Guest Post: Inspiring Highly Sensitive Children Through Stories
I asked Leila Boukarim, author of the new book All Too Much for Oliver and founder of My Quiet Adventures, why she decided to write story books specifically for highly sensitive…
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How to Practice Yoga with a Child – and Why You Should by Giselle Shardlow
For a highly sensitive child down time is important, even more important than for a non-highly sensitive child. For those of you reading who are highly sensitive parents you will…
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Book Review: Angel Violet’s Magic Wings
Bonnie Snyde is the writer of Angel Violet’s Magic Wings and Alissa Shouts the illustrator. Snyde wrote the book with highly sensitive children aged 4 to 8 in mind. The…
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Cloud Watching: Calming Technique for a Highly Sensitive Child
Next time your child needs a little help emptying their bucket try cloud watching. Cloud watching is a fabulous calming technique for a highly sensitive child. For the ultimate calming…
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Finger Knitting to Calm a Highly Sensitive Child
We are constantly looking for ways to empty my highly sensitive child’s ‘bucket’. We discovered that finger knitting hits the spot. Taking Up Knitting For some reason I decided to try…
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Fill a Journal Page to Empty a Highly Sensitive Mind
Journaling has so many benefits. Journaling is an easy, inexpensive way to empty your mind, process emotions and order your thoughts. Journaling Benefits The beauty of writing down emotions, writing…
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A Bucket of Bubbles: Calming Tools for a Highly Sensitive Child
A bucket and some bubbles – the perfect calming tools for children. Simple. Cheap. And a highly effective bucket emptier. Tip From Sensory Integration Therapist At one point we were…
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Why a Chill Tent is a Great Bucket Emptying Tool
One of the things that is proving more and more important in our house, as my three boys get older and two of them are now at school full time,…
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Why Nature Works Wonders for Highly Sensitive People
The power of nature to calm is undeniable. Nature works wonders for highly sensitive people in particular. Get out into nature and empty your bucket! Make the Most of Nature…
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Here’s Why We Love Being a Bucket Family
Heard about introducing a bucket for your highly sensitive child but not sure what the bucket is all about? Then you are in the right place. Here’s how a bucket…
