Ms. Snowden introduces the THiNK Test to Tyaja’s class. Mrs. Snowden tells the kids that T = True, H = Helpful, N = Necessary, and K = Kind. If what you’re about to say isn’t any of these things, she tells them, you shouldn’t say it. Later that day, when Tyaja is about to criticize her friend Dhavi’s new haircut, she is stopped by four little elves sporting the letters T, H, N, and K, who reinforce Ms. Snowden’s lesson and remind Tyaja how friends should treat friends. Tyaja learns that she is the “I” in THiNK!
Rosie's Brain introduces elementary school to mindfulness skills and the parts of the brain that help us manage anger and calm down including the amygdala, hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. Through a story that children identify with, cheerful illustrations, and age-appropriate prose, Rosie's Brain gives children a new and powerful understanding of how arrive at healthy solutions to conflict.
Sergio is amazed to discover that even on a day that felt awful, the good outweighed the bad. When a downcast Sergio gets home from a bad day at school, his wise mother listens sympathetically to his tale of woe and then suggests an experiment. Placing a bowl of marbles next to Grandfather’s old balance scale, she asks him to go back to the beginning of his day and remember each good and bad thing that happened. For each bad thing, he places a marble on the right-hand pan of the scale; for each good thing he places a marble on the left-hand pan. Sergio is amazed to discover that even on a day that felt awful, the good outweighed the bad.
A classroom-tested resource for social and emotional learning Henry’s discovery of the many ways he can be kind will inspire young readers to use the simple mindfulness practices taught in this book to develop their own capacities for kindness. Ms. Snowden and her class practice sending kind thoughts to the people they love, and they launch a class Kindness Project. There is only one problem: Henry can’t think of one kind thing he has done. Declaring that kindness is stupid, he stomps to the classroom door on the verge of tears, but his classmates save the day by reminding him of the kind things he has done for each of them.
Peace of Mind is a cutting-edge, effective curriculum that integrates Mindfulness, Social Emotional Learning, and Conflict Resolution for elementary school students. Peace of Mind teaches students to calm themselves, build healthy relationships and solve conflicts peacefully, leading to a kinder and more positive school climate.
The Peace of Mind Curriculum for Grades 4 and 5 is a mindfulness-based social and emotional learning program that teaches effective conflict resolution. This curriculum works as an introduction for students new to this work and also as a continuation for students who have already had the Peace of Mind Core Curriculum for Grades 3 to 5.
Mindfulness-Based Social Emotional Learning and Conflict Resolution to Help Students Manage Big Emotions, Practice Kindness and Gratitude, and Become Peacemakers
Mindfulness-Based Social Emotional Learning and Conflict Resolution to Help Students Manage Big Emotions, Practice Kindness and Gratitude, and Become Peacemakers
The Peace of Mind Core Curriculum for Grades 1 and 2, second edition, includes 32 step-by-step, weekly lessons integrating Mindfulness, Social Emotional Learning, Brain Science and Conflict Resolution practices for younger students. Engaging lessons include a wide variety of mindfulness practices, stories, activities, role plays and teacher guidance. Peace of Mind helps students learn to notice and manage big emotions, practice kindness and gratitude, and solve conflicts peacefully. Weekly practice leads to more positive and inclusive classrooms. This edition is a revised version of the original Core Curriculum for Grades 1-2 published in 2016. TeachPeaceofMind.org
Mindfulness-Based Social Emotional Learning and Conflict Resolution to Help Students Manage Big Emotions, Practice Kindness and Gratitude, and Become Peacemakers
Mindfulness-Based Social Emotional Learning and Conflict Resolution to Help Students Manage Big Emotions, Practice Kindness and Gratitude, and Become Peacemakers
The Peace of Mind Core Curriculum for Grade 3 includes 32 step-by-step, weekly lessons integrating Mindfulness, Social Emotional Learning, Brain Science and Conflict Resolution practices for third grade students. Engaging lessons include a wide variety of mindfulness practices, stories, activities, pair-sharing and skits, supported by ample teacher guidance. Peace of Mind helps students learn to notice and manage big emotions, practice kindness and gratitude, solve conflicts peacefully, and to stand up for others. Weekly practice leads to more positive and inclusive classrooms, too! 200 pages; paperback. TeachPeaceofMind.org
Core Curriculum for Grades 1 and 2: Effectively Integrating Mindfulness, Social and Emotional Learning and Conflict Resolution for a More Positive and Inclusive School Climate
Core Curriculum for Grades 1 and 2: Effectively Integrating Mindfulness, Social and Emotional Learning and Conflict Resolution for a More Positive and Inclusive School Climate
A full year elementary curriculum including integrated lessons on Mindfulness, Social Emotional Learning, and Conflict Resolution. The Peace of Mind Core Curriculum for Grades 3-5 teaches students the skills to calm themselves, build healthy relationships and solve conflicts peacefully, leading to a more positive school climate.
