Mindful moments in your classroom part 5: yoga
This is the fifth and final post in a series on how to bring mindful moments into your classroom. Today we look at classroom yoga. Please see this post for the first step towards introducing mindful...
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Mindful moments in your classroom part 4: drawing/coloring
This is the fourth post in a series on how to bring mindful moments into your classroom and today we look at mindful coloring. Please see this post for the first step towards introducing mindful moments...
How to bring mindful moments into your classroom part 3: writing
This is the third post in a series on how to bring mindful moments into your classroom. Please see this post for the first step towards introducing mindful moments (meditation) and this post for the second...
How to bring mindful moments into your classroom part 2: reading
This is the second post in a series on how to bring mindful moments into your classroom. Please see this post for the first step towards introducing mindful moments. As I mentioned in the...
How to bring mindful moments into your classroom
Let me preface by saying I am not a mindfulness expert. I do not have a special certification in mindful teaching, but I do have 14 years of experience teaching students who struggle with...
Students AND teachers need mindful moments
My last post argued for mindfulness in schools, but it focused on the student. Today, I want to include why teachers need mindful moments too. The comprehensive peer reviewed article by Katherine Weare and...
Mindfulness in schools (an opinion)
Mindfulness lessons are warranted and needed This response was inspired by a social media post about mindfulness in schools. Said post was not a viral rant by an extremist, but rather a Facebook update...
Using Google Forms to get to know your students (with screenshots)
We’ve heard it over and over again: “You must know your students.” It is a tenement of most education programs as well as the National Board Certification Program and for good reason. It is...
Teacher fashion staples
If you read Monday’s post you know that with everyone around me creating clear the list pages on Amazon I decided to make lists of top education splurge items. My last post was office...
How I use Mentimeter in my classroom (with screenshots)
I discovered Mentimeter a few years ago through a conference. Since then I’ve used it every year in my classroom. I love it because it’s interactive and it’s free! My favorite tool is the...