Creative Mindfulness: Mandalas Program

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Child's hands coloring a vibrant mandala pattern, supported by The Play Way developmental program for OT at home.

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Mother and son engage in The Play Way's Creative Mindfulness: Mandalas Program, an OT-designed developmental program, using craft supplies at home.

Creative Mindfulness: Mandalas Program

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The Creative Mindfulness: Mandalas Program has been specially designed by our occupational therapists to guide children through a series of hands-on projects for exploring, creating, designing and making a variety of mandalas on a range of mediums.

As children engage with the creative activities, they will have opportunities to build and develop their fine motor skills, executive functioning skills, creativity and self-confidence. To accompany these activities, there are guided mindfulness moments to further encourage and promote relaxation, reflection, present moment awareness and self-regulation.

Created for ages 7 – 16

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The goals of this program

✓ To increase ability to follow instructions and maintain attention

✓ To build concentration and sustained focus

✓ To develop task autonomy

✓ To strengthen the small muscles of the hand to help grasp and manipulate objects

✓ To develop fine motor skills

✓ To develop artworks and provide opportunity for engagement in creative exploration and expression

✓ To develop executive function including planning, organising and sequencing

✓ To improve self-confidence

✓ To develop strategies for mindfulness, emotional regulation and stress reduction

The benefits of this program

✓ Step-by-step video and written instructions to support children in creating a range of beautiful mandala artworks

✓ Gradually increasing level of difficulty to move children from beginner level mandala projects to more complex tasks

✓ Guided mindfulness moments at the end of each creative activity to support present moment awareness and develop tools for emotional regulation

✓ Improved self-confidence as children are encouraged and supported to express themselves through art

Skills it can help build

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

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Fine motor skills through manipulating objects and tools, such as cotton tips and paintbrushes

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Following instructions by engaging with step-by-step guided activities to produce various artworks

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Giving instructions as children take on the role of guide and coach a partner to create a mandala

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Creativity and artistic skills through engagement with tasks that develop different painting and drawing skills, including using acrylic paints and a compass

YOUR TOOLS

What's in your toolbox

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Paint set

Including a palette, brushes, canvas, acrylic paints, pegs and cotton balls.

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Creative art pad

For designing and creating artworks throughout the program and beyond.

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Creative supplies

For constructing and decorating and creating clay pot mandalas.

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Apron, compass + ruler

To protect clothes while painting and for constructing mandala patterns.

Printed templates

To guide the planning and design of the mandala artworks.

Instruction card set

Containing detailed, step-by-step instructions.

Facilitator guide

To assist in guiding and supporting the delivery of the therapy at home.

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Video training

To support children and caregivers in the delivery of the therapy at home.

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WHO THE PROGRAM IS FOR

Does this sound familiar?

"My child finds it difficult to take turns, negotiate roles, responsibilities and requirements when working in a team."

"My child has trouble with communication, particularly when giving or processing instructions and using descriptive language."

"My child isn’t motivated to engage with therapy, I need something that will capture their attention or it just won't happen."

If these challenges sound familiar, you are not alone. It’s exactly why we’ve designed this program.

This program helps children to let their creativity shine, while also encouraging the development of communication, planning and organisational skills.

ABOUT THE VIDEO TRAINING

What the program covers

The Therapy at Home Creative Mindfulness: Mandalas Program focuses on guiding children through a series of 5 projects based around exploring, drawing, painting and building mandalas using a variety of different tools. The projects work in order of complexity, so that children can be gradually supported to create more involved artworks over the course of the program.

Through the guided videos and step-by-step instruction cards, children will first explore the creative techniques used to design mandalas. This understanding will then be applied to draw guided mandalas, paint mandalas and construct 3D mandalas using a range of tools and mediums. The culminating activity involves making and painting a coil clay pot to showcase the skills developed throughout the program.

The creative activities are all accompanied by a guided mindfulness moment to encourage and promote relaxation and reflection. These are offered as opportunities to cultivate present moment awareness and develop tools for self-regulation.

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