[CASL-L] Mindfulness in the LMC responses

[Kate Candido]

Hi Everyone,

Here are the curated responses from my query regarding resources for
mindful yoga in the elementary school library.

Cosmic Kids Yoga on YouTube  - yoga versions of stories and the "Zen Den"
mindfulness yoga activities

Calm app
Go noodle flow channel
Cosmic Noodle on YouTube

Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and their
parents)
Yoga Zoo Adventure: Animal poses and games for little kids
Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda
I Am Peace:  A Book of Mindfulness
Breathe Like a Bear (comes with a CD of exercises we practice)
A World of Pausabilities
Meditation is an Open Sky


   - I would HIGHLY recommend starting with this card set Yoga Pretzels
   <https://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Pretzels-Cards-Tara-Guber/dp/1905236042/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1532275689&sr=8-1&keywords=yoga+pretzels>.
   I love them and I constantly come back to them.
   - My students always love using the breathing ball.  This is the one I
   have: Hoberman Sphere
   <https://www.amazon.com/Hoberman-Original-Sphere-Rainbow-Discontinued-manufacturer/dp/B00000JN49/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1532275751&sr=8-3&keywords=hoberman+sphere>
   .
   - I also have a boatload of lessons in which I use books to create a
   yoga flow.  It isn't practical for every class, but it can be nice to use
   poses inspired by a plot if you do read-alouds.  Here's are a few
   samples-0pi and I'd be happy to share more.  They are not very explicit in
   instructions, but I can elaborate if you have questions.  This one is for
   the Caldecott winning folktale *Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples' Ears*: Yoga
   Lesson
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yTF5rlcj5HH55af7GtihTqumjnAUjyQmi88qCpLtcaI/edit?usp=sharing>.I
   did a series of folktale yoga lessons at Driggs in Waterbury and the kids
   really remembered the stories even as weeks passed. This lesson was
   designed for the book* In My Heart: A Book of Feelings*.  It's great for
   little ones.  I laminated little feelings pictures and I ended up having
   students share what made them experience the feelings we read about.  In
   My Heart Lesson
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/12q9MBCun2OPy-5USfd1nmhU78XBQHGO63KxtHWswfvM/edit?usp=sharing>
   - It can work well to end a lesson with relaxation. My mother in law
   sews and she made little eye pillows for my students to use during
   relaxation.  During relaxation, we usually lay down, wear the eye pillows
   and tune into the chime (you may have one if you do Responsive Classroom.)
   During relaxation I ring the chime three times to correspond to the
   following actions 1. make the body still, 2. think about an intention or
   feeling, and 3. listen carefully for the chime to stop ringing.  When it
   stops students wiggle their fingers and slowly sit up.  As a closing
   message, I do some sort of affirmation and ask students to repeat it.  I
   use "Today I will be safe. Today I will be kind. Today I will be
   respectful" or "Be good, feel good, do good."
   - I sometimes do mudras or hand actions with learners.  In my favorite
   one, I have the children touch each finger to their thumbs (index to thumb,
   middle to thumb, ring to thumb, and pinky to thumb) and say something
   calming like 'I can calm down" to correspond to the touch.  It's really
   nice for a calming corner.
   - There are also some great books out there that use yoga.  I enjoy Good
   Morning Yoga
   <https://www.amazon.com/Good-Morning-Yoga-Pose-Pose/dp/1622036026> and Zoo
   Zen
   <https://www.amazon.com/Zoo-Zen-Yoga-Story-Kids/dp/1622038916/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532276603&sr=1-1&keywords=zoo+zen>.

   - Last but not least, I was originally trained by Lani Rosen-Gallagher
   with Full of Joy Yoga out of New Haven.  She does workshops for teachers
   and they are worth attending.  Here's her website: Full of Joy Training
   <https://fullofjoyoga.com/events/>


Enjoy!
Kate

-- 
Kate Candido
Library Media Specialist
Orange Avenue School
Milford, CT
CASL Board Membership Chair
Google Certified Educator
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