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Top Tips for Making Your School’s Mindfulness Program a Success: Engaging Staff and Parents
What fun ideas do you have to keep staff and parents on board with daily mindfulness for the kids?
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Each day we focus on a simple activity – like today we had a short nature walk.
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Great idea, Jean! Simple daily activities like nature walks can help promote mindfulness for kids.
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I will encourage parent participating in our outdoor activities,
like nature walking around the playground.
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Great idea, Teresa! Involving parents in outdoor activities promotes mindfulness and connection with nature.
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It would be fun to engage parents in the mindfulness activity for the week. Sending home a paper explaining mindfulness, and having the kids practice their mindfulness activity at home and then again at school so that they can regulate and even help their parents know how to help them regulate.
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Great idea, Patrick! Engaging parents and involving them in mindfulness activities can strengthen the home-school connection.
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Using Yoga cards and let kids lead a yoga session every morning.
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Great idea! Encouraging kids to lead a yoga session can promote mindfulness and leadership skills.
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I am going to create a handout for parents on mindful moments to create and have at home and why mindfulness is important for young children- easy to do and fun activities for families.
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Great initiative, Margot! Providing resources for parents will enhance engagement and support mindfulness at home. Well done!
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We post daily on our school site. Parents can see what pictures throughout the day of their child. We also are able to describe each and every activity that our classroom. This keeps parents constantly connected.
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Great job, Mary! Posting daily updates keeps parents engaged and connected to their child’s mindfulness activities.
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Incorporate a short gathering time once everyone has arrived, to say hello to each other and do some deep breathing exercises. Ask each child how they are feeling today.
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breathing techniques work really well with my kiddos, and putting our finger on our nose when we do so.
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Great idea, Catherine! Incorporating breathing techniques and fun actions can engage both staff and parents in mindfulness.
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I plan to get children and parents involved by sending home mindfulness exercises for them to practice at home and then the children can share what they like and don’t like about that particular exercise and we can give ideas on how to adjust the exercise to each child/family.
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Great plan, Janice! Involving both children and parents in mindfulness exercises fosters a collaborative and supportive environment.
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I think it would be great to do a morning activity with my class that gets their body moving and their breathing together. For example each week have 2 focuses, one a breathing activity and the other a yoga or stretching exercises. We would send this home with parents so they could follow at home in the evening for a wind down.
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Nicole, your idea of incorporating morning activities and involving parents is excellent for promoting mindfulness in children.
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What fun ideas do you have to keep staff and parents on board with daily mindfulness for the kids?
i will show them the weeekly log and i will tell them how their child was and if there was any esclations and how i helped
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Great initiative, Jaylynn! Consider incorporating mindfulness activities into parents’ and staff meetings to demonstrate its benefits firsthand.
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Doing some yoga and breathing sessions with our students and families
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We post updates and pictures daily on our school website. The parents love it and can see what things their children have been doing during the day. We also post important info about the school calendar and special events, such as open house.
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I am going to try to have a fun midgulness exercise each day I am there.
I like the nature walk idea
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“Kelli, incorporating daily mindfulness exercises like nature walks is a wonderful way to keep everyone engaged and refreshed!”
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I would send out a monthly email with tips on how to be more mindful. for instance, breathing exercises one month, art the next, etc. These emails could include video links.
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Carol, sending out monthly emails with mindfulness tips is a great idea to engage both staff and parents. Including videos adds an interactive element!
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