There's a playful classroom game at my school where teachers hold up a colored sheet of paper and students move a certain way to the color. I thought it would be fun to adapt this game for relaxation and to support teaching kids self-regulation and awareness. Collect...
We always hear "heart of gold" being used to describe someone's loving and generous presence. Today in my girls' group, we talked about how to take care of our own hearts, which are our inner gold. I explained to the fifth grade girls that what's really really...
I've recently been diving into a little book by Thich Nhat Hanh called True Love, and it's become an inspiration for my parenting, my work in the schools as well as the connections and relationships in my life. In the book, he talk about the four elements of...
Nonverbal and Visual cues to relax are essential for establishing a relaxing, calm atmosphere for learning. Less talk more focus is how it goes in my school. Here is an idea about how to use fun, playful, engaging reminders to help kids practice relaxing several...
Deep Breathing Board Create a fun reminder to take a deep breath! Recently while at Hobby Lobby, I came across this wipe off calendar board and thought it would be a fun way to make a Deep Breath Schedule 🙂 All of these deep breathing techniques and ideas can be...
Thoughts are Things The way we think has the power to determine how we feel and how we experience the world around us. Have you heard the saying, "Thoughts are things?" Teaching our kids how to observe and shift their thoughts is a powerful tool, one that benefits...
All Tied Up in Knots: Releasing the Worries When our brains get all tied up in knots with worry, they can look like this rubber band ball. In small group today we talked about how it's sometimes impossible to think straight when there are all sorts of worries going...
You, dear parent, dear teacher... are a Gardener As I am working with kids in one of the many Garden Offices we have, this is one of my most powerful mantras: I am a gardener, I plant seeds, I am not in charge of when they grow. It keeps me in "seed planting mode"...
When my daughters and I traveled to the Northern coast of Scotland last summer, we visited the enchanting village of Findhorn. Findhorn is an Ecovillage that became famous in the 1970's when founders, Eileen and Peter Caddy with Dorothy McClean, parked their RV in...
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