Mindfulness for the Classroom: A Teacher's Guide + 18 Student Activities
Mindfulness for the Classroom: A Teacher's Guide plus 18 Student Activities
How to integrate Mindfulness into the classroom
What’s included:
What is mindfulness and how to teach mindfulness
A Framework for Teaching
18 mindfulness activities with instructions written for kids (K-5)
Six mindfulness cards (printable to make copies for students and for your peace corner!)
Five mindfulness planners and worksheets perfect for classroom and daily practice planning
Two mindfulness activity posters
One worksheet
In this manual, we cover the following:
What is mindfulness
How to establish a mindfulness practice
How to integrate mindfulness into the K-5 classroom
A method for developing your daily practice and extending this practice to your students
How to teach mindfulness activities in a safe, engaging, and compassionate way
Information and instructions to implement the teaching strategy of gradual release of responsibility
18 mindfulness activities
Tips and good times for each activity
Learn how to teach mindfulness throughout the school day confidently.
Also applicable in after-school and home settings.
$50.00
What's included
What is mindfulness and how to teach mindfulness
18 mindfulness activities with instructions, written for kids (K-5)
6 mindfulness cards
5 mindfulness planners and worksheets perfect for classroom and daily practice planning
2 mindfulness activity posters
1 worksheet
How to use
Teach mindfulness activities at the beginning, during transitions, and end of the day or class periods. Practice the same ones over and over and slowly add new ones.
More info
Star Breathing, Take 5 Breathing, Start Breathing, Breath of Joy, Glitter Jar, Mindful Listening, Active Listening, Mindfulness Activities for Transitions.
The distinction between big M and little M mindfulness is key, and so well put. As I've incorporated mindfulness into my PE teaching I've thought about how to distinguish between activities that are explicitly mindful and activities that can be done mindfully without needing to label them "mindful." I think both are crucial, as the surest way to alienate students is to drown them in formal practice without also teaching them the joy of just being and doing. Calling it big M and little M is really a perfect way of putting it.
- I also thought the Gradual Release of Responsibility was a really neat concept and one I hadn't thought of. But really, what is the point of teaching mindfulness if one cannot pass it on as a tool? Even though your presentation is geared towards K-5, I thought this piece in particular would be salient for middle school students, and fit in well to a mindfulness curriculum for them. I suppose one question I have is are you considering developing this further to feature activities for older students?
As someone who is studying this very topic in grad school I'm really impressed by the breadth and practical applicability of this document!
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