Just take a moment for you. Close your eyes, take a breath, breathe.

Try following along to this guided breathing with Miss Merritt.

We love a good GoNoodle in class!

Try to dance it out and help to make your body happy!

Do you remember taking 10 in our classroom? How about taking 5?

Try to take 5 to 10 deep breathes. You can try these different techniques:

• 5 finger breathing: Use the pointer finger on one hand, and trace the finger on the other hand. Try to breathe in while going up, and breathe out while going down each finger.
• Belly breathing: Put two hands on your belly. Take a deep breathe in and feel your belly move up, exhale and feel your belly go flat.
• Pancake breathes: Hold your hands out straight in front of you with your palms together. When you breathe in, separate your hands and arms. When you breathe out, press your hands together.
• Push the floor: Place your hands flat on the floor. When you breathe in, lift your hands off the floor. When you breathe out, press as hard as you can on the floor applying lots of pressure.
• Shoulder shrugs: Sit with your back straight. Take a deep breathe in and lift your shoulders to your ears slowly. Breathe out and let your shoulders shrug back down to their resting place.

These are just a few of the ones that we practiced in class, which one works for you? Do you have a different one that you like to use?

This can be a time of “big” feelings we are all worried about the virus and the people they care about. Some people feel angry because they cannot play with their friends or sad because they are missing special activities or events. Sometimes, we do not know why we feel the way we do, and we don't know how or why we are acting in a certain way.

Try playing emotion charades. This helps students (and parents) to identify, understand and express feelings will help us all to cope positively with our emotions and can increase our positive feelings (and maybe even have a couple laughs).