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Mindfulness Monday: Origami Lucky Clover
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day we are making four-leaf clover origami. I used a YouTube video as a guide.
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Mindfulness Monday: Bring Nature Indoors
For today’s activity, my daughter Maddie and I gathered leaves, pinecones, sticks and rocks from our neighborhood to create a box of nature for my classroom. I had each student take a nature sample to keep on their desk for the remainder of class. Connecting to nature in the classroom is beneficial for students because…
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Mindfulness Monday: Mindful Coloring to Celebrate Women’s History Month
Today we did mindful coloring to celebrate Women’s History Month. Crayola has great free printable coloring pages that I like to use.
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Mindfulness Monday: Bracelet Making
Today’s activity is bracelet making. I provided my students with string, beads, embroidery floss, and scissors so they could choose the type of bracelet they wanted to make. This activity was inspired by a gift I received for Valentine’s Day!
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Mindfulness Monday: Valentine to Yourself
In honor of Valentine’s Day this week, we are making valentine’s with a mindful twist! Instead to choosing someone else to send love to, we are sending love to ourselves. A healthy relationship with oneself builds self-esteem, confidence and inner peace. When we take the time to have a better relationship with ourselves, we foster…
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Mindfulness Monday: Mindful Coloring to Celebrate Black History Month
Today’s coloring pages were in honor of Black History Month. Some of the pages had quotes from famous Black Americans such as Frederick Douglass and Rosa Parks. This was a fun way to kick of an important month!
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Mindfulness Monday: Desk Yoga
Today we tried desk yoga. I’ve included a video for anyone who wants to try it for themselves.
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Community Spotlight
Thank you to Ms. Tobin for sharing her snowflake cutout activity!
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Mindfulness Monday: Macrame
Today we made macrame bracelets. Macrame is the art of knotting thread or string in patterns to create a decoration. I am gave students embroidery thread, scissors and tape and we followed this video to make our bracelets.
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Mindfulness Club
Today at Mindfulness Club we tried the Dancing Water Bowl. After a few tries, on member got the water to dance! I was so excited I cut the video off short, LOL. The group still wants to try LEGOs but we have a few other ideas in the works, too. I am so impressed by…