Yesterday we tried our first mindfulness exercise, using audio from "Sitting Still Like a Frog" by Eline Snel
The two major parts of the exercise are listening and breathing. This introduction to mindfulness includes practices that can help children calm down, become more focused, fall asleep more easily, alleviate worry, manage anger, and generally become more patient and aware. Much of the practice of mindfulness focuses on remembering to breathe, and for seven and eight year olds (and adults) this can have a variety benefits.
One example we talked about is when you are tempted to yell at someone, or say something mean. If you pause, and take a breath, that temptation may go away.
This exercise was helpful before our first time working on the NWEA test. It is also extremely useful in building a positive classroom community. Below is a link to the exercise we listened to.
http://www.shambhala.com//images/illus/Sitting_Still_audio/02.%20Exercise%201%20-%20Sitting%20Still%20Like%20a%20Frog.mp3
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