Meditation for Children: Calming Jars

This fun meditation comes from Peaceful Piggy Meditation (Kerry Lee MacLean). They can also be known as Calming Jars.

Have each child fill a jar with water and notice how calm and clean the water is. Add some glitter, rice or sand into the jar. Each piece of glitter put in the jar is a “thought”.

Secure the lid and have the child shake their jar up and watch all the glitter fly around the jar.

Then let the jar be still and watch all the glitter settle in the bottom of the jar. When the glitter is flying around the jar this can be explained to the children as what is happening in their mind as they hurry from one task to another or are very busy.

When the glitter settles back down in the jar this can be explained to the children as to what is happening in their mind when they relax, take time to breath and enjoy each moment.

Note: Remember to REALLY secure the lid on your jars!! We love using plastic bottles instead of glass jars just for safety reasons with the little ones!