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Introduction

Many of you have probably heard of mindfulness but are interested in learning more about it. This mini-course will teach you how you can implement mindfulness in your elementary classroom. We will look at what is mindfulness, how you and your students can benefit from practice, and mindfulness activities for the elementary classroom.

Course Overview

By the end of this course, learners will be able to answer the following questions...

1. What is mindfulness?

2. How can my students benefit from mindfulness?

3. How can I practice mindfulness?

4. What are age-appropriate mindfulness activities that I can use in an elementary classroom?

 The goal of this mini-course is to make you confident enough to implement mindfulness in your elementary classroom to teach your students self-regulation. The course is organized in 3 units which are outlined below. By completing all three units you will be able to start using mindfulness in your classroom and figure out what the mindfulness is all about.

Task Analysis

Unit 1:What is mindfulness?

1.1 Pre-Assessment
1.2 Defining Mindfulness
1.3 What is mindfulness to you collaboration

Unit 2:Combating Chronic Stress with Mindfulness

2.1 Data and Statistics on Children's Mental Health
2.2 Stress and its Impact on the Brain
2.3 How can we reverse the effects of cortisol on the brain?

Unit 3: Different Types of Mindfulness Practices?

3.1 Deep Breathing
3.2 Meditation
3.3 Yoga
3.4 More Mindfulness Practices & Collaboration

Unit 4: How to Implement Mindfulness into your Classroom

4.1 Bite-Sized Mindfulness
4.2 Mindfulness in the Early Grades
4.3 Summary
4.5 Post-Assessment

Resources

Semple, R. J., Droutman, V., & Reid, B. A. (2017). Mindfulness goes to school: Things learned (so far) from research and real‐world experiences. Psychology in the Schools, 54(1), 29-52.

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