March - Emotions -

Finding Your Center

Calming down when you have big, really strong emotions.

Just for Families

Meet Olympic medalist Hazel Clark and hear how she helps her own children navigate emotions and find their center. She talks about how we as parents are the best example we can set for our children when it comes to identifying and managing our emotions.

Click on her picture to access the video.

Look Below for Fun Home Activities on Emotions

Click on the grade level your child is in to access the activities.

For children in grades K-2

For children in grades 3-5

For children in grades 6-12

Just for MCSD Employees

The facilitator guide explores emotions, will provide you ways to apply emotional regulation in the classroom, and, if needed, has a section on managing your own emotions.

Click on the picture to access the guide.

School-Wide Weekly Activities

Week 1

Play this video during the morning announcements and hear how American bobsledder Nic Taylor deals with big emotions.

For K-5 : Click here to learn from Nic Taylor on Emotions

For K-8: Click here to learn from Nic Taylor on Emotions (Or view above)

For 9-12: Click here to learn from Nic Taylor on Emotions

Teachers in grades K-2, this is the time to read Calm Ninja to your class.

Week 2

Play this interactive video with your class and hear how American Soccer Player Carli Lloyd deals with tough emotions.

Week 3

Student Challenge Week!

Play this video to hear how Josh Levin, Olympic hopeful in sport climbing, deals with emotions. Follow -up this video with a class discussion on ways that you and your students handle "Big" emotions. What works? What does not work? How can we recognize when to give each other a little encouragement or a little space?

A Simple Tool to Help Teachers Regulate Their EmotionsIn a year that’s bringing a lot of stress, this tool is no cure-all, but it can help teachers keep their emotions in check.

Week 4

Teacher Challenge Week!

Click on the image above to access an article that explains a fairly simple method to identify and then "plan for" emotional triggers. Use this worksheet the next time you have an emotional reaction to plan ahead so you will be able to better manage the emotion if the trigger occurs again.