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Laurie McMillan is a wife, a mom, new grandmother ("Yaya"), an inventor, and lifelong meditator. Laurie started developing The Sleep Switch when her children were young and needed help drifting off to sleep.

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The Sleep Switch
by Laurie McMillan

Overview


The Sleep Switch is a children's book written in easy to follow rhyming verse. It shows numerous children learning how to tell their body good night while relaxing themselves to sleep. The book is intended to be read as the very last step in the child's nighttime routine. Once a child learns how to relax themselves to sleep, they will have a lifelong skill they can always use when and wherever they may need help drifting off to sleep.
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Description


The thought of children peacefully drifting off to sleep on their own doesn't always seem realistic. But children learning how to relax themselves to sleep is not as impossible as it may seem. The Sleep Switch is written in rhyming verse that children will be able to remember and repeat to themselves over time. It shows numerous children relaxing and telling their body goodnight. It gently incorporates basic breathing technics that are so helpful in supporting the child in drifting off to sleep. The Sleep Switch helps guide children through an introduction into the practice of mindfulness. Mindfulness has been practiced for centuries with numerous, proven health benefits such as better sleep, reduced stress, and improved attention. The Sleep Switch combines this age-old wisdom into an easy to follow book for children. Mindfulness will come easier to some children more than others. But, supporting a child in their understanding and practice of focused relaxation in childhood, could help them manage emotions and provide them with lifelong benefits. This book is intended to be read as the very last step in the child's nighttime routine. In time the child should be able to gradually take over their own relaxation by joining in with the reader by saying goodnight to themselves and breathing where indicated. Once the child learns how to relax themselves to sleep, they will have a lifelong skill they can always use when and wherever they may need help drifting off to sleep.
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Overview


The Sleep Switch is a children's book written in easy to follow rhyming verse. It shows numerous children learning how to tell their body good night while relaxing themselves to sleep. The book is intended to be read as the very last step in the child's nighttime routine. Once a child learns how to relax themselves to sleep, they will have a lifelong skill they can always use when and wherever they may need help drifting off to sleep.

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Description


The thought of children peacefully drifting off to sleep on their own doesn't always seem realistic. But children learning how to relax themselves to sleep is not as impossible as it may seem. The Sleep Switch is written in rhyming verse that children will be able to remember and repeat to themselves over time. It shows numerous children relaxing and telling their body goodnight. It gently incorporates basic breathing technics that are so helpful in supporting the child in drifting off to sleep. The Sleep Switch helps guide children through an introduction into the practice of mindfulness. Mindfulness has been practiced for centuries with numerous, proven health benefits such as better sleep, reduced stress, and improved attention. The Sleep Switch combines this age-old wisdom into an easy to follow book for children. Mindfulness will come easier to some children more than others. But, supporting a child in their understanding and practice of focused relaxation in childhood, could help them manage emotions and provide them with lifelong benefits. This book is intended to be read as the very last step in the child's nighttime routine. In time the child should be able to gradually take over their own relaxation by joining in with the reader by saying goodnight to themselves and breathing where indicated. Once the child learns how to relax themselves to sleep, they will have a lifelong skill they can always use when and wherever they may need help drifting off to sleep.

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Book details

Genre:CHILDREN'S NONFICTION

Subgenre:Paranormal & Supernatural

Age Range (years):6 - 8

Language:English

Pages:46

Paperback ISBN:9781098320843


Overview


The Sleep Switch is a children's book written in easy to follow rhyming verse. It shows numerous children learning how to tell their body good night while relaxing themselves to sleep. The book is intended to be read as the very last step in the child's nighttime routine. Once a child learns how to relax themselves to sleep, they will have a lifelong skill they can always use when and wherever they may need help drifting off to sleep.

Read more

Description


The thought of children peacefully drifting off to sleep on their own doesn't always seem realistic. But children learning how to relax themselves to sleep is not as impossible as it may seem. The Sleep Switch is written in rhyming verse that children will be able to remember and repeat to themselves over time. It shows numerous children relaxing and telling their body goodnight. It gently incorporates basic breathing technics that are so helpful in supporting the child in drifting off to sleep. The Sleep Switch helps guide children through an introduction into the practice of mindfulness. Mindfulness has been practiced for centuries with numerous, proven health benefits such as better sleep, reduced stress, and improved attention. The Sleep Switch combines this age-old wisdom into an easy to follow book for children. Mindfulness will come easier to some children more than others. But, supporting a child in their understanding and practice of focused relaxation in childhood, could help them manage emotions and provide them with lifelong benefits. This book is intended to be read as the very last step in the child's nighttime routine. In time the child should be able to gradually take over their own relaxation by joining in with the reader by saying goodnight to themselves and breathing where indicated. Once the child learns how to relax themselves to sleep, they will have a lifelong skill they can always use when and wherever they may need help drifting off to sleep.

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About the author


Laurie McMillan is a wife, a mom, new grandmother ("Yaya"), an inventor, and lifelong meditator. Laurie started developing The Sleep Switch when her children were young and needed help drifting off to sleep.

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