Last week we read a book called The Way I Feel. We discussed that all emotions are part of who we are. Sometimes we are happy or excited, but sometimes we feel sad, mad, frustrated or angry. We talked about our internal weather as being sunny or cloudy and then we talked about how we could change our internal weather when we have negative emotions. One simple strategy is deep breathing. We breathe in slowly through our nose and out through our mouth, 10 times. This helps relax the body and calm the mind.
Sometimes throughout the day, when the noise level gets too loud, we have the children stop what they are doing, sit quietly, close their eyes and we have a meditation minute. This helps the children relax and refocus. We will be talking about other strategies in the future.
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