Here's a Little Halloween Trick for Parents!

These types of playful and connecting activities are the foundation of co-regulation…bringing the calm to your child and activating those amazing mirror neurons.

Say this in a calm steady voice and do the motions with your child!

• I am grounded like a big orange pumpkin.  I can crouch down and put my arms around my knees and make a big solid ball.  No one can move me I am so big and so solid.

• I grow green vines stretching outwards.  I can reach my hands out away from my body and up towards the sky.

• I soak in the sunlight with my hands and my face.  I can stretch my neck up and look towards the sky.

• The leaves of my vines wave gently in the cool fall breeze.  I can wave my hands.

• My leaves breathe in and out and get the nutrients I need from the air.  I can breathe in while I count to four, I can hold my breath while I count to four, and I can breathe out while I count to four. 

• I remind myself that I am a safe and loved big orange pumpkin.

Brought to you by the good witches and wizards at Comedy Is Therapy : ) Happy Halloween to all and to all a good night! It’s bedtime somewhere, isn’t it? : )