Mindful Eating with Berry Kabobs

Mindful eating is paying attention to the food your are eating with your senses.  It encourages slow, healthy eating.

Berries are loaded with vitamins and minerals, making these kabobs a healthy and delicious snack for kids. To add an extra dose of calm, play ambient music while your child loads his skewer.

Benefits of Mindful Eating 

Threading the berries on the skewer builds eye-hand coordination and focus. Mindful eating helps the body digest food better. Berries are a powerful super food that are important for brain and immune health.

How to Mindfully Make and Eat Berry Kabobs

• We are going to make berry kabobs. Did you know that eating a variety of berries keeps us healthy and can help us remember things better? Eating a variety of colors is even healthier than eating just one color.
• Pick eight berries from these bowls. While we are making our berry kabobs we are going to notice every detail of it. Notice the different colors, textures, and smells.
• Thread the berries onto the skewer. Can you make a pattern with your different colored berries? Listen to the music and be mindful while making your kabobs. Notice what you see, hear, smell, and taste.
• Eat your kabob slowly, noticing each bite. What did eating silently and mindfully feel like? Did you notice anything that you haven’t noticed before?

We do mindful eating in every kid’s aerial yoga class. Kids love making berry kabobs!  Learn more ways to mindfully eat berry kabobs and much more in my book, Mindfulness for Children.