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Mindfulness and Reading / Story time
Mindfulness and Reading / Story time
Fiction is particularly a powerful form of mindfulness and relaxation. It’s a healthy form of disengagement. It’s also one of the 40 developmental assets!
Fiction is particularly a powerful form of mindfulness and relaxation. It’s a healthy form of disengagement. It’s also one of the 40 developmental assets!
“Reading has been shown to put our brains into a pleasurable trance-like state, similar to meditation, and it brings the same health benefits of deep relaxation and inner calm. Regular readers sleep better, have lower stress levels, higher self-esteem, and lower rates of depression than non-readers.” - The New Yorker as quoted in The Surprising Power of Reading Fiction: 9 Ways it Makes Us Happier and More Creative
“Reading has been shown to put our brains into a pleasurable trance-like state, similar to meditation, and it brings the same health benefits of deep relaxation and inner calm. Regular readers sleep better, have lower stress levels, higher self-esteem, and lower rates of depression than non-readers.” - The New Yorker as quoted in The Surprising Power of Reading Fiction: 9 Ways it Makes Us Happier and More Creative
Reading can open up a new world, transport you to faraway lands, bygone eras, or lives only dreamt of. Reading is important. It uses facts, figures, and emotions to both teach and inspire. #40DevelopmentalAssets #ReadingforPleasure
Reading can open up a new world, transport you to faraway lands, bygone eras, or lives only dreamt of. Reading is important. It uses facts, figures, and emotions to both teach and inspire. #40DevelopmentalAssets #ReadingforPleasure
Research shows that young people who read for pleasure at least three hours a week (that’s only 26 minutes a day) exhibit more positive than negative values. #40DevelopmentalAssets #ConstructiveUseofTime #ReadingforPleasure
Research shows that young people who read for pleasure at least three hours a week (that’s only 26 minutes a day) exhibit more positive than negative values. #40DevelopmentalAssets #ConstructiveUseofTime #ReadingforPleasure
Guided Visualization
Guided Visualization
Guided Visualization/Imagery is an impactful tool that can help students relax and calm themselves thus increasing self-regulating skills. Comforting images can help individuals decrease arousal and increase one’s sense of safety in times of distress. Talk to your child about pictures they can create in their head or on paper that they feel are comforting.
Guided Visualization/Imagery is an impactful tool that can help students relax and calm themselves thus increasing self-regulating skills. Comforting images can help individuals decrease arousal and increase one’s sense of safety in times of distress. Talk to your child about pictures they can create in their head or on paper that they feel are comforting.
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