Mini Meditations for Kids | Mindfulness, Calm & Emotional Skills (Ages 5-10)

Curiosity & Calm - 5 Minute Meditation for Kids

• The Paper Girls Show • Season 1 • Episode 31

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Spark your child’s inner scientist with calm, curiosity, and wonder. In this gentle, 5-minute guided meditation, kids are invited to slow down, breathe, and explore their natural curiosity. Curiosity & Calm helps children notice the world around them, ask questions, and enter the second step of the scientific method—asking questions and problem solving.

Mindfulness is an important theme in 'The Paper Girls Show'. Together with "Making" and "Mistakes", they create the "3 M's of The Paper Girls Show", which serve as the series' pillars. "Make things Mindfully – don't sweat your Mistakes", as our mantra goes!
 
The goal of this series is to help guide children through mindful breathing techniques, visualizations, and positive affirmations to use throughout the day when needed.

Our practices contain:
🧘‍♀️ Mindful breathing exercises for kids
😊 Positive affirmations for kids
🧠 Visualizations for kids

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  • Visit https://www.minimeditationsforkids.com/ for more meditations.
  • Visit www.papergirls.com for more information on The Paper Girls Show, an educational animated series with a diverse cast of brainy kids. It stars Caily and Reese, two techie and artistic best friends, who travel to Confetti – a secret world made entirely of paper. In Confetti, they meet their friends, musical Dev and adventurist Kami, to find creative STEAM solutions for their real world challenges. "Making", "Mindfulness" and managing "Mistakes" are three pillars of of the series.

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Narration by: Tara Segree, an experienced educator and mindfulness practitioner with 17+ years experience whose work has positively impacted the lives of many children across the globe.

Produced by: Global Tinker, Inc., an award-winning children's media studio inspiring young minds through STEM content, products and curriculum that extend from traditional print media to digital eBooks and animations, and online material for desktop and mobile platforms.

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'Mini Meditations for Kids', named one of Common Sense Media’s Best Kids Podcasts of the Year, helps children ages 5–10 calm their bodies, focus their minds, and build confidence through short, 5-minute guided meditations.

Produced by 'The Paper Girls Show'—4-star rated by Common Sense Media and multi-award-winning—this trusted mindfulness series offers calming practices for bedtime routines, emotional regulation, classroom mindfulness, and everyday transitions.

For relaxation and educational purposes only. Not medical or therapeutic advice. Please consult a qualified professional for health concerns.

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There are so many fun things to learn in the world.

We’re each curious about different things — and that’s what makes us special.

When we ask questions or try something new, we grow and learn.

Curiosity helps us explore the world in our own unique way.

Let’s take a quiet moment to wonder together.

Now, let’s get still and notice how our body is feeling.

Find a comfy spot — in a chair, on the floor, or even lying down.

Let your hands rest gently by your side or in your lap.

Close your eyes, or look softly at the floor or up at the sky.

Take a slow, deep breath in through your nose… and gently let it out through your mouth.

Again, breathe in deeply through your nose… and slowly out through your mouth.

Now just breathe normally. Let your body do the breathing for you.

Feel the air moving in and out.

Are you breathing through your nose?

Through your mouth?

Or maybe a little of both?

There’s no right or wrong — just notice.

Feel your breath.

Now let’s ask ourselves a few quiet questions — just in your mind.

What is something you’re curious about today?

What’s something you’d love to explore or learn more about?

What makes you want to ask “Why?” or “How?”

Let those questions float in like clouds.

Now bring your attention back to your breath.

Feel the air going in… and out.

Let’s bring a kind thought into your mind — something just for you:

“My questions help me learn new things.”

Say it silently as you breathe: “My questions help me learn new things.”

“My questions help me learn new things.”

Take one more slow, deep breath in… and let it out gently.

Curiosity is a gift. It helps you grow, explore, and discover the world around you.

Keep wondering. Keep learning. You are a curious and powerful learner.