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Meddy Teddy!

Please meet our newest member of the Warren Guidance Team; MEDDY TEDDY!!!

Clean Anger vs. Dirty Anger

Students in Kindergarten learned safe and respectful strategies to calm down when they are feeling angry (clean anger strategies).

Mindfulness: "Just Breathe" video and mindfulness activity (glitter bottle)

"Just Breathe" by Julie Bayer Salzman & Josh Salzman  https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-adk-adk_sbnt&hsimp=yhs-adk_sbnt&hspart=adk&p=just+breathe+site%3Ayoutube.com&vm=r#id=1&vid=3d832c826fe795141e4cf9e69b88ec9a&action=click \ Glitter Jar Ingredients & Recipe   Jar or bottle For the jar, I use plastic water bottles so I don’t have to worry about glass breaking. For durability and shape, I prefer to use 11.2oz (330ml) Voss Water bottles. The labels peel off fairly easily, but you have to go slowly. Glue I really like Elmer’s Clear School Glue for my glitter jars. If you’re using the 11.2oz bottles I recommend above, one 5oz bottle contains enough glue for about 2 glitter jars. Glitter Fine glitter works best. I’ve used glitter from a glitter sample pack and we added in a few of the larger hearts and stars spangles from this Sugar Sparkles Sample Pack . Water Warm water, straight from the tap...

Books on Mindfulness for Elementary Students

Mindfulness Books

Do some BREATHING!

Do some BREATHING!   Rainbow Breath    Snake Breath Bumble Bee Breath    Belly Breath     Candle Breath         Five Finger Breathing  Hot Cocoa Breath                Bubble Breathing Dandelion Breath (or your favorite hot food)

Worry Stone Poem

Mindfulness Activities

Mindfulness Activities For Teachers and/or Students: 1.      Belly breathing for one minute, hand on belly, feel belly go up and down 2.      Take a nature walk with students, find a pebble, make it their calming stone 3.      Spend a minute looking out the window at the leaves fluttering on the trees 4.      Sharing “Mindful Mantras” to students (i.e. “I think I can,” “I can do it,” “just try my best,” “Let it go,” etc.) 5.      Smell your favorite food and blow out your birthday candles 6.      Cup of calm – clap hands together, rub hands quickly back and forth, hands should get warm, place hands on face, repeat 3 times. 7.      Heart/Light – eyes are closed, relax, place right hand over heart, place left hand on belly, slowly make small circles over heart and belly for 30 seconds. 8.      Go play in your m...