Mindfulness Teaching
Mindfulness activities, exercises, resources, and programs about teaching mindfulness in your classroom!
Mindfulness is the non-judgemental awareness of each present moment in time. The ability to be fully present, aware of where you are and what you're doing. In the classroom it helps develop patience, awareness, and attention. It also promotes social emotional learning by teaching regulation of emotions.
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Mindfulness teaching also helps reduce stress. Children today are faced with an unprecedent amount of stress and anxiety—25% of 13- to 18-year-olds will experience an anxiety disorder according to the National Institutes of Mental Health. |
A few mindfulness books to add to your collection...
Mindfulness videos from youtube!
Mindfulness activities to incorporate into your classroom!
Breathing techniques help children build social-emotional and executive functioning skills. Students are learning to express themselves and breathe during frustrating and stressful situations. Pictured above is flower breathing but there are many more techniques. A few more examples are lions breathe, snake breath, and deep breathing.
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These activties involve creating objects to enhance ones' mindfulness. Students are learning to use all their senses when create these activties, and know they can use all of these when they want to calm down. Pictured above is a glitter jar which are used to calm students but other mindfulness activities include using your senses, five things you see, and going on a "safari".
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Mindfulness exercises are another important part of incorporating mindfulness into your classroom. Mindfulness exercise includes yoga, meditation, and other activties. Yoga in the classroom helps students stretch out their tense muscles and de-stress. Meditation also helps with stress and it helps students be present with their emotions.