PEACE, LOVE AND LITERATURELISA KING, RYTT AND CKEC LITERACY CONSULTANT

THE FLOW OF OUR TIME▪What does the research tell us about

Mindfulness in the classroom?▪How do I plan for Mindfulness lessons using

children’s literature?▪What are some techniques to engage students

in Mindfulness practices?

www.mindfulschools.org

“RELAXED STUDENTS LEARN BETTER. RELAXED TEACHERS TEACH BETTER.” CARLA TANTILLO, FOUNDER OF MINDFUL PRACTICES

WHAT STRESS DOES TO OUR BODIES AND MINDS……..

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From Chaos to Calm: The Big Seven Stress Relievers

▪ Breathing Exercises▪ Meditation▪ Guided Imagery▪ Visualizations▪ Yoga▪ Exercise▪ Music

WHAT IS MINDFULNESS?

JON KABAT-ZINN DEFINED MINDFULNESS AS “THE AWARENESS THAT EMERGES THROUGH PAYING ATTENTION ON PURPOSE, IN THE PRESENT MOMENT, AND NON-JUDGMENTALLY TO THE UNFOLDING OF EXPERIENCE MOMENT BY MOMENT.”

TEACHERS THAT PRACTICE MINDFULNESS▪Better organized▪More emotionally supportive classroom ▪Better efficacy doing their jobs

STUDENTS THAT PRACTICE MINDFULNESS▪ Increased attention and focus, better grades▪ Less depression, anxiety and stress▪ Improved social skills, self regulation, behavior

and more empathy

THREE PARTS FOR INTEGRATING MINDFULNESS AND YOGA INTO YOUR CLASSROOM ROUTINE▪ Connecting through Centering

▪ Sharing Children’s Literature

▪ Movement ( this can be a little longer)

▪ Relaxation, Closing

5 min. X child’s age = attention span

How does it look, feel, sound?

MINDFULLY OBSERVING YOUR SENSES

ACTIVITY FROM “MIND UP CURRICULUM” BY SCHOLASTIC AND THE HAWN FOUNDATION

Breath in light, Exhale black smoke

THE POWER OF BREATH

BLOWING BUBBLES

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CALMING BREATH

Guided Imagery and Visualization

Visualization

MEDITATION FOR KIDS▪ Speak in a slow

relaxed voice

▪ Guide students to relax their bodies

▪ Deep breathing (counting, animals on belly)

MOVING MINDFULLY

Namastekid.orgWildthingsyoga.com

YOGA POSES FOR “WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE”

CREATING A CALM DOWN CORNER

“WISDOM DOESN’T COME FROM PERFECTION BUT FROM BEING PRESENT.”

GRATITUDE STONES: HELPING HANDS BELONG TO HAPPY HEARTS.

▪ https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_hYGo5Z_8eeaHpoclBhYkpPQm8/view?usp=sharing

▪ Powerpoint on slideshare

LISA SHAW KINGLITERACY CONSULTANT AND RYT, 200LISA.KING@CKEC.ORG