It is never possible to return literally to times and events of the past. Even places revisited will not be the same as they were. But we can, at least to some extent, go back in our minds. In trying to capture some of the past and record for posterity my lifetime of adventures, I find that my memory has been stretched more than I thought possible. The mind is a funny thing, and time is slippery stuff, but someone has said that we remember more than we think we do; that years after the fact, one day things fall into place and we say, "Ah yes, I remember that well.
A classroom-tested resource for social and emotional learning Henry’s discovery of the many ways he can be kind will inspire young readers to use the simple mindfulness practices taught in this book to develop their own capacities for kindness. Ms. Snowden and her class practice sending kind thoughts to the people they love, and they launch a class Kindness Project. There is only one problem: Henry can’t think of one kind thing he has done. Declaring that kindness is stupid, he stomps to the classroom door on the verge of tears, but his classmates save the day by reminding him of the kind things he has done for each of them.
Sergio is amazed to discover that even on a day that felt awful, the good outweighed the bad. When a downcast Sergio gets home from a bad day at school, his wise mother listens sympathetically to his tale of woe and then suggests an experiment. Placing a bowl of marbles next to Grandfather’s old balance scale, she asks him to go back to the beginning of his day and remember each good and bad thing that happened. For each bad thing, he places a marble on the right-hand pan of the scale; for each good thing he places a marble on the left-hand pan. Sergio is amazed to discover that even on a day that felt awful, the good outweighed the bad.
Ms. Snowden introduces the THiNK Test to Tyaja’s class. Mrs. Snowden tells the kids that T = True, H = Helpful, N = Necessary, and K = Kind. If what you’re about to say isn’t any of these things, she tells them, you shouldn’t say it. Later that day, when Tyaja is about to criticize her friend Dhavi’s new haircut, she is stopped by four little elves sporting the letters T, H, N, and K, who reinforce Ms. Snowden’s lesson and remind Tyaja how friends should treat friends. Tyaja learns that she is the “I” in THiNK!
In No Place Like Home, Linda Hasselstrom ponders the changing nature of community in the modern West, where old family ranches are being turned into subdivisions and historic towns are evolving into mean, congested cities. Her scrutiny, like her life, moves back and forth between her ranch on the South Dakota prairie and her house in an old neighborhood at the edge of downtown Cheyenne, Wyoming. The vignettes that form the foundation of her consideration are drawn from the communities she has known during her life in the West, reflecting on how they have grown, thrived, failed, and changed, and highlighting the people and decisions that shaped them. Hasselstrom’s ruminations are both intensely personal and universal. She laments the disappearance of the old prairie ranches and the rural sense of community and mutual responsibility that sustained them, but she also discovers that a spirit of community can be found in unlikely places and among unlikely people. The book defines her idea of how a true community should work, and the kind of place she wants to live in. Her voice is unique and honest, both compassionate and cranky, full of love for the harsh, hauntingly beautiful short-grass prairie that is her home, and rich in understanding of the intricacies of the natural world around her and the infinite potentials of human commitment, hope, and greed. For anyone curious about the state of the contemporary West, Hasselstrom offers a report from the front, where nature and human aspirations are often at odds, and where the concepts of community and mutual responsibility are being redefined.
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