Lessons based on research-based, stress-management/relaxation techniques designed to decrease stress and anxiety while increasing self-esteem and self-awareness. Children learn the empowering techniques of progressive muscular relaxation, breathing, visualizations, and affirmations in a safe, fun and interactive environment. This turnkey curriculum creatively integrates lessons, stories, songs, movement and artwork to make it easy for any teacher or parent to implement. No prior teaching experience is needed! This curriculum is written with elementary age children in mind but can be adjusted to accommodate any age group. Each class is designed to be used with the included, Indigo Dreams CD/audio book, A Boy and a Bear, The Affirmation Web, A Boy and a Turtle, and The Goodnight Caterpillar. Each class is structured in the following format:  Movement: Each class will open with a movement activity. Movement activity and song are provided. The opening activity gets the children interested and lets them see that there is a plan and they will have fun.  Explanation: Children will be given an age appropriate explanation of the research-based technique they will be experiencing in the story. Basic explanations are provided in each lesson plan.  Story time/Lesson: Indigo Dreams CD and the accompanying books make lesson time easy. The lessons and actual techniques are woven into each story.  Discussion: Children will compare the way they felt before and after listening to the stories. Children will discuss how they should apply the techniques they have just learned to their own lives and real life situations. Conversation examples are provided.  Art activity: Each lesson includes an art handout to support and reinforce the lesson.  Exit: Affirmations will be introduced during the second class and will be used thereafter as an exit tool for the rest of the semester.  Lesson one is based around and used with the story entitled A Boy and a Bear. This story demonstrates the stress management technique known as diaphragmatic breathing. The lesson discusses the proper mechanics of breathing and how it can be used to calm down when you are angry, stressed or afraid. Children have fun stomping their fears away!  Lesson two is based around and used with the story entitled The Affirmation Web. This story demonstrates the power of positive statements. The lesson discusses how positive statements can be used to achieve a goal and feel good. Children have fun popping their troubles away!  Lesson three is based around and used with the story entitled A Boy and a Turtle. This story demonstrates how to use your imagination to visualize or make pictures in you mind. The lesson discusses how stress and worry feel and how to counteract it. Children have fun shaking their worries away!  Lesson four is based around and used with the story entitled The Goodnight Caterpillar. This story demonstrates how to use progressive muscular relaxation. The lesson discusses how stress can make it difficult to think clearly and fall asleep at night. Children have fun swinging their stress away! For Frequently Asked Questions visit StressFreeKids.com.

Children's Stress Awareness Curriculum: Lessons, techniques and stories designed to decrease stress, anxiety and anger while increasing self-esteem and self-awareness (Indigo Dreams)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Lori Lite

Mental Health

LiteBooks.net LLC

This turnkey curriculum creatively integrates lessons, stories, songs, movement and artwork to make it easy for any teacher or parent to implement. No prior teaching experience is needed! This curriculum is written with elementary age children in mind but can be adjusted to accommodate any age group. Each lesson or session is designed to introduce wellness techniques to encourage children to live a healthful life. Children learn to apply these empowering techniques in a safe, fun and interactive environment.
 Each class is structured in the following format.
 Movement Activity: Each class will open with a movement activity. Movement activity and song are provided. 
 Story time/Lesson: Indigo Dreams: Garden of Wellness CD makes lesson time easy. The lessons and techniques are woven into each story or practice session. 
 Discussion: Children and teacher/leader will discuss how they feel about the stories. Children will discuss how they should apply the techniques they have just learned and experienced to their own lives and real life situations. Conversation examples are provided.
 Creative activity: Each lesson includes an easy to do, creative activity designed to reinforce what they have just learned in class. 
 Exit: Affirmations or compliments will be used as an exit tool for the rest of the semester.
 Certificate of Completion: Hand out to students for completing the Wellness Curriculum. 
 Lesson One is based around and used with the story entitled The Perfect Club. This story demonstrates how everyone is special in their own way. Students learn about accepting others. The lesson discusses having your feelings hurt and hurting the feelings of others. Children have a chance to discuss how to handle social situations in a way that would not hurt feelings. Positive statements and role playing are used to encourage good social interaction. (i.e.: I encourage others. I treat my friends with respect, I make others feel welcome.) 
 Lesson Two is based around and can be used with your choice of 2 practice sessions. Giving and receiving compliments are explored in this lesson. Bubble Blowing and Light Shield are two effective techniques that can be used to get rid of hurt or angry feelings. They can also be used for stress-management and relaxation. A creative compliment activity brings this lesson and your students together. 
 Lesson Three is based around and used with a story entitled Caterpillar Choices. This story demonstrates how making healthy food choices can effect your mind and body. The lesson is designed to accept each others differences and encourage healthy food choices. A wellness pyramid (a new spin on the old food pyramid) is used to support this lesson and provide flexibility to include any food restrictions a particular family may observe. Affirmations are also used to encourage healthy food choices, exercise, and wellness. For Frequently Asked Questions visit StressFreeKids.com.

