Hello for you!  Children's Singer, Songwriter and Performer Andy Glockenspiel here. 

Today I wanted to share with you a highly effective tip, with immediate results.  As a Children's Edutainer and Music Teacher, I've learned the importance of air.  I know this sounds funny.  It is.  Effective breathing for children is essential.  You may find that this simple, yet tried and true breathing technique  can resolve  many issues and challenges.  I find it most effective for parents and teachers to do these breaths with the children.  Especially for the first few weeks.  This way you and your child will bond over a positive activity, share a self-soothing technique, and ensure that your child is doing the breathing technique properly. 

Here it is!  Breathe in for 5 counts, hold for 20 (no more), and exhale for at least 10 counts.  These numbers need to work for you, so change them if you'd like.  After this breath, you need to take a cleansing, long and slow breath.  Now you are ready for another.  In for 5 counts, hold for 20, exhale slowly for 10 counts.  Then another slow, deep cleansing breath, exhaling your air completely.  Lather, rinse, and repeat.  Never hold your breathe too long, and teach children the dangers of holding longer than the 20 counts.  You can count as fast as you need to.  I recommend, (as taught to me by Tony Robbins), that we should do 10 repetitions of these breaths, 3 times a day.

Benifits? 

1. This is the most effective way to cleanse the lymph system. 
   
2. Oxygen is always essential for healthy mental and emotional activity.
   
3. Wellness and Self-Soothing Techniques are essential to a child's success in life.
4. This is also a great way to calm a child down.  Especially in a time out situation. 
   
5. The family that breathes together, works well together.

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Love,

Andy

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