For Parents: Raising Kind and Compassionate Children
Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree. ~Marian Wright Edelman When it comes to kindness, parents are their children’s first and most important...
View ArticleKids and Kindness – A Video
You may recall a couple of recent posts about the MindUP Curriculum and kindness. Lesson 14 is called Performing Acts of Kindness. We decided to interview a few of our kids to get their thoughts...
View ArticleHoliday Extravaganza Part II
Christmas is all about traditions and we are so fortunate to have one of the best ever here at J. Erik Jonsson Community School. The members of The Salesmanship Club of Dallas make sure of it. After...
View ArticleHow to Make a Brain Hat
This is probably the most popular post to date! Get crafty and make a brain hat. Your students will love it. The brain likes novelty. Using different hats to get kids’ attention is a handy strategy....
View ArticleMindUP Week 3 – Just Breathe
Probably one of the questions I am most often asked is about doing breathing with children. There are many ways to approach it. This post gives a few ideas. Try it out! You’ll be surprised at the...
View ArticleMindful Breathing with Children
Part of the MindUP Curriculum is a core practice of mindful breathing that is done three times a day. We do the breathing breaks across all grade levels in our school. Click on the video below to see...
View ArticleThinking Through Quality Questioning
Over 200 educators joined us last Friday for one of our Distinguished Educator events. Jackie Walsh and Beth Sattes kept all of us engaged and thinking about questioning strategies for the entire day!...
View ArticleSusan Kaiser Greenland and The Mindful Child
Our agency was so fortunate to host Susan Kaiser Greenland for a day of training on February 24th. Susan is the author of The Mindful Child. To prepare for Susan’s visit, the teachers at our school...
View ArticleJoin Us at our Distinguished Educator Series! Questioning for Learning:...
We hope you will attend the next event in our Distinguished Educator Series with Jackie Wash and Beth Sattes for a transforming day of learning on Friday, November 2, 2012. Administrators, teacher...
View ArticleMindUP and Research: The Results are In!
When our school decided to implement the MindUP program across all grade levels, we knew that we would do a research study about it. We are incredibly lucky to have a full-time researcher in our...
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