L.I.T.E.R.A.C.Y. Tidbits
Special Edition: Educator Self-Care (V.5)
Gratitude App
This colorful app offers a large variety of features; for example, you can write journal entries for your gratitude journal, construct self-affirmations, receive daily quotes, and build a vision board that consists of images and goals.
Download from Google Play or Apple App Store
Myles App
Work out anywhere, anytime and anyplace using Myles Fitness Challenges. By adding up the distances of all your exercise sessions, how far across the world have you travelled?
Start your own virtual fitness challenge by yourself or with friends and family. Complete routes including; the Icelandic Loop, Death Road Bolivia and Lands’ End to John O’Groats and make every mile you exercise count towards achieving it.
Calm App
Calm is a leading app for meditation and sleep. Join the millions experiencing lower stress, less anxiety, and more restful sleep with our guided meditations, Sleep Stories, breathing programs, masterclasses, and relaxing music. Recommended by top psychologists, therapists, and mental health experts. Calm is the perfect mindfulness app for beginners, but also includes hundreds of programs for intermediate and advanced users.
MESSA Wellness
Check out the cool resources designed to improve the well being of Michigan Educators. Resources include: wellness tools, health promotion campaigns, fitness challenges, and other health resources.
Click here to check out these tools.
Self-Care Assessment
Self-care encourages you to maintain a healthy relationship with yourself so that you can transmit the good feelings to others. ... While some may misconstrue self-care as selfish, it's far from that. When you pay adequate attention to your well-being, you're not considering your needs alone. Quote Source: https://tinyurl.com/selfcareinfo
Click here to take a self-care assessment. (Adapted from Saakvitne, Pearlman, & Staff of TSI/CAAP (1996). Transforming the pain: A workbook on vicarious traumatization. Norton.)
Practicing Presence: Simple Self-Care Strategies for Teachers (Professional Book)
Links to previous Tidbits
L.I.T.E.R.A.C.Y Tidbits compiled by:
Kia Myers-Zager, Genesee ISD Early Literacy Coach
Stacey Turner, Early Literacy Coach on Loan from Clio Area Schools
Melissa Wing, Genesee ISD ELA Consultant and Early Literacy Coach Coordinator
Genesee Intermediate School District
Email: mwing@geneseeisd.org
Website: www.geneseeisd.org
Location: 2413 West Maple Avenue, Flint, MI, USA
Phone: 810-591-4400