Game Explanations and Examples
ENGAGE Image Relaxation Game Examples
The ENGAGE Image Relaxation game uses animal demonstrations to tense and then relax each body part. By tensing and relaxing their muscles, mokopuna learn to notice the difference between being tense and relaxed.
ENGAGE Image Relaxation Scripts
The ENGAGE Image Relaxation game uses animal demonstrations to tense and then relax each body part. Watch this demonstration for a script when encouraging mokopuna to tense and relax their muscles.
ENGAGE Muscle Relaxation
The ENGAGE Muscle Relaxation encourages mokopuna to tense and relax their muscles, mokopuna learn to notice the difference between being tense and relaxed and understand how that make their body feel.
ENGAGE Superhero Breathing
Breathing and controlled movement is a very effective way to calm children and help develop emotion regulation skills.
ENGAGE Deep Breathing
Deep breathing exercises teach mokopuna to regulate their breathing and calm down.
ENGAGE Stretch Move and Breathe
ENGAGE is a unique play-based approach to teaching self-regulation to children. It is designed to enhance children’s emotional, behavioural and cognitive skills through fun, structured play with a focus.
ENGAGE Poi Kanikani Game
The ENGAGE Poi Kanikani game encourages tamariki to understand and express different emotions and a strategy for calming the body using rhythm and repetition.
ENGAGE Tī Rākau Game
The ENGAGE Tī Rākau game can be used to support tamariki with the self regulation skills of attention and memory. The kaiako can use a simple sequence of actions using the tīrākau which tamariki then have to copy.
ENGAGE Tū Kōhatu Game
The ENGAGE Tu kohatu game can be played in a variety of ways to support the development of self-regulation skills such as attention, co-ordination and motor control. Kōhatu are stones and in this game tamariki stack stones on top of eachother, or in a pile.
ENGAGE Jack in the Box Game
The ENGAGE Jack in the Box game gets Mokopuna to curl up and stay still while kaiako sing the Jack in the Box song. When mokopuna hear kaiako say “Yes I will!”, they leap up. Kaiako then sing “what can you do?” and add an action (e.g., my hands are clapping) which everybody does.