Ellie Elephant and Reggie rabbits Gardening Adventure

<p>This story can support children with anxiety fears and behavioral concerns. Learning an early</p><p>intervention skill to slow down lends educational ways for parents and children to start making</p><p>slight changes. Reading together about Ellie and Reggie how they learn a breathing mantra to help</p><p>relax and understand their bodies may help a slower pace of thinking feeling and mindfulness.</p><p><br></p><p>Ellie Elephant and Reggie Rabbit have fun learning how to use breathing methods while they garden</p><p>in the authors bush property in NSW Australia. The mantra of breathing in and breathing out</p><p>repeats throughout the story with a mindfulness mediation at the completion of their adventure to</p><p>help relax Ellie and Reggie and encompass learning for the reader.</p><p>Different experiences throughout the story involve learning to watch Australian birds listening to</p><p>their calls while gardening and using mindful breathing exercises.</p><p>Chattering and giggling enjoying each other's company as they play plant succulents and weed the</p><p>garden.</p><p>Learning how to take slow breaths helps them both take time to watch noticing nature.</p><p>Ellie and Reggie identify tiredness and understand why breathing in and out technique's help.</p><p>The breathing mantra supports their ability to enjoy themselves while having fun including</p><p>developing an awareness of when to start to calm themselves when they feel tired or overwhelmed.</p><p>Focusing on their breathing feeling their bodies relax after adventures and fun slipping into a</p><p>meditation becomes a simple task.</p><p>Ellie and Reggie start embracing our local environments to bring our next generation up to change</p><p>the way we look after ourselves and how to use a breathing mantra. Stopping watching and</p><p>listening together is a skill to learn.</p>