Do I recommend doing Laughter Yoga with little children? I say YES, keeping mind the following thoughts and suggestions:
- To keep the group motivated, offer activities that are adapted to the children’s age and cognitive level. Avoid mixing different age groups.
- Enlist a couple of adults familiar with the group who can help you calm down any fears, break down any barriers and initiate the exercises with you – it appears that at such a tender age, systematic interpersonal relations are not always easy to initiate; – first they did the activity with the adults and eventually they practiced with other children.
- Have a lot of space available for floor exercises.
- Find a way to trigger the children’s interest at the beginning of the session.
- Wear vibrant colors.
- Be as enthousiastic as you can (very enthusiastic – even more than with adults!).
- Be able to enter the imaginary world of childhood when you plan your activities – be creative, flexible and open to surprises.
- Have some good s...