https://padlet.com/iwanowska_kedzierska/x35h4hwq4t9yc1yq en-us 2021-04-14 00:09:13 UTC 2021-04-15 22:39:44 UTC hello@padlet.com iwanowska_kedzierska https://padlet.com/iwanowska_kedzierska/x35h4hwq4t9yc1yq/wish/1414379720 Materials:
a mix of words connected to mindful practice and words not related, descriptions of mindful (and non-mindful) behaviors - use materials from your previous sessions (use words from a word cloud created by the students, pictures from books you introduced in the classroom).
1. Invite your students to participate in a "mindfulness" scavenger hunt.
They will be working with a partner - ask students to collect two words/stories/pictures/etc. around the classroom that describe a mindful behavior, an attitude, a story, etc. and two that are not connected. Give the students time to discuss with a partner what did they find, and explain their thinking. 
2. Create a "mindful cloud" - mindful words and actions displayed together.]]> 2021-04-14 00:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/iwanowska_kedzierska/x35h4hwq4t9yc1yq/wish/1414379720 iwanowska_kedzierska https://padlet.com/iwanowska_kedzierska/x35h4hwq4t9yc1yq/wish/1416506995 Materials:
paper, markers
Brainstorm with your students what does it mean to be mindful, what are the examples of mindful behaviors. Ask the students to work in groups, generating ideas.
Discuss the results of their brainstorming activity.
Create a big bank of mindful words and actions.]]> 2021-04-14 14:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/iwanowska_kedzierska/x35h4hwq4t9yc1yq/wish/1416506995 iwanowska_kedzierska https://padlet.com/iwanowska_kedzierska/x35h4hwq4t9yc1yq/wish/1416534082 Ask the students to sit in a circle - facing each other. Ask them to take a few deep breaths - in through the nose, out through the mouth.
Next, ask your students to smile to every person in the circle. With each breath the smile growths bigger.]]> 2021-04-14 14:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/iwanowska_kedzierska/x35h4hwq4t9yc1yq/wish/1416534082 iwanowska_kedzierska https://padlet.com/iwanowska_kedzierska/x35h4hwq4t9yc1yq/wish/1416847937 1. Meddy Teddy by Apple Jordan (author) & Nicholas Hong (illustrator) - yoga bear inviting children to practice with him. You can visit him on Instagram as well:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNbUmhdnGgX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
2. May All People and Pigs Be Happy by Micki Fine Pavlicek (author) & John Pavlicek (illustrator) - a story of a 7-year old girl and her stuffed toy pig who together discover love and kindness meditation.
3. Breathing is My Superpower & Kindness is My Superpower - by Alicia Ortego - in the first book we will learn five breathing techniques to help with regulating our emotions. Kindness is My Superpower teaches 
4. Breathe Like a Bear - by Kira Willey - simple mindful exercises to practice in the classroom.
5. Zen Pig. The Art of Gratitude by Mark Brown (author) & Amy Lynn Larwig (illustrator) - Zen Pig introduces mindfulness, gratitude and compassion in simple daily reads - a great book to include in your daily mindfulness sessions.

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