Children's Wellness Curriculum: Lessons, stories and techniques designed to decrease bullying, anxiety, anger & obesity while promoting self-esteem & healthy food choices. (Indigo Dreams)

Children's Books

Stress Free Kids

Angry Octopus is a story that teaches children how to use progressive muscle relaxation and breathing techniques to calm down, lower stress, and control anger. Children relate to the angry octopus in this story as the sea child shows the octopus how to take a deep breath, calm down, and manage anger. Angry Octopus Color Me Happy, Color Me Calm is a new coloring book that compliments this story. Children learn to unwind, relax, and control anger with this fun exercise known as progressive muscle relaxation. Children relate to the angry octopus in this story as the sea child shows him how to take a deep breath, calm down, and manage his anger. These effective stress and anger management techniques for children focus awareness on various muscle groups to create a complete resting of the mind and body. Progressive muscle relaxation can be used to lower stress, decrease pain, and manage anger. This engaging story quiets the mind and relaxes the body so your child can let go of anger, relax, and fall asleep peacefully. This story is longer making it ideal for older children or those with a longer attention span. Angry Octopus is also featured on the Indigo Ocean Dreams Audio/CD and is available as an interactive APP on the iTunes bookstore. It is also available in several eBook formats. Note to Parent: Angry Octopus is a kid favorite. Parents report that their children use the techniques in the story to calm themselves and also remind their parents to use the same technique. This story received national attention on ABC's Shark Tank. Every child has a different emotional maturity, attention span, and need. While the stories are best suited for ages 6-12, do not let this be your primary reason for selecting. You know your child best and remember this is not about the reading level. The focus is on the actual techniques.

Angry Octopus: A Relaxation Story

Now children can relax and learn research-based, stress management techniques with all 3 CDs in the Indigo Dreams Series, by Lori Lite. Over 3 hours of stories and music!
 Indigo Dreams entertains your child with 4 stories and music while introducing breathing, affirmations, visualizations, and progressive muscular relaxation. Children follow their friends along as they learn to fall asleep peacefully with The Goodnight Caterpillar, breathe calmly with A Boy and a Bear, build self-esteem with The Affirmation Web, and visualize with a Boy and a Turtle. Indigo Dreams offers slightly shorter stories with female narration and forest animals. 
 Indigo Dreams entertains your child with 4 stories and music while introducing a different version of breathing, affirmations, visualizations, and progressive muscular relaxation. Indigo Ocean Dreams is designed to entertain your child in an ocean setting while introducing them to 4 research-based relaxation and stress management techniques. Children follow their sea friends along as they learn to release and manage anger with Angry Octopus, build self-esteem with Affirmation Weaver, implement breathing with Sea Otter Cove, and visualize with Bubble Riding. Indigo Ocean Dreams offers 4 slightly longer stories with male narration. 
 Indigo Dreams: Garden of Wellness offers 5 stories plus a music soundtrack. Children follow their garden friends along as they use positive statements to build self-esteem and encourage healthy eating with Caterpillar Choices. The Perfect Club inspires self-acceptance and tolerance of others. Children learn the emotional coping techniques of breathing and visualizing to release angry, hurt, stressed, or sad feelings. Any child, whether or not they have been bullied, teased, or excluded can benefit from the techniques presented in these stories. 
All 3 CDs empower children to decrease stress, anxiety, anger, sleep problems, and other challenges while increasing self-esteem. Each 60 minute CD includes calming voices, sounds of nature, actual techniques, and an additional music sound track to further enhance your child s relaxation experience. While written for boys and girls ages 5-11 in mind, any age child can benefit from these various research based stress-management and coping strategies presented throughout these 3 CDs.

