30_Take Mindfulness with You

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks he becomes. —Mahatma GhandiBig Ideas For This Lesson Take Mindfulness With You At Home Resources Level: Lower Elementary (K-2) Concepts: • Coping Skills • Mindfulness • IntentionsThis year we have learned about mindfulness, or present moment awareness. The main difference be-tween performing an act and performing the same act mindfully is your attitude, or your intention.Mindfulness is a choice that is available in any given moment. Any act can be performed mindfully, frombrushing your teeth or walking to playing baseball. In class, students set a goal for “taking mindfulnesswith them.”You are encouraged to explore this goal with your student and reinforce an attitude of mindfulness in avariety of activities. Essential VocabularyGoal: A specific, action-oriented, and time-oriented statement focused on a specific achievement or outcome in thefuture.Intention: An aim or purpose to act, think, or be a certain way. A statement, or guideline, that focuses on a way ofbeing in the present moment rather than being attached to a specific outcome or achievement in the future.© 2018 Empowering Education, Inc. PAGE 1 of 2 All rights reserved.

TAKE MINDFULNESS WITH YOU | GRADES K-2 PracticeAsk your student about their mindfulness goal from class and re-write it below“My goal to take mindfulness with me is to”:Ask your student to practice teaching their mindfulness goal to someone else in the family. For example, if theirgoal was to practice mindful eating at lunch, they can teach another person how to mindfully eat. Enjoy practic-ing these goals!Bonus: Do you have another mindfulness goal? How will you continue to be mindful? Student Resources• A Bad Case of Stripes (Picture Book) by David Shannon• Breathe, Chill: A Handy Book of Games and Techniques Introducing Breathing, Meditation and Relaxation to Kids and Teens (Informational Text) by Lisa Roberts• Meet Thotso, Your Thought Maker (Picture Book) by Rachel Robb Avery Ph.D.• Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda (Picture Book) by Lauren Alderfer• Mindfulness Activities for Young Children (PDF) • Puppy Mind (Picture Book) by Andrew Jordan Nance Adult Resources• Choose Them Wisely: Thoughts Become Things! (Book) by Mike Dooley• Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness (Book) by Jon Kabat-Zinn• Guided Mindfulness Meditation: A Complete Guided Mindfulness Meditation Program from Jon Kabat-Zinn (Audio CD) by Jon Kabat-Zinn• Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction (Book)by John Brockman © 2017 Empowering Education, Inc. PAGE 2 of 2 All rights reserved.