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Sensory bottles are a tried-and-true success strategy for reducing anxiety or refocusing your child.
Sensory bottles are a tried-and-true success strategy for reducing anxiety or refocusing your child.
Read on for several DIY recipes to make an inexpensive sensory bottle for you children at home.
Read on for several DIY recipes to make an inexpensive sensory bottle for you children at home.
Introducing a Sensory Bottle to Children
Introducing a Sensory Bottle to Children
Explain to the children that this is a Calming Bottle and it can help us learn to calm our minds when we feel stressed, upset, worried, or frustrated.
Show the children how the bottle looks when the contents are settled. Explain to the children that this is similar to how our minds are when we are relaxed.
Shake the bottle vigorously and have the children observe the changes inside the bottle. Explain to the children that when we feel stressed, our thoughts are whirling around in our minds like the contents inside the bottle.
Invite the children observe the contents as they begin to settle. Explain to the children that when we are stressed, we have the ability to settle our minds and find ourselves back to a relaxed state. All we have to do is take a deep breath and give our thoughts time to settle like the contents of the jar.
DIY Calming Bottle Video
DIY Calming Bottle Video
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