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Superstar
Students build trust and inclusion through a quick and fun game that reveals their commonalities.
Be Like Nature: Mindfulness for Young Children
Students go outside and experience mindfulness linked to elements of nature.
2 x 10: Getting to Know A Student
Build positive relationships with students in 2 minutes a day.
Crooked Circle: A Game for Building Trust
A game involving balance and teamwork that helps build trust.
Finger Tracing: Mindful Breathing for Students
Students track their breathing as they trace up and down the fingers of one hand.
Shake It Off
Students observe their breath while relaxing and tensing their bodies, and then practice shaking and freezing their bodies.
Gratitude Journal for Students
Students write five things they’re grateful for once a day for two weeks.
Loving-Kindness Buddy Wishes
Students extend kindness to themselves and others.
Three Good Things for Students
Students record three good things that happened to them each day for a week.
Barefoot Walk: A Mindful Movement Practice
Students feel the earth under their feet in this mindful movement practice.
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.
Flow and Tell
In this circle activity, students practice mindful speaking and mindful listening.
Building Perseverance Through Role-Play
Use drama as a way to motivate students to stick with boring or difficult tasks.
Wishes for the World: A Loving-kindness Activity
Students send kindness and good wishes to others.
Rock-a-bye: Mindful Breathing for Elementary Students
Students learn to relax their bodies and quiet their minds.
Magic Tag
A magical game of tag that promotes inclusion and teamwork.