Growing Minds: Calm, Confident & Curious

“Children are born Mindful and with wisdom we can keep this alive.”

The Dalai Lama

‘dots’ - A Truly Exceptional Opportunity for Young Learners

At KatieB Kids, we are proud to offer our children a truly rare and inspiring opportunity: the dots mindfulness programme for 3–6-year-olds, developed in partnership with the Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP). Following a highly successful pilot, we are now fully embedding dots into our nursery practice — a privilege that very few early years settings in the UK can offer.

dots equips children with the tools to manage their emotions, build resilience, develop empathy, and enhance focus — all vital skills for lifelong wellbeing. Each session, lasting 15–20 minutes, is expertly led by Dr Nick Buckley, an internationally respected MiSP trainer with years of experience in teaching mindfulness to young children. His expertise ensures that every child experiences mindfulness in a practical, engaging, and transformative way.

The dots programme is structured around three interconnecting themes:

Awareness

Cultivating calm, curiosity, focus, and embodied learning through sensory exploration, movement, and stillness.

Connection

Nurturing social awareness, empathy, and a sense of interconnectedness with peers, adults, and the world.

Emotion

Developing emotional literacy, self-awareness, self-regulation, and resilience.

Calmer, happier, more resilient children

Alongside our celebrated Forest School programme, dots highlights what makes KatieB Kids unique — our commitment to providing experiences beyond the basics of care, where every child is supported to thrive, explore, and grow with joy and purpose.

At KatieB Kids we are now taking the programme to the next stage: our educators are beginning their official accreditation journey, enabling them to teach dots themselves alongside Nick. This means our children benefit from a world-class, bespoke mindfulness programme, delivered in a setting designed to inspire curiosity, creativity, and confidence.

The benefits of dots extend far beyond the nursery walls. By learning mindfulness, children develop essential life skills such as focus, self-regulation, empathy, and problem-solving, all of which lay a strong foundation for school readiness and future success in learning and life. Through mindfulness, our children not only enjoy the present moment, but also gain the tools to navigate challenges, make thoughtful decisions, and grow into confident, resilient learners.

We are thrilled to offer this pioneering programme and look forward to seeing our children flourish, fully equipped to embrace their next adventures with curiosity, calm, and confidence.

Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) is a charity and global community of mindfulness educators. Their aim is to equip today’s young people with skills and techniques that will support their lifelong wellbeing. MiSP that lists some of the potential benefits of Mindfulness for children as:

  • Promoting well-being and resilience

  • Offering knowledge and skills applicable to the child’s life

  • Developing many areas of personal, social and emotional development

  • Extending the thinking skills learning which is promoted in the national curriculum (such as metacognition).