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According to UC Berkeley, Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through a gentle, nurturing lens. You can watch the expert Jon Kabat-Zinn discuss it further here.
At the elementary level, we see students get overstimulated and then begin to act out. At the middle school level, the students are changing physically and emotionally and cannot always tell you what they are feeling. At the high school level, we have seen students get so stressed and overwhelmed that they shut down. Mindfulness can assist them in managing their emotions and their stress. Here are some resources to incorporate it into your daily classroom instruction:
- Mind Yeti - A cute program for elementary with videos and animations
- Calm - shared previously by teachers from Opening Days
- Mindful Schools - perfect for educating yourself more on the topic, including videos and techniques
- PBS Mindfulness Teacher's Guide
- MindUP Resources - an SEL curriculum program that also shares small teacher resources on teaching Mindfulness (from Goldie Hawn's Foundation - who knew?!)
- Still Quiet Place - from Amy Saltzman, practice breathing videos
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