Find the best smart device application: General Information: Cosmic Kids Yoga, Cosmic Kids, 2018, 5.802.1, Free(subscription optional), yoga application This is a great app for students to use in both the classroom and at home. It is appropriate for individual and group use. It might not be ideal for use as a quiet free time … Continue reading Cosmic Kids Yoga App for Kids! Stress Management
Mental and Emotional Health (grade 7): Stress and Anxiety o For Kids Mental Health Delta Division General Information This website is an interactive site that helps educate students on mental and emotional health. It is a very simple layout which is easy to navigate. I can see this being used as a class activity … Continue reading 7th Grade Mental/Emotional Health Internet Recourses
Fiction “Sad Perfect: A Novel” by Stephanie Elliot. Published by Farrar, Stratus and Giroux in 2017 General Information: Sad Perfect is a novel that is 320 pages and fiction. It’s about a sixteen-year-old girl “Pea “who has a secret, she has Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. Having AFRID means you are afraid of nutritious food and … Continue reading 8th Grade Nutrition Fiction Literature
Documentary General Information: Title: Bite Size Producer(s) Andrew Galdi, Lanre Idewu, Josh Lipton, Greta McAnany, Eric Gallegos, Year: 2014 Length: 90 min Rating: NR Description: Bite Size is a documentary about the Untied States childhood obesity epidemic. It follows four overweight children, their families, nutritional and medical providers who are trying to help them. … Continue reading 8th Grade Nutrition Media Resource Documentary
Topic: Stress management Grade: 3rd Grade Details: App Version 4.11.3 Founder Michael Acton Smith CEO of Calm Description: Calm describes itself as meditation made easy. Meditations, body scans, mindfulness, kids’ mindfulness by ages, Sleep Stories, emotions, and more. Calm offers ability to pick and choose day to day or run 7-day meditations on a specific … Continue reading Stress Management: “Calm”-Integrating Meditation into the Classroom
Exploring Emotions Documentary Film Grade 3 “Just Breathe” by Julie Bayer Salzman & Josh Salzman (Wavecrest Films 2015) 3:41 minutes This short unscripted video is of students about 3rd grade talking about what their minds and bodies feel like when they get upset. One girl brings up the ‘mind jar’. Then the kids talk about what … Continue reading Just Breathe: a short video of students exploring upsetting emotions
Dealing with Emotions Popular Movie: Inside Out Grade 3 I Popular Movie: Inside out: PG (2015) 1 hr 35 mins General Information: Have you ever wondered what was going on in the minds of others? This movie is about “young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust … Continue reading Inside Out: Using popular film to inspire descriptive emotional narratives
Topic: Mindfulness for Stress Management Student Internet Resources Grade level: 3rd grade Students: Teaching students how to develop self-control and mindfulness General Information: Guard Dog and Wise Owl The Owl and the Guard Dog | Cosmic Kids Zen Den A fun explanation of one of the key principles in mindfulness and happiness. Jaime tells a story from a childhood … Continue reading Mindfulness for Stress Management : Student Internet Resources
Topic: Mindfulness in the Classroom Internet Resources for Teachers and Parents Grade: Grade 3 Teachers: Teachers: General Information: MINDFUL SCHOOLS Great source for teaching mindfulness in the classroom. You will find videos of schools who have integrated it, ideas for lesson plans, and links to many other resources. This website will open your mind to … Continue reading The Mindful Classroom : Resources for Teachers and Parents
Topic: Mindfulness for Stress Management Literature Resources Fiction Grade: 3rd Grade Fiction Book General Information: The Three Questions: by Jon J Muth (Published April 1st, 2002 by Scholastic Press) Description: This book covers topics that are discussed within the scope of being mindful of our headspace, of how we are treating others, and how our actions can impact our mood … Continue reading Mindfulness for Stress Management: Literature Resources Fiction