Easy Calming Strategies for Elementary Students
The Classroom Commute
Students can't learn in crisis mode.
Before we can teach young minds, we must first teach students to tap into their feelings and emotions. Social-emotional health is the foundation for all learning so it is impetrative that we address these needs in our students before we ask them to master academics.
People today are more stressed and worried than ever before due to the pandemic and the impact that it has had on our schools is huge. And if YOU’RE feeling that way, your students are, too.
The difference between the two, however, is that your students likely don't have the coping skills to deal with feelings of worry and overwhelm.
But the problem is, many teachers aren't trained in teaching students coping skills. Teaching strategies of calm wasn’t part of our undergrad work. That’s why I wanted to bring a special guest onto the podcast who is trained and skilled in teaching young minds and hearts to breathe in the calm and breathe out the worry.
In this episode I'm interviewing Victoria from The Mindful Apple. She's a school social worker working with elementary students and has some solid tips and strategies for classroom teachers to help their students grow their calm.
Victoria knows how to take a worried mind and plant seeds of calm there instead.
She's even got a simple strategy for teachers to help them take control of their own emotional command center — and she’s sharing it all with us inside the episode.
For complete show notes, visit: classroomnook.com/podcast/60
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LINKS & RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE:
Connect with Victoria at The Mindful Apple:
- Check out her Teacher and Student Resources
- Take a peek at her Website
- Follow her on Instagram
FREE Feelings Journal for Students: Grab a week’s worth of writing prompts to use with your students
More resources from The Mindful Apple to help support your students social emotional growth:
