Video for Mind Up week 1: https://youtu.be/20BqvxDaQE8 (Intro to the brain)
Video for Mind UP week 2: https://youtu.be/AfuITcyzSLI (Mindful Breathing)
Video for Mind Up week 3: https://youtu.be/L6ZtYE17T_8 (Mindful vs. Unmindful)
Video for Mind Up week 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZjbwJYA15s&t=5s (Reticular Activating System...our brain's filter to mindfulness and focusing)
Video for Mind Up week 5: https://youtu.be/TmeBVoOtnI8 (Dopamine and Cortisol)
I use the data-driven Mind Up! curriculum, which essentially teaches them about their brain & body. The lessons equip children and staff with vital social and emotional literacy skills, helping them increase focus, improve academic performance, reduce stress, gain emotional resilience and optimism. Rooted in neuroscience, the program teaches self-regulatory behavioral control while offering engagement strategies for learning and living.
Here are the benefits for students:
Help kids maintain focused attention
Form more accurate perceptions of students
Think more clearly especially under pressure
Improve communication with students, parents, and staff
Improve the overall classroom climate by infusing it with optimism and hope
Helps to create a stronger, more vibrant school culture
Be happier, more joyful and grateful — a disposition that ultimately spills out of the classroom and into private life
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