Mindful Classrooms(tm): Daily 5-Minute Practices to Support Social-Emotional Learning (Prek to Grade 5) - Paperback
by James Butler (Author)
A guide for busy elementary educators on how to easily incorporate mindfulness activities into existing curriculum
Teaching students how to focus and self-regulate at a young age can provide them with skills that will help throughout their schooling and adult lives. Like anyone, they need easy-to remember tools and strategies to calm their minds and focus on the moment. This interactive, research based curriculum helps preK and elementary teachers integrate simple, ready-to use stretching, breathing, and reflective exercises as well as other mindfulness practices into their daily routines. Includes digital content with reproducible handouts from the book.James Butler, M.Ed., has been teaching kindergarten and prekindergarten since 2002. He has a B.S. in education and early childhood from Indiana's Manchester University and an M.Ed. in curriculum and instruction from Grand Canyon University.
He is now the SEL (social-emotional learning) mindfulness specialist for the Austin Independent School District (AISD), working with teachers, staff, administrators, parents, and grades preK-12 students. During the 2016-2017 school year, James helped implement a mindfulness curriculum in all 130 AISD campuses.
He lives in Austin, Texas.
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