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Mindfulness Monday: Mindful Card Activity

Here is a mindful card activity you can try with your class. What you’ll need: -Deck of cards (or image) -Paper or journals -Pen or pencil Hold up the deck of cards. Explain: “This deck represents the next stretch of your life—this semester, this year, or the next few months. Each card is a day.

Mindfulness Monday: Mindful Coloring (Little Women Edition)

Last week we watch Little Women (2018) and today we are coloring pages with quotes from the book. I suggest you keep a piling of coloring pages in your classroom since coloring is by far the most popular mindfulness activity for high schoolers.

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Mindfulness Monday: Grinch Slime

Here’s a how-to-guide for making your own Grinch slime just in time for the holidays! What you’ll need: -clear glue -green food coloring -green glitter -Borax -water -mixing bowl Mix clear glue, water, food coloring and glitter. Dissolve Borax in warm water. Add to glue mixture as an activator. Knead the mixture together and add

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Mindfulness Monday: Snowflakes

Today my class cut paper snowflakes and wrote the things they are letting go of on them. I will display them on my classroom windows duirng the winter months. What you’ll need: -Snowflake pattern print outs (DM me for a digital copy) -scissors

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Mindfulness Monday: Mug Mantra

For today’s activity, we made mug mantras. What you’ll need: -print out of mug -scissors -glue -list of mantras (I used this one: https://mindfulnessbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/List-of-Mantras-for-Happier-Living_compressed.pdf) Ask students to browse through the mantras and when they find one they like, they should cut it our and paste it on their mug.

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Mindfulness Monday: Pine Cone Turkeys

These adorable turkeys are the perfect mindful gift to bring to the host of your Thanksgiving Day feast! What you’ll need: -pine cones -scissors -glue -markers -turkey coloring page Have sudents color the turkey coloring page with the markers, then cut out the face, legs, and feathers of the turkey and glue them on to

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Mindfulness Monday: Paper Stars

If you want to try this activity with your classroom, I suggest your purchase paper strips from Amazon and follow the instructions in video I’ve linked here.

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Mindfulness Monday: Painted Leaves

Here is a fun activity to celebrate the upcoming transition from fall to winter. I had students paint leaves as an activty to remind them of the beauty of nature. Here’s what you’ll need: -paper plates -paint in a variety of colors -Q-tips -paper towels My students’ desks are arranged in group so I gave

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