This is an example of one way I teach kids about mindfulness. It’s a powerful visual that every age range can relate to.
The Glitter Jar
Adapted from Christopher Willard’s Growing Up Mindful
1) The water represents the mind, while 1 glitter color represents thoughts, another glitter color represents emotions, and the last color represents behaviors (or urges to do things). Ask your kids about the types of things that may make the jar swirl. Encourage answers that reflect distressing events (fights with siblings, losses in a game, missing homework), and positive ones (getting a good grade, making a new friend), and events in the background (scary stories on the news). With each event they name, swirl and turn the bottle demonstrating how it becomes difficult to keep track and see clearly when our thoughts, feelings and urges are jumbled around.
2) What’s the one thing we can do to get the glitter to settle to see clearly again? BE STILL! That’s right! When we become still we can begin to see clearly once again. There is no way to rush being still, we can’t push all the glitter down to the bottom. We can only watch it and wait. No amount of effort will make it settle sooner. When things become clear, we’ll know the wise next thing to do. This is the definition of wisdom: seeing things as they are and choosing how to act. While you are waiting, noticing and settling, does the glitter ever go away? No, it stays at the bottom. Our thoughts and feelings and urges are still in our minds, but they are no longer in our way, clouding our vision.
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12 Week Developmentally Appropriate, Preventative and Restorative Social-Emotional Health Curriculum
Particular focus on Mindful Awareness of:
The Brain and Body
Human Emotions
Self-Compassion
Gratitude
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8 Week Developmentally Appropriate, Preventative and Restorative Social-Emotional Health Curriculum
Particular focus on Mindful Awareness of:
The Brain and Body
Human Emotions
Self-Compassion
Gratitude
$1000/classroom; half school participation gets a 20% discount; full school participation gets a 35% discount
Cost incudes *30 minutes live teaching for 12 weeks per classroom; *30 minutes planning per grade level ; *travel and materials.
Cost also includes free access for 1 year to my online program for students, teachers, administrators, and families.
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Particular focus on Mindful Awareness of:
The Brain and Body
Human Emotions
Self-Compassion
Gratitude
$750/classroom; half school participation gets a 20% discount; full school participation gets a 35% discount
Cost incudes *30 minutes live teaching for 12 weeks per classroom; *30 minutes planning per grade level ; *travel and materials.
Cost also includes free access for 1 year to my online program for students, teachers, administrators, and families
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