The following is a chart on stress awareness. It includes the following questions:
- What was the stressful situation or event?
- What body sensations did I feel?
- What emotions did I have?
- What were my thoughts?
- How did I react or respond?
"Physical signs of stress can include headaches, stiff joints, and sore stomachs. Due to our bodies’ own self-protective measures, we might not realize that we’re living with symptoms of stress for days, weeks, months, or years. To support you, Yoga Ed. has created this toolkit. In this toolkit, you will find body-based practices to manage stress and support your and your students’ physical and emotional wellbeing."
You will need to provide your email to download the kit.
Poses and exercises for:
*headaches
*tension
*tight shoulders
*back ache
*sore hands
*vertigo
*stomach ache
*jaw
Strong Minds make for Strong Kids
Strong Minds Strong Kids, Psychology Canada is committed to promoting the mental well-being of children and youth in Canada. We are dedicated to nurturing resilience in kids with the use of psychological science so they can manage, learn, and grow from the many challenges in life.
This process and template provide teachers with a structure to infuse structured literacy cross-curricularly. This includes a 9 step process, as well as a template to plan on, and an example.
This studying/learning graphic organizer helps students develop a plan to deciding what to study and how to study it. It is a very structured format that used the chunking technique for sorting information.
This is a well-known Japanese recipe. A delicious mixture of beef, noodles, Chinese cabbage, spinach, and tofu, sukiyaki is easy to make.
This school division developed handbook offers many reading strategies that are applicable for use in the content areas.
Access the curated list of resources connected to health, safety & wellness included in the Sun West re-entry into school plan.
Daily lessons and educational activities that kids can do on their own . Topics include reading, writing, science and math, health, language, art, music, fun and games.
As schools close and workplaces go remote to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, parents everywhere are struggling to keep children healthy and occupied. Here are tips from the Child Mind Institute’s clinicians to help calm fears, manage stress and keep the peace.
This elementary blog describes the three classroom must-haves to promote positive mental wellness.
This is the presentation by Shannon McJannet from the May SBA meeting on supporting staff mental health.
"These videos from thoughtful, insightful creators offer empathy, information, and insight."
*understanding feelings
*tips
*why mental health matters
*how to feel less sad
*anxiety and stress
*negative thinking
This resource was designed for educators and provides hundreds of ideas for the classroom for integrating Education for Sustainable Development Goals (ESD) into their classrooms.
There are resources for:
No poverty
Zero hunger
Good health & well-being
Quality education
Gender & equality
Clean water & sanitation
Affordable, clean energy
Decent work & economic growth
Industry, innovation, infrastructure
Reduced inequalities
Sustainable communities
Responsible consumption & production
Climate action
Life below water
Life on land
Peace, justice, strong institutions
Partnerships
This is a fantastic resource!
Tookits (intermediate and high school) and activities (student Action Guide, etc.) available on the website:
-Getting help
-Their program
-Youth portal and teacher portal
-Crisis
The purpose of this guide is to support facilitators to assist and teach learners with intellectual disabilities about various dimensions of health and wellness. Tell It Like It Is is comprised of ten modules, however, you may elect to pick and choose which modules to facilitate with your own group.
Created by the Saskatchewan Association of Community Living
This is a summarizing tool for any subject area.
TRIMS stands for:
Title
Relationship
Introduction
Main Parts (organization)
Summary
The Take Me Outside Organization believes in a future where spending time outside learning, playing and exploring is a regular and significant part of every student's day. The website has a excellent teaching resources that include ready to go activities for all ages that connect to learning outside.
A large part of anxiety comes from a sense of what we think we should be able to control, but can’t. Right now, many of us are worried about COVID-19, known as the “Coronavirus”. We may feel helpless about what will happen or what we can do to prevent further stress. If you are struggling, here are some things you can do to take care of your mental health in the face of uncertainty:
A resource for parents on how best to talk to children about the coronavirus (COVID-19).