My students need mindfulness and relaxation activities, including a teacher resource book for teaching mindfulness, kinetic sand, essential oils and a diffuser.
Each day after the hustle and bustle of recess and lunch, students have a 10 minute rest time where they relax, regroup and prepare for the afternoon's learning.
We are a very diverse school filled with happy kids!
We have almost 70% low income students in our school overall. My classroom has many English language learners. Our students love learning to read, playing together at recess and choice time, and socializing at lunch. Skills learned through this project will help students to have calm bodies ready for problem solving throughout these social times in the school day.
My Project
I will use the resource book and CD to teach mindfulness, focus and relaxation during our rest time. The coloring book and kinetic sand will help students focus on an activity and work on their stamina in a relaxing way. The essential oils and diffuser will aid in relaxation and focus during rest time.
Students will learn essential life skills such as focus, stamina, relaxation techniques and self-calming skills.
The first step of problem solving is always to calm our bodies, so relaxation skills will be helpful not only during the regrouping rest time, but also throughout the school day and during unstructured times like recess. Students who are having trouble self-regulating will also have access to the materials for calming activities throughout the school day.
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