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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 194067" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>Calming activities for 8 year old girl?</p><p> </p><p>Many girls that age like to color those felt pictures that come with markers. </p><p> </p><p>They sometimes like to start diaries - keeping a log on the day's activities and their feelings.</p><p> </p><p>I think any activity with not much distractions or need to switch gears or thinking quickly. Does she get a lot of alone time that she can focus on one thing without a sibling interrupting? </p><p> </p><p>Try an art project - making jewerly out of strings of bead? painting a wood project? give her old magazines and poster board to make collages - one of favorite animals or things she likes or colors.</p><p> </p><p>The energy burning activities might be overwhelming as she tries to process all the activity around her. To burn energy, take her on bike rides or walks (burns energy and is calming).</p><p> </p><p>Try upping the structure of her daily life. I have found that even though I think it is a boring life, I need to keep difficult child from too many activities because life just gets too fast when we go at my speed. I have to slow way down and listen to his cues. Like when we went to Disney World when he was 8 yrs old. Trying to cram in as much fun as possible in one day was too overwhelming for him. We had to just choose a few activities and let the others go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 194067, member: 5096"] Calming activities for 8 year old girl? Many girls that age like to color those felt pictures that come with markers. They sometimes like to start diaries - keeping a log on the day's activities and their feelings. I think any activity with not much distractions or need to switch gears or thinking quickly. Does she get a lot of alone time that she can focus on one thing without a sibling interrupting? Try an art project - making jewerly out of strings of bead? painting a wood project? give her old magazines and poster board to make collages - one of favorite animals or things she likes or colors. The energy burning activities might be overwhelming as she tries to process all the activity around her. To burn energy, take her on bike rides or walks (burns energy and is calming). Try upping the structure of her daily life. I have found that even though I think it is a boring life, I need to keep difficult child from too many activities because life just gets too fast when we go at my speed. I have to slow way down and listen to his cues. Like when we went to Disney World when he was 8 yrs old. Trying to cram in as much fun as possible in one day was too overwhelming for him. We had to just choose a few activities and let the others go. [/QUOTE]
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