It is my greatest hope that every teacher that uses MindUP will find it beneficial in their work and. If you are a HCDSB teacher and are interested in having MindUP in your classroom, please contact your school’s Child and Youth Counsellor. NOW ENROLLING KINDERGARTEN - GRADE 5 (Fall 22). Educators can also sign up for group instruction. These activities allowed students to make connections to themselves and apply what they have learned in the real world.”Ĭongratulations, HCDSB students, teachers and parents on your learning success through the MindUP program this year!Ĭlick here to watch the 2020-2021 HCDSB MindUP Showcase. Mindful Schools, which was designed for kindergarten to fifth graders, offers both a six-week basic online course and a more advanced online course under the guidance of experienced mindfulness teachers. “Our class loved the primary friendly language resources: books, videos and mindfulness activities which invited conversations and promoted dialogue. Gregory the Great Catholic Elementary School. “The MindUP Program allowed our students to open up and reflect in a safe space,” says Mrs. Students engaged in activities such as breathing exercises, eating healthy snacks and writing ‘thank you’ cards for frontline workers in the Halton community to promote positive mindfulness with themselves and others. This year, 26 elementary schools across our Board participated in the MindUP Program! There are four units that make up MindUP’s curriculum: ‘Getting Focused,’ ‘Sharpening our Senses,’ ‘It’s all About Attitude’ and ‘Taking Mindful Action.’ The Program focuses on four elements to promote positive mental health and wellbeing: neuroscience, social-emotional learning (SEL), positive psychology and mindful awareness. MindUP: The Goldie Hawn Foundation is a not-for-profit organization founded to help children develop the knowledge and tools they need to manage stress and regulate emotions so that they can thrive in school, work and their social lives.
She explains the underlying rationale behind MindUp is that happy, well-adjusted children have a more-enhanced ability to learn and flourish, and that once taught, and with regular practice, children are able to use MindUP exercises whenever they feel the need.HCDSB celebrates a successful 2020-2021 year for the MindUP Program! “MindUp strategies are not separate from learning, it is part of learning,” says Ms McColskey. Exercises include strategies that help children to focus on their breathing, an age-old exercise in finding calm and balance. University studies involving hundreds of educators in the US and Canada underpins that consistent classroom use of MindUP strategies create more optimistic classrooms, and foster positive cultures in schools. Kindergarten Teacher MindUp provides consistent and ongoing opportunities for students to practice their social emotional learning skills. Morning Relaxing Music - Positive Background Music for Kids (Sway)TRACK INFORMATIONTitle: SwayArtist: OCB RelaxIMAGEIllustration created for OCB Relax Music.
Developed by the Hawn Foundation in the US with collaboration from early childhood specialists, MindUP provides a set of social, emotional, and self-regulatory strategies and skills developed for pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade students to cultivate well-being and emotional balance. MindUP For Schools is an evidence-based program that has been shown to increase pro-social actions, decrease aggressive behaviors, and improve academic achievement especially in math and language arts.
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