All Practices
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Meaningful Photos for Students
Students use photography or drawing to explore purpose and meaning in their lives.
Making Science Meaningful
Students reflect on how their science learning is relevant to their lives.
Take-Home Skill: Gratitude Questions for Kids
Discussion questions for families to deepen their child’s experience of gratitude
Take-Home Skill: Deliberate Practice for Students
Strategies for parents and caregivers that teach their children how to practice to help them achieve their goals
Purpose Compass
A process for helping students generate purposeful projects or endeavors
Feelings Circle: An SEL Kernels Practice for Kindergarten
In a group meeting, students share their feelings while also building their feelings vocabulary and emotion knowledge.
Listening to Music Mindfully
Students listen to a song or piece of music and observe their responses.
I See You. Everyone Matters.
Acknowledge the faces of everyone in your classroom or meeting to deepen a sense of group connection.
Finger Tracing: Mindful Breathing for Students
Students track their breathing as they trace up and down the fingers of one hand.
Loving-Kindness Buddy Wishes
Students extend kindness to themselves and others.
Flow and Tell
In this circle activity, students practice mindful speaking and mindful listening.
Shake It Off
Students observe their breath while relaxing and tensing their bodies, and then practice shaking and freezing their bodies.
“The Guest House” Poem and Body Scan for Teens
Students learn to observe and accept emotions and body sensations.
Mindful Movement for Teens
Students learn to notice body sensations and release sources of physical tension.
SOBER Breathing Space for Teens
Students briefly check-in with themselves and focus their attention on their breath.
Feeling Connected for Students
Students think about a time when they felt close to someone in order to foster a sense of belonging and well-being.
Feeling Connected for Adults
Think about a time when you felt close to another colleague to foster a personal sense of belonging at school.
Encouraging Prosocial Actions in Students
Students engage in prosocial (kind, helpful) actions for ten days and reflect on the impact of their actions on themselves and others.
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