7 Daily Positive Affirmations For Kids – Free Printable
Encouraging children to believe in their capabilities can be frustrating – for us and for them! Positive affirmations can be a powerful way for kids to begin to enhance their self-belief and quieten self-sabotaging ideas in their minds.
In this post, I’ll give tips on how your child can become more positive, explain what positive affirmations are and give you some examples.
How Do I Get My Child to Be More Positive?
This is a question that I hear a lot! Positive affirmations can be a brilliant and simple technique that your child might find really makes a difference. I encourage you to try them.
A few years ago, a friend of mine suggested that I might find positive affirmations helpful. I was having a difficult time with pain and low energy. I had a lot of negative thoughts that were creeping into my mind and I was struggling with self belief and confidence.
Initially, I found the thought of saying affirmations out loud uncomfortable. It seemed a bit kooky – do you know what I mean?
But I did try them, and you know what? They really helped. Not straight away, but over a couple of weeks of repeating my affirmations a few times a day and also writing them down in my journal, I noticed some changes.
Firstly, I found greater clarity in my thoughts, so I could evaluate them more reasonably. Next, I began to feel more confident and started thinking about the pain differently. Eventually, this practice let me get back into a healthier, stronger mindset and my days and actions became more meaningful again.
When I started tutoring, I began using affirmations with some of my students who didn’t believe in their abilities. Most of them also found them a bit weird to begin with (and quite funny too!). But in time, and with practice, their mindsets shifted towards more hopeful mindsets. In turn, their confidence and self-belief clearly increased.
What is a Positive Affirmation?
Positive affirmations are self-empowering words and phrases that describe how you want to be. They are said as if they are already true or on the way to being true.
Affirmations contain only positive words and use the present tense, making them powerful.
If you’d like to learn more about what they are, take a look at my recent post, which explains in more detail what positive affirmations are and how they could help your child.
What are Daily Affirmations?
Sometimes they are referred to as daily affirmations, because affirming phrases are most effective when you repeat them several times daily. Many people and families build time into their daily routines when they practise their affirmations. They can become a calming and positive ritual.
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What is an Example of Positive Affirmations for Kids?
Let’s take a look at how affirmations can be structured. To begin, It’s best to keep affirmations simple.
As an example, let’s say that your child had an experience at school where they had to do something that was too difficult for them and they didn’t understand.
After school, they came home and said, “Maths was really hard today, I can’t do division, it’s too difficult!”
To transform that into a positive affirmation, change all the negatives to positives and use the present tense.
For example, in this case the affirmation could be, “I am capable of difficult things.” Or, “I keep trying when something is hard.”
A few other simple but great examples are:
- I am strong
- I am a great friend
- I am calm
- I have a positive attitude
- I am loved
A Week of Positive Affirmations for Kids for You to Try Out – FREE
As a gift to my readers, I’ve designed a free download with 7 morning affirmations. So, if you want to give affirmations a try, but aren’t sure where to begin, these made-for-you printable notes make it simple.
Tips for Using Your Printable
To download and print your freebie, simply click the image below and join the Positive Primary Kids Community – that will gain you access to all other free resources as I create them.
Print the document in colour and cut out the individual affirmations. Now that you’ve got your notes, there are lots of ways you could use them, but here’s my favourite:
Leave one on your bathroom mirror or a mirror in your child’s bedroom for them to see in the morning. During their morning routine, can then say their affirmation out loud to their reflection to start their day off on the right foot!
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