Mindfulness in Teaching

Daniel Rechtschaffen created a framework to think about mindfulness in terms of 5 literacies:

physical,
mental,
emotional,
social and
global.

This workbook explores each of the 5 literacies and provides a variety of practical activites with clear directions for each activity. In additiion, each literacy activtiy comes with an explicit rationale detailing the benefits of doing that acitivity.

This episode is from the Reflective Teacher Podcast a podcast that is produced from Jewish United Fund in Chicago. This episode interviews Jenna Bilmes who is the author of the book, "Beyond Behavior Management: The Six Life Skills Children Need." Jenna shares about her experience as a teacher and includes a variety of tips to support teachers in building strong attachment and sense of belonging with their students and in their classroom communities. This episode is a great resource to listen to at the beginning of a school year (or any time)!

This film is available to order or buy as a resource for your school or community. School's Out tells the story of a Forest Kindergarten in Switzerland.