Healthy Mind, Healthy Body
Theater Games for Morning Meetings
These games can spark creativity, boost engagement, and teach important executive function skills such as turn-taking.
Top Seven Science of Happiness Podcasts of 2020
Greater Good Magazine shares their favorite podcast episodes of the year to help you find meaning, connection, and well-being.
U.S. Government Accountability Office: Students With Disabilities More Information and Guidance Could Improve Opportunities in Physical Education and Athletics
Research has established that physical activity and participation in athletics provides important health and social benefits for children. Certain federal laws help ensure that kindergarten-12th grade schools provide students with…
Understood: Mindfulness: What You Need to Know for Kids with Learning and Attention Issues
Learn about this technique for staying focused on the present, and not letting thoughts, emotions or self-control issues get in the way.
Wall Street Journal: Namaste. Now Nap Time
Yoga classes for kids are taking off, as advocates say it’s especially helpful for those with focusing problems
Wheel Chair Rider’s Guide to the California Coast
California’s spectacular coast offers many outdoor adventures for wheelchair riders, parents pushing strollers, and others who need accessibility features such as a wide, fairly level and firm path of travel.…
Wheelmap: Open Source Map Makes the World more Wheel Chair Friendly
The world is a tough place to navigate in a wheelchair. But finding ramps and elevators can be easier thanks to this handy map app that anyone can edit. Wheelmap.org
When Teachers Take a Breath, Students Can Bloom
5 Mindfulness activities for students and teachers to try in the classroom Mindfulness-Awareness Practices for Teachers Video Length: 25:23 mins Keep calm and teach on. These mindfulness techniques are proven…
Why Kids Need to Move, Touch and Experience to Learn
When students use their bodies in the learning process, it can have a big effect, even if it seems silly or unconnected to the learning goal at hand. This article…
Yoga in My School
Donna Freeman, the developer of this site explains the intent of Yoga In My School: to empower parents and teachers to access the benefits of yoga by providing a website…
Zero to Three: Getting Started with Mindfulness: A Tool Kit for Early Childhood Organizations
In this toolkit, learn more about the case for implementing mindfulness techniques into your daily work and organizational culture, try hands-on strategies for doing so, and learn more from organizations…
Zero to Three: Mindfulness in Early Childhood
In 2018, ZERO TO THREE set out to explore the topic of mindfulness to learn what the research says about mindfulness in parenting and caregiving through a comprehensive literature review.…