Wisdom from a HS Student
St @TravisRebels: "I go walking w/o my phone so I can clear my head and take some breaths, you know?" #SELfcare #mindfulAISD @AustinISDSEL
Wisdom dropped on us by a HS student. Awesome.
Mindfulness Challenge Success!
Mindful Coloring
#mindfulAISD #mindfulness #mindfulcoloring #peace #colors #jellyfish #progress #colors
--Mr EJ Bonet @Bonetscience Nov 1
Mr. Bonet uses mindful coloring as one of the many mindfulness tools he teaches his Webb MS students. After several weeks of introducing different strategies, students get to choose their mindfulness tool each day. Student voice for the win!
Mindfulness Challenge UPDATE--Sign Up Extended to Wednesday
UPDATE: There has been amazing interest in the Mindfulness Challenge, so the deadline has been extended. The last day to sign up is this Wednesday, November 9th. You can register for the challenge and set your goal below. The campus with the most staff members who meet their goal will be featured in one of Dr. Cruz's weekly newsletter.
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...
AISD E-Wellness
E-Wellness: Enroll, Engage, Empower is AISD’s Employee Wellness program.
The AISD E-Wellness program sends out great newsletters on the first Monday of every month. They involve different wellness ideas and programs for AISD employees. SELf-care, just like our Mindfulness Challenge. If you don't already do so, I encourage you to check out their newsletters. The newest one was sent out today and they have past newsletters on their site (link above). You can also follow them on Twitter.
Mindful Classrooms--Week 12
Photos/stories of Mindful Classrooms being used in class are always welcome and would be great for the newsletter! Email James Butler.
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 Project
Guided Mindfulness Activities in English & Spanish--Great for Secondary
They also have a free app titled "Mindful Life Project."
