworked, tired or simply need to rest and to actually take time out relax and play. Help your child develop healthy life style habits by teaching them how to reduce stress, relax and play regularly in just 15 minutes at a time. 12 life skill activities give parents, teachers and carers the practical parenting advice, skills and resources to help children have a well-balanced life.