Thoughts like balloons is a sample activity for the Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology chapter.
Title
Thoughts like balloons
Area
the emotions
the mind and beliefs
Methodology
Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology
Aim of the activity
Thanks to this exercise, we can teach children to distance themselves from negative thoughts and judgments and emotions that are a comment overheard somewhere or an inner speech.
Target group
parents
parents with kids
the adult educators
Duration
15 min
Description
Reflection
This exercise can show children the meaning of being positive about the world. In their everyday life, there will be both positive and negative expressions about the world, other people or themselves.
Thanks to the exercise, the child learns to “keep to himself” positive comments that will help him in everyday life and development. Negative comments about yourself, for example “you are too fat”, which over time turn into inner speech, because the child absolutely believes in the words of his peers, thanks to playing with balloons, they can be permanently destroyed.
Source
Matko K., & Sedlmeier P., (2019). What Is Meditation? Proposing an Empirically Derived Classification System. Front. Psychol., https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02276
Sharma H., (2015). Meditation: Process and effects. Ayu. Jul-Sep; 36(3): 233–237