Before the winter break, we launched our Mindful Moments challenge in KB and this will be the focus of my personal growth plan this year. We started this challenge at school and continued to incorporate it every Monday for “Mindful Mondays”. Every Monday, the students pick one rock and put it in the jar. Each rock has a different inspiring word on it. As a class, we discuss what the word itself means, and then the kids sit or lay comfortably and quietly, thinking about what that particular rock means to them.
The first rock we picked had the word “brave”. We discussed how we can be brave at school and at home. We then meditated for 2 minutes thinking about how we can be brave.
Switching to online learning we have continued to do these mindfulness activities! Don’t be shy and come join in with your child.
Why become a mindful classroom?
Studies show that having a daily mindfulness practice in the classroom has been proven to:
- Improve attention
- Help with emotional regulation
- Increase compassion
- Significantly reduce stress and anxiety
https://www.mindfulness-rocks.com/
Morah Taylor
