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Fairies and Ladybugs To Relax
Nonverbal and Visual cues to relax are essential for establishing a relaxing, calm atmosphere for learning. Less talk more focus is how it goes in my school. Here is an idea about how to use fun, playful, engaging reminders to … Continue reading
Deep Breathing Board
Deep Breathing Board Create a fun reminder to take a deep breath! Recently while at Hobby Lobby, I came across this wipe off calendar board and thought it would be a fun way to make a Deep Breath Schedule 🙂 … Continue reading
Your Greatest Treasure
Thoughts are Things The way we think has the power to determine how we feel and how we experience the world around us. Have you heard the saying, “Thoughts are things?” Teaching our kids how to observe and shift their … Continue reading
Still Pond…Ancient Forest
This meditation is for calming, soothing, and feeling serenity within. Guide your child to a pond in the middle of an ancient, untouched, pristine forest to gaze upon the still water. Find a space where you and your child can … Continue reading
The Mindful Pencil: Classroom One-Minute Relaxer
Here’s a quick one-minute relaxer that you can do in your classroom. Invite students to grab a pencil. While holding the pencil horizontally between their palms, slowly begin to breathe in and out while mindfully rolling the pencil up and … Continue reading
Stoplight Deep Breath!
Relaxation Practice in the Car! A perfect time to practice deep breathing during your day is to use time in the car! 1. Prime the mind to relax by focusing on the positive: Invite your child to name 5 things … Continue reading
Fairy Tale Meditations
Good Morning! I am so honored to be able to sit here and blog (FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER), alongside Zemirah. For those of you wondering, my name is Maurie and I am interning under Zemirah this semester as I … Continue reading
Rainbow of Relaxation
All Tied Up in Knots: Releasing the Worries When our brains get all tied up in knots with worry, they can look like this rubber band ball. In small group today we talked about how it’s sometimes impossible to think … Continue reading
Teacher and Parent as Gardener
You, dear parent, dear teacher… are a Gardener As I am working with kids, this is one of my most powerful mantras: I am a gardener, I plant seeds, I am not in charge of when they grow. It … Continue reading
Balancing Stones
When my daughters and I traveled to the Northern coast of Scotland last summer, we visited the enchanting village of Findhorn. Findhorn is an Ecovillage that became famous in the 1970’s when founders, Eileen and Peter Caddy with Dorothy McClean, … Continue reading
