A new video is HERE! Yay! One of my favorite subjects to teach my students is the upstairs and downstairs brain. This concept is introduced in the book The Whole Brain Child, and it’s just an easy and fun way to explain the function of our brain to young kids.
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I hope you all have enjoyed teaching your students about how their thoughts, feelings and behaviors are connected using The Triangle video! As I was going through this with my students, one thing became very evident. Many of the negative thoughts that students were identiying were distorted, and NOT helpful AT ALL!
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Our brains are constantly thinking. Given any situation, at any point in the day, we’re going to be analyzing what is going on around us. When a problem arises, both big and small, taking charge of our thoughts can drastically improve the outcome. Learning how our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are connectd is a major step in this process!
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Anxiety is a BIG feeling with MANY feelings wrapped up inside, and it often manifests itself in so many ways from child to child. There are an increasing number of students in my building that are experiencing some symptoms of anxiety on a day-to-day basis. I found myself on repeat discussing what anxiety is and how it works, and thus, this video was created!
Continue readingIt is so important for children to not only be able to name their feelings, but also be able to recognize the different intensity and body cues that are associated with them. A feelings scale provides a concrete tool to students, and gives them a logical way to monitor their own feelings. Bonus – it’s also an evidence based tool as well!
Continue readingOctober is National Bullying Prevention Month, so what better way to get a head start than to do some bullying prevention lessons in our schools now? I don’t know how it is for you, but in my district, we are required to teach our students about bullying before the middle of September.
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