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25 Mindfulness Books For Kids and Teens – For Grounded and Relaxed Children

Fractus Learning

Breathe Like a Bear: 30 Mindful Moments for Kids to Feel Calm and Focused Anytime, Anywhere Listening to My Body Mindfulness Picture Books Puppy Mind Alphabreaths: The ABCs of Mindful Breathing by Christopher Willard and Daniel Rechtschaffen Calm Mindfulness for Kids by Wynne Kinder Here and Now by Julia Denos Meditation Station by Susan B.

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Leadership for Deeper Learning: Excerpt 05

Dangerously Irrelevant

[To celebrate our upcoming book, Leadership for Deeper Learning , I am publishing an excerpt each day for a week before its release. We describe what we saw in detail in the new book and, in Chapter 7, articulate a Profile of a Deeper Learning Leader that’s based on empirical research, not just anecdotes.

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The Power of See, Think, Me, We

Catlin Tucker

Using See, Think, Me, We…at the Elementary Level Analyzing a Picture Book See: The teacher shows an illustration from a picture book and asks the children what they see. Teachers often use this routine to deepen students’ engagement with material and to foster complex, critical thinking skills.

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Ensuring your child’s brain is active in school through a good night sleep

Neo LMS

Primary and secondary school students in America are among the most sleep-deprived in the world. In the same way that muscles need downtime to recover and grow after exercise, the brain also needs rest to recuperate from a day of studying or exams. A book is the perfect way for your child to ease their brain into sleep.

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How can we ease tensions around book choice and school libraries?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This is what I imagine “Book Choice” looks like, from curricular choices to which books grace the shelves of our classrooms. Of my 1,000+ books, more than a few are on the Banned Books lists of the last century, from Life of Pi & Lord of the Flies to Maus & Pride of Baghdad. The rubber band pulls tight.

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The ultimate guide to authentically creating a secondary classroom where students feel safe, welcome, & whole

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This is especially true for secondary students. Younger learners are used to SEL (socio-emotional learning) practices like sharing circles and morning meetings; these procedures tend to fade away as students get older and into more specialized secondary content. Coloring books & colored pencils/crayons. Glitter bottles.

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How Teaching Should Change, According to a Nobel-Prize-Winning Physicist

Edsurge

He wrote the book “ Improving How Universities Teach Science.” And the coursework, I never felt I learned terribly much from any of my classes, but it was very much secondary. That it's strengthening, essentially, through the right kind of mental exercise. Wieman has led efforts to improve science teaching.

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