Kids | Sleep Tight, Ages 9-12
When it’s time for bed, use this exercise for kids to count down to sweet dreams.
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Hi, my name's Andy. So just take a moment to get comfortable. So lying down on your bed, lying down flat on your back. Arms stretched out. Legs stretched out. We're gonna start with three big, deep breaths. Breathing in through your nose, and out through the mouth. Each time you breathe out, I'd just like you to focus on that feeling of the body just relaxing, just sinking down into the bed. So breathing in through the nose, and out through the mouth. And then you can just allow the, the breath to return to its normal, natural rhythm. And just take a moment to feel your body against the bed. So, just wiggle your fingers. Just feeling your hands against the bed. Just wiggle your toes. Just feeling your feet against the bed. Just gently rolling, moving the, the legs. Just feeling your legs against the bed. Do the same with the arms. Just very gently moving them. Just feeling that contact against the bed. And even just the main part of the body. Just moving it very, very slowly. Just feeling the body settling in to the bed beneath you. Even with the head, just gently moving the head. Just feeling the weight of the head resting on the pillow. Now we're gonna begin by scrunching up our fingers and our toes, and squeezing them as hard as we can for a count of five. So scrunching up the fingers, the toes, and squeeze. One, two, three, four, five, and relax. So just let the hands go loose. Feet go loose. We're gonna do that again. So just wiggling the fingers. Wiggling the toes. Scrunching them up and then squeeze. One, two, three, four, five, and then just relaxing. So we'll do that one more time. Each time we relax, the body gets a little heavier, sinks a little more into the bed. Scrunching the fingers, scrunching the toes, and squeeze. One, two, three, four, five. And then just relaxing. So just allow the hands, the feet, just to lie there heavy on the bed. We're gonna do the same now, but with the arms and the legs. So squeezing, tensing the arms and the legs at the same time as hard as you can. Ready, and squeeze. One, two, three, four, five, and relax. Just letting the body go. And again, the arms, the legs. Just squeezing them as hard as you can now for one, two, three, four, five, and relax. Just let them go loose. Let them go heavy. Just sinking into the bed. One last time. And the arms, the legs, squeeze 'em as hard as you can for one, two, three, four, five. And then just let them relax. For the whole body now, just feeling very heavy. Just sinking down into the bed. Just imagine you're just sinking down further and further. Your body getting heavier. The eyelids. Just gently closing now. As the mind begins to drift, you can just...
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