Indigo Dreams (3 CD Set): Children's Bedtime Stories Designed to Decrease Stress, Anger and Anxiety while Increasing Self-Esteem and Self-Awareness

Alternative Medicine

Enhanced to include 8 books and 2 CDs for lesson plans. No prior teaching or stress management experience is needed! This turnkey curriculum incorporates 4 research-based stress management techniques, stories, songs, movement, music, and worksheets. The characters in the stories show children how to manage stress, anger, worry, anxiety, and fear while increasing their self-esteem. Each lesson is designed to introduce practical solutions to daily living. This fun and interactive format makes stress management teachable for teachers, youth leaders, guidance counselors, therapists, yoga instructors, homeschoolers, and parents. Curriculum Includes: <ul>
<li> Indigo Dreams CD, Indigo Ocean Dreams: (2 full hours including 8 stories/30 minutes of music)</li>
<li>6 Paperback books: Angry Octopus, Sea Otter Cove, Bubble Riding, Affirmation Weaver, A Boy and a Turtle, The Goodnight Caterpillar, The Affirmation Web and A Boy and a Bear.</li> <li> Lesson plans / Sample conversations</li> <li> Worksheets for each story / lesson</li> <li> Songs and movement activities</li> <li> Certificate of Completion for each lesson</li> </ul>
 Lesson One: Visualizing (2 stories for 2 lessons) Lesson Two: Breathing (2 stories for 2 lessons) Lesson Three: Affirmations/ Positive Statements (2 stories for 2 lessons) Lesson Four: Anger Management/ Progressive Muscle Relaxation /Breathing (2 stories for 2 lessons) Children that use relaxation techniques experience greater attendance, higher test scores, and increased awareness of self. Teachers, parents, and children benefit in all areas of life from this program. Stress Free Kids Curriculum and the stress and anger management techniques in this curriculum can help children: <ul>
<li> Reduce Test Taking Anxiety</li> <li> Improve Cognitive Function</li> <li> Learn Self-Regulation and Self-Control</li> <li> Improve Self-Esteem</li> <li> Increase Creativity</li> <li> Cope With Transitions</li> <li> Manage Anger</li> <li> Reduce Impulsivity and Hyperactivity</li> <li> Improve Social Skills</li> <li> Relax and Reduce Anxiety</li> <li> Fall Asleep and Sleep Soundly</li> <li> Reduce Nightmares</li> <li> Decrease Moodiness and Irritability</li> <li> Self-Soothe</li> <li> Incorporate Wellness into Daily Living</li> </ul>

Stress Free Kids Curriculum Teacher Kit: Stress Management Lesson Plans Reduce Anxiety, Stress, Anger, Worry, Increase Self-Esteem

Self-Help

Stress Management

Now teens can explore relaxation music and research-based, stress management techniques with 2 CDs from the Indigo Dreams Series, by Lori Lite. (i)The American Psychological Association shows that teen stress has increased to epidemic levels and called it a medical health hazard. As parents, we often underestimate the impact stress has on our teens.Indigo Teen Dreams allows teens to manage stress, anger and anxiety while receiving guided instructions on the techniques of breathing, visualizations, muscular relaxation, and affirmations. This straight forward, easy to follow approach encourages teens to manage their feelings and stress while improving self-belief. It is motivating, encouraging and instructional at the same time! Indigo Dreams: Teen Relaxation Music introduces teen-friendly beats and sounds of nature so that teenagers can achieve a deep state of relaxation and sleep. This full hour of music creates a safe musical place that encourages creative thinking. Stress Free Kids founder Lori Lite and composer David Jacopin team up to create a world where synthesizing beats merge with hang drum, guitar, didgeridoo, and sitar to decrease stress, anxiety, and anger. Each 60minute CD is designed to empower teens to decrease stress, anxiety, anger, sleep problems, and other challenges while improving self-control and self-esteem. Calming narration, sounds of nature, actual techniques, and music sound tracks make this perfect for teens entering middle school, high school, or college. Using the relaxation techniques presented on these CDs can help teens: Make Good Choices Manage Anger Improve Sleep and Insomnia Decrease Moodiness and Irritability Learn Self-Regulation and Self-Control, Improve Self-Esteem and Self-Belief, Increase Creativity, Reduce Test Taking Anxiety, Cope With Transitions, Reduce Impulsivity and Hyperactivity, Improve Social Skills, Relax and Reduce Anxiety Decrease Negative Thinking &amp; Depression, Self-Soothe Improve Cognitive Function Increase Overall Wellness.

Indigo Teen Dreams: 2 CD Set Designed to Decrease Stress, Anger, Anxiety while Increasing Self-Esteem and Self-Awareness (Indigo Dreams)

This story of a young boy who encounters a polar bear while climbing a snow-covered mountain teaches children relaxation techniques to reduce stress, prepare for sleep, and improve self-confidence.

A Boy and a Bear: The Children's Relaxation Book

Reference

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