Thirty hands-on lessons provide students opportunities to learn and practice self-regulation strategies.

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Teaching Kids to Pause, Cope, and Connect
Lessons for Social Emotional Learning and Mindfulness
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eBook - PDF
Teaching Kids to Pause, Cope, and Connect
Lessons for Social Emotional Learning and Mindfulness
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- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contents Cont.
- Contents Cont.
- List of Figures viii
- List of Reproducibles viii
- Introduction 1
- Challenges for Today’s Children 1
- The Benefits of Mindfulness and Social-Emotional Learning 3
- The Mind-Body Connection 5
- Creating a Culture of Mindfulness and Social-Emotional Awareness 5
- About This Book 8
- How This Book Is Organized 8
- Using the Book in Your Setting 10
- Conducting the Lessons and Working with Students 11
- Mindful Pauses to Begin and End Lessons 17
- Mindful Check-In 17
- Mindful Checkout 18
- Life Skill I: Be Present 23
- Introducing This Life Skill to Students 23
- Further Resources 24
- Lesson 1: Watch Your Feelings Settle (Pause) 25
- Lesson 2: Belly Breathing (Cope) 30
- Lesson 3: The Three Cs of Community (Connect) 33
- Life Skill II: Be Curious 37
- Five Tips for Cultivating Curiosity 37
- Introducing This Life Skill to Students 38
- Further Resources 39
- Lesson 4: Your First Taste of Mindfulness (Pause) 40
- Lesson 5: Be a Detective (Cope) 43
- Lesson 6: Mindful Listening (Connect) 47
- Life Skill III: Pause 51
- Introducing This Life Skill to Students 51
- Further Resources 52
- Lesson 7: Pressing the Pause Button (Pause) 53
- Lesson 8: Mindful Detective (Cope) 59
- Lesson 9: Wise Action (Connect) 64
- Life Skill IV: Notice Body Signals 71
- Introducing This Life Skill to Students 71
- Further Resources 72
- Lesson 10: Body Scan and Trace (Pause) 73
- Lesson 10: Body Scan and Trace (Pause) 73
- Lesson 11: Your Stress Meter (Cope) 78
- Lesson 12: Adjust Your Feelings’ Volume (Connect) 82
- Life Skill V: Be Calm 87
- Introducing This Life Skill to Students 87
- Further Resources 88
- Lesson 13: The Squeeze and Mindful Stretching (Pause) 89
- Lesson 14: Soothe with the Senses (Cope) 94
- Lesson 15: Find Your Calm Space (Connect) 98
- Life Skill VI: Be Creative 101
- Introducing This Life Skill to Students 101
- Further Resources 102
- Lesson 16: Drawing to Music (Pause) 103
- Lesson 17: Draw Solutions (Cope) 106
- Lesson 18: Feelings Charades (Connect) 111
- Life Skill VII: Be Proud 115
- Introducing This Life Skill to Students 115
- Further Resources 116
- Lesson 19: Superhero Pose (Pause) 117
- Lesson 20: Superpowers and Strengths (Cope) 121
- Lesson 21: “I” Statements (Connect) 124
- Life Skill VIII: Have Courage 127
- Introducing This Life Skill to Students 127
- Further Resources 128
- Lesson 22: Spidey Sense: Mindfulness of Sound (Pause) 129
- Lesson 23: What-Ifs and What Is (Cope) 131
- Lesson 24: Face Your Fears (Connect) 137
- Life Skill IX: Accept 141
- Introducing This Life Skill to Students 141
- Further Resources 142
- Lesson 25: RAIN (Pause) 143
- Lesson 26: Caring for Feelings (Cope) 147
- Lesson 27: Sharing Feelings (Connect) 152
- Life Skill X: Be Kind 155
- Introducing This Life Skill to Students 155
- Further Resources 156
- Lesson 28: Growing Kindness (Pause) 157
- Lesson 29: Self-Portrait and Self-Acceptance (Cope) 162
- Lesson 30: Kind Community (Connect) 167
- Resources 169
- References 179
- Index 182
- About the Authors 187
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