Mindfulness
Discover how students and educators can reduce stress, better regulate emotions, and focus more fully on teaching and learning by tuning into their inner selves.
5 Mindfulness Apps for Teachers
Mindfulness isn’t a cure-all for an over-full schedule, but these apps can help teachers interested in trying it to pause and refocus their energy.266How to Maslow Before Bloom, All Day Long
Morning meetings are a good place to start, but what you really need is a toolkit of strategies to meet your students’ social and emotional needs all day long.7.7k8 Activities for Students (and Teachers) to Create a Mindful Classroom
Everyone in the classroom benefits when there are opportunities throughout the day to reflect and prepare for learning.4.2k6 Questions To Help Students Cope With Everyday Stress
Stress can be an overwhelming force in teenagers’ lives. A few simple questions can help them find relief and get back to learning.1.6k6 Tips for Making Reflection a Consistent Habit
Reflecting on teaching practices and classroom events is valuable, but it can be tough to regularly make the time for it. These tips can help.616The Neuroscience Behind Productive Struggle
Challenging tasks spur the production of myelin, a substance that increases the strength of brain signals. Here are four strategies to incorporate productive struggle into your lessons.5.5kSmall Daily Practices to Boost Mental Health
Positive psychological behaviors promote good mental health hygiene, which reduces stress and improves overall well-being.1.4kIncorporating Vision Boards in World Language Classes
Creating a vision board guides students to contemplate their life goals and work on the target language.37213 Educator-Approved Podcasts to Listen to This Year
Our readers share with us some of their favorite podcasts on teaching, work-life balance, and well-being.2.5k4 Norms for Creating a Human-Centered Classroom
Teachers can focus their energy on creating a classroom focused on the students themselves, rather than outcomes, by helping them build relationships and develop a more robust sense of self.385How Practicing Mindfulness Outdoors Boosts Well-Being
As schools have taken classes outside for safer in-person learning, many have found the value of connecting mindfulness activities to nature.2.9k6 Simple, Low-Cost Ways to Promote Student Self-Care
From communal coloring to collaborative puzzles, these accessible activities offer moments in the school day for kids to pause and focus on their own well-being.652A Movement Sequence to Help Students Maintain Self-Regulation
An occupational therapist offers a series of calming whole-body exercises for students to do as a class throughout the school day.1.1k5 Keys to Challenging Implicit Bias
Challenge implicit biases by identifying your own, teaching colleagues about them, observing gap-closing teachers, stopping "tone policing," and tuning into such biases at your school.6.5kSelf-Regulation Strategies for Young Students
An occupational therapist offers simple exercises for helping students from preschool through fifth grade manage their energy and emotions.1.2k
