BEE Your Own Super Hero!
Introduction
Stations
Station 1: Peacock Feathers
Station 2: Juggling Clothes
Station 3: Breathing Toolbox
Station 4: Circle of Control
Station 5: READ for Resilience!
Station 6: Pleasant and Unpleasant Feelings
Station 7: Self-Regulation
Station 8: Problem Solving Strategies
Station 9: breath and balance, s-t-r-e-t-c-h and strengthen
Why?
Other tips:
Too Many Frogs by Sandy Asher
We are Growing! by Laurie Keller
Directions
Can you balance a peacock feather on the tip of your finger?
"There are gonna be PROBLEMS!! BUT I'm a Problem Solver!" and it's BEST to solve problems together!!
Take Away!
Practicing balance sharpens focus and concentration skills. You have to be paying attention to the task "at hand" to git 'er done! You wobble and move about, but your brain is zeroed in on the challenge. This is how we approach our tasks at school. We focus, concentrate, and git 'er done! There are plenty of distractions . . . but we stay with the current job, getting stronger and smarter with every effort. Got balance?
Use the WHOLE brain in your head!
Breathing calms the body, focuses the brain. A deep breath allows the prefrontal cortex time to work. You can get more accomplished in your downstairs brain!
Knowing what you can control, helps you use your time and energy more wisely.
Every time you read a story, you have an example of how to solve (or not solve) a problem!
ALL Feelings are OK! We don't LIKE to feel the unpleasant feelings but it is a natural part of life to experience them.
ALL Feelings are OK! It's what you do with them that's tricky . . .
It's an OK strategy if:
(1) Nobody Gets Hurt
(2) Nothing Gets Broken
Moving your body wakes up your brain!
Explore the links on the Breathing Toolbox page. Practice a “new” way to breathe!
What is IN your Circle of Control? Watch the YouTube to remind your self what you CAN control! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CncHPlChNkk Sort the cards and put IN the hula hoop what you can control! Explain your thinking, and, If time, make some more cards to sort.
Take a book break!
Here's a Mrs. Broam Book Break: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or8IdS29S5o
The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister by Linda Ravin Lodding
The Feelings Book by Todd Parr
It's a Bad Day by Mary Ellen Friday
It's Okay to Make Mistakes by Todd Parr
Relax Kids by Marneta Viegas
The Peace Book by Todd Parr
Sitting Still Like a Frog by Eline Snel
The Smile That Went Around the World by Patrice Karst
So Few of Me by Peter Reynolds
Stress Relief for Kids by Martha Belknap
Sort the feelings:
(1)Pleasant and (2) Unpleasant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BhtBECPHNc&list=PL3gvk3jvCEl9n7ErgMELMcbl-F7IwkRb1&index=5
What can you do with an unpleasant feeling? Don’t forget it’s an “okay” choice if:
(1) nobody gets hurt or (2) nothing gets broken
How can you solve a problem in a OKAY way?
OKAY means: (1) Nobody gets hurt (2) Nothing gets broken
Can you pretend to be a TREE? How else can you strenghthen and s-t-r-e-t-c-h?
I want my life to make a DIFFERENCE!
listening bells; color tablets or paint chips to illustrate "baby steps;" repurpose paddles; beehive, making a sandwich, or put together Mr. Potato Head as you share what you know
