Be honest with your students about your own level of experience.If mindfulness is new to you too, your students will appreciate knowing that you are learning this together! Make mindfulness mini-lessons a special time of day.Make students aware that the 5 or 10 minutes you spend on mindfulnes...
The participants of this intervention were students from a public elementary school in California, USA. The main criterion for choosing this elementary school was convenience: It was available and willing to participate in the research study. Prior to the start of the study, informed consent was ...
“My two years in MMTCP have been life altering. I utilize the meditations, content, and teachings on a daily basis, not only to keep myself grounded but also in my interactions with my elementary school students, their parents, my colleagues, friends, and family. I teach mindfulness medita...
Take a break from classwork and have your students run in place or do jumping jacks for one minute. When the minute is up, ask the students to silently put their hands on their chest and feel their heart beat. Alternatively, teach kids how to detect their pulse. Time them for another m...
The authors explore students', teachers', and researchers' collective sensemaking through cogenerative dialoguing (cogen) about a mindfulness-based breathing practice at the start of mathematics lessons in an elementary classroom. They found that the power of cogen as hybridized space enabled the ...
2016. Maximizing Mindful Learning: Mindful Awareness Intervention Improves Elementary School Students’ Quarterly Grades. Mindfulness 7: 59–67. [Google Scholar] Beauchemin, James, Tiffani L. Hutchins, and Fiona Patterson. 2008. Mindfulness Meditation May Lessen Anxiety, Promote Social Skills, and ...
They cover a wide spectrum of measurement lessons, ensuring that educators and students have access to valuable resources for learning. Here are some examples to get you started, as well as ideas for handouts that can be created and customized through our Storyboard Creator to suit your class'...
The Binja intervention program (Monstein,2020) has been developed by Ruth Monstein and has been taught and delivered in multiple schools over the past few years. It consists of eight scripted lessons, with a duration of 45 min each, for elementary school students and is accompanied by a pict...
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s Degree in Mindfulness Studies at Lesley University. She draws on her years of experience as a preschool and elementary school teacher to design and implement developmentally-appropriate curricula for children of all ages and abilities. Patricia is joined by Pretzel Kids founder, Robyn Parets who ...