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Mindfulness Monday: Mental Health Awareness Month Coloring Pages
May is Mental Health Awareness Month so I will have a large stack of mental health themes coloring pages available for the next few weeks.
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2 am Meditation
For years I struggled with waking up at 2am in a panic and unable to fall back asleep. I would scroll on my phone, listen to a podcast or jest let my thoughts race in a self-hatred anxiety spiral. But since I started a consistent meditation practice, I have been sleeping through the night without
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Mindfulness Monday: 5 Senses Pause
Today I shared an exercise that focuses on the 5 senses with my students. I included the link to the the PDF if you’d like to try it in your classroom! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OabtCLQEirlp5qTTiVzz0YNO-D65QCn2ghNgHFYmEtI/edit?tab=t.0
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Mindfulness Monday: Trust Circle
Do you trust that you can fit inside an index card? Try this activity and find out! What you’ll need: -an index card -scissors
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Mindfulness Monday: Book of Aphorisms
Today I am showing my classes a video I made for my YouTube channel with instructions for folding paper into a book. Then, I am giving each student a list of aphorisms (short quotes about life) to write in their books.
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Mindfulness Monday: RAIN Exercise
Since rain has become a recurring theme these days, today we are practicing this RAIN exercise adapted from the work of psychologist, Tara Brach, as a means of processing our emotions. The RAIN exercise is a powerful mindfulness tool that helps students recognize and process difficult emotions in a non-judgmental way. It’s an acronym that
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Mindfulness Monday: Intention Setting Stars
Today we made paper stars and set an intention while we made them. Once students completed their star, they placed them in the intention box that I left on display in my classroom. Step 1: Prepare Your Paper Strips • Use strips of paper approximately ½ inch wide and 10-12 inches long. • For a
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The Magic of Mindfulness
As a teacher, I see the effects of mismanaged mental health on a daily basis. Whether its students who turn to social media and vaping because they were never taught how to regulate their emotions, or well-meaning teachers who end up projecting their stress on their students because they have been forced into burnout by
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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