Mindfulness - Know It to Show It and Stretching Workout
What's included
1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
* New Summer Camp starts Tuesday, 13th. https://outschool.com/classes/the-art-and-wellness-way-mindfulness-camp-zGww4OlH?usid=RBnS0aws&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link * New class: Mindfulness Box - Art, Craft and Activities to Fill Your Calm-Down Kit 40 minutes 6-10 year olds * Engage in mindfulness activities to help keep a balanced lifestyle while making a series of products to fill your box. Reflect on emotions and attitudes to learn coping skills and end with a mindful workout. https://outschool.com/classes/mindfulness-box-art-craft-and-activities-to-fill-your-calm-down-kit-HbZZBiII?usid=RBnS0aws&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link ________ * Although this class section has ended, I am looking to start a new version of mindfulness and creativity class in the near future. Should you have any ideas or feedback, you're welcome to send me a message thanks! I have thoroughly enjoyed sharing teaching this particular listed class. ________ Our mindfulness classes will be once a week and will involve a routine sequence of activities. This will encompass a variety of skills, foster qualities of good character and also importantly, provide opportunities for self-expression in various forms for a better mental health balance. We'll begin with social and communicative opportunities in a relaxed atmosphere through discussions about experiences, how they perceived situations and relate them to emotions. Next, we will focus on open-ended, open-minded thinking and problem-solving skills, through sharing and reflecting on how we would react and what the outcomes and consequences could be to a given scenario. This will help develop a sense of self in relation to others. We will consider attitudes and attributes like responsibility, honesty, empathy, and tolerance for example. The closing will be to spend a few minutes stretching, breathing and visualizing, it could be a time to focus on certain senses like closing the eyes and listening to directions. Activities could include games, a form of visual communication like drawing or using colour, acting, slideshows or video-clips. Depending on the activity, we could sometimes be sat at table level, be standing up, or on the floor. When there is a physical movement like stretching or striking a pose, these are not specific yogic poses. No experience necessary. Join in anytime, or tune-in to a weekly routine of active fun! Themes for week beginning of: FEB 15: Gratitude - what is it and how we can show it FEB 22: Zones - brainstorming coping ideas MAR 1: Perspectives - cultural exposure, what we know and can learn MAR 8: Dance Jam - create some dance steps from a prompt MAR 15: invent a new word for 'a pick-me-up' slogan MAR 22: Colours - how it can affect a mood, how it can be used NOTE - Week of MAR 29 has no lesson as it spans Good Friday to Easter Monday. APR 5: Calming Strategies - visual cues cards APR 12: Role-play - use props to show different emotions from prompt
Learning Goals
Becoming more in-tune and able to better manage thoughts and feelings; self-expression through verbal communication; learn about good character traits; physical exercise; maintaining a balanced perspective with and opportunities for social and calming activities.
Other Details
Supply List
Any specific materials required will be posted for the said lesson on the classroom page. They would be regular things like stationery (eg. paper, tape, glue, pencils, scissors, colour-pencils/markers), whiteboard and coloured dry-erase markers, sometimes common items for props like sunglasses or hats etc.
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Teacher expertise and credentials
BA(Hons) Design, Postgrad. Cert of Ed., UK. TEFL.
Currently supply teaching in the local school district of New Brunswick, Canada.
Licensed to teach in P.E.I and N.B., Canada and the UK.
Graduated 1996 - Over the years I have taught across grades and various subjects in local schools in the UK and Canada and private international schools in Singapore. I've mostly specialized in teaching Art and Design, International Baccalaureate in Singapore.
Reviews
Live Group Class
$11
weekly1x per week
30 min
Completed by 1 learner
Live video meetings
Ages: 6-9
3-10 learners per class