Yesterday at our Mindfulness Club meeting, I had two students engage in sensory work. They used slime, foam, and dough to create Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) sounds and they added things like glitter and LED lights for an added visual effect. ASMR is a pleasurable response to specific stimuli, such as: sounds, imagery, physical sensations,…
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Mindfulness Monday: Candlelight Visualization Activity
For today’s activity, I gave each student a battery operated tea light candle. I put a snowy cabin scene from YouTube on the SMART Board. I asked students to imagine that the candle represents something important to them, a friend, a loved one or some one they have lost. We Took a few moments to…
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Mindfulness Monday: Mindful Coloring (Holiday Edition)
Today’s activity is mindful coloring and by now students know the routine so they choose either markers or colored pencils to color their Happy Holidays coloring page. They also know they can switch out the design for an other choice as I leave a pile of other options on the middle desk.