Description
Are you ready for a simple, done-for-you resource to help your children breathe more fully, calm themselves in a variety of situations, and connect in healthy ways with the people around them? The SEL in the Classroom Toolkit for PreK to 2nd Grade can make it happen with ease and confidence in 10 minutes a day!
Created by a certified yoga instructor and former primary school teacher, Giselle Shardlow, the 43 page PDF will be delivered electronically immediately following payment.
More Details About SEL in the Classroom Toolkit
This colorful workbook will help you easily integrate yoga and mindfulness into your student’s or child’s busy day. You’ll have four weeks of daily yoga and mindfulness activities based on the following themes: Breathe, Calm, Connect, Move, and Play. It’s super easy to use. Just download, print, and play!
- Learning to breathe properly allows children to self-regulate and prepares them to focus and learn.
- Identifying feelings then finding new ways calm down enables children to approach challenges, situations, school work, and friendships in healthy and balanced ways.
- Finding new and fun ways to connect with friends and peers promotes teamwork, cooperation, and acceptance of differences, while also providing opportunities to thrive in a group situation.Through yoga and mindfulness, you can explore these three pillars and help children manage their bodies, minds, and relationships as they grow and develop.
SEL in the Classroom Toolkit – Preschool-2nd Grade provides specific activities for each day of the week, themed under:
Breathe Mondays: to get grounded for the week ahead through breathing and meditation techniques that teach kids how to be in the present moment
Calm Tuesdays: to practice calming techniques that promote self-regulation and focus through age-appropriate mindfulness and yoga activities
Connect Wednesdays: to promote cooperation and teamwork by trying new partner and group exercises and yoga poses that allow for exploration
Move Thursdays: to move, stretch, and challenge young bodies by practicing yoga poses based on fun and engaging themes
Play Fridays: to have fun and connect with one another through yoga games and partner yoga
This toolkit provides:
- done-for-you daily schedule that gives you yoga and mindfulness movement, activities, and stretches to get kids interested and active
- tools and strategies to decrease stress and foster calm and focus
- new tools for managing big emotions or the everyday ups and downs
- fresh ways to connect with your kids through engaging activities
- creative strategies to teach resilience and boost self-esteem and self-confidence
- simple solutions to tame transition times both at home and at school
- an antidote and alternative to screen time
This set of Calming Yoga Cards for Kids or Breathing Exercise Cards works well with this workbook.
This packet is part of the Social Emotional Learning PDF Starter Pack.
