#mindfulAISD (10/31)
Mindfulness in the Austin Independent School District
Week of October 31st
#mindfulAISD HAPPENINGS
Reagan ECHS A photo from the mindfulness sessions that all the Seniors at Reagan Early College High School participated in during PSAT day. Kudos to Joe Dunlap, Reagan teacher, and Hilary Simon, SEL Specialist, for being instrumental in bringing mindfulness to Reagan. | Mills ES A tad late on this, but here's an awesome photo of kindergarteners at Mills Elementary School laid out on yoga mats in a peace sign on International Peace Day. | Blackshear ESStudents showing @BlackshearArts what mindful listening looks like during our SEL assembly this morning! @AustinISDSEL @mrbutler629 --Ms. Bowden @msbowden105 Oct 28 |
Reagan ECHS
Mills ES
Blackshear ES
Students showing @BlackshearArts what mindful listening looks like during our SEL assembly this morning! @AustinISDSEL @mrbutler629
--Ms. Bowden @msbowden105 Oct 28
Want to Showcase Your Mindfulness Work?
RESOURCES
Mindfulness Challenge UPDATE
UPDATE: Dr. Cruz has agreed to highlight the campus with the most staff members who meet their mindfulness goals during the month of November. You can register for the challenge and set your goal below. The cut-off for highlighting a campus is Friday, November 4th.
This is completely optional, but if you'd like to participate, fill out the Google Form below to set your goal (it will take 1 minute to complete). At the end of the month, I'll send a follow up email so you can check in about your goal. Participants who meet their goal will be eligible for the raffling of a $25 Visa gift card.
SIGN UP ON THE GOOGLE FORM BELOW...
Mindful Classrooms--Week 11
Photos/stories of Mindful Classrooms being used in class are always welcome and would be great for the newsletter! Email James Butler.
FREE FOR TEACHERS!
CalmFREE Calm.com Lifetime Subscription for Teachers (PreK-12) Calm also has an app for phones. **There are free sections on calm.com and the app, so feel free to share with your students' families. | Mind YetiConnecting Mindfulness w/ Explicit SEL Lessons Mindyeti.com is a great resource that connects mindfulness with Second Step lessons. Visit the site and sign up for a FREE account! There is also an informational page that explains the connection between Mind Yeti and Second Step. | GoNoodleGoNoodle For the Body and the Mind Go to the CATEGORIES tab at the top of the page and look for "calming" and "stretching." They have a bunch of great videos to use for daily mindfulness time and/or mindfulness breaks. GoNoodle can be found in the AISD cloud and then you have access to GoNoodle Plus with ALL of the videos. **Share gonoodle.com with your students' families so they can sign up for a FREE account to use at home. |
Calm
FREE Calm.com Lifetime Subscription for Teachers (PreK-12)
Calm also has an app for phones.
**There are free sections on calm.com and the app, so feel free to share with your students' families.
Mind Yeti
Connecting Mindfulness w/ Explicit SEL Lessons
Mindyeti.com is a great resource that connects mindfulness with Second Step lessons. Visit the site and sign up for a FREE account!
There is also an informational page that explains the connection between Mind Yeti and Second Step.
GoNoodle
GoNoodle For the Body and the Mind
Go to the CATEGORIES tab at the top of the page and look for "calming" and "stretching." They have a bunch of great videos to use for daily mindfulness time and/or mindfulness breaks. GoNoodle can be found in the AISD cloud and then you have access to GoNoodle Plus with ALL of the videos.
**Share gonoodle.com with your students' families so they can sign up for a FREE account to use at home.
Pokemon Poses (created by AISD 3rd graders)List of Pokemon Poses created by AISD Students Mrs. Garcia's 3rd graders at Cunningham created Pokemon Yoga Poses for Market Day last week and they wanted to share their creativity and hard work with y'all. Creating poses and incorporating mindful breathing with the poses is such a great way to make mindfulness fun and easily practiced by all. Nicely done! | Mindful Life ProjectGuided Mindfulness Activities in English & Spanish--Great for Secondary They also have a free app titled "Mindful Life Project." | Stop, Breathe & Think Stop Breathe & Think is a website and app that provides guided meditations based on how you are feeling at that moment. There are a great number of FREE meditations starting at just a couple minutes long. |
Pokemon Poses (created by AISD 3rd graders)
List of Pokemon Poses created by AISD Students
Mrs. Garcia's 3rd graders at Cunningham created Pokemon Yoga Poses for Market Day last week and they wanted to share their creativity and hard work with y'all. Creating poses and incorporating mindful breathing with the poses is such a great way to make mindfulness fun and easily practiced by all. Nicely done!
Mindful Life Project
Guided Mindfulness Activities in English & Spanish--Great for Secondary
They also have a free app titled "Mindful Life Project."