Resources for Educators

• GoNoodle (selection of brain breaks to use with elementary and middle school students)
• Mindful Schools
• Mindful Teachers

• Daniel Tiger’s Grr-ific Feelings (Pre-K-K): (PBS KIDS) Songs and activities help kids express, recognize, and understand emotions
• Bouncy the People Trainer’s You Can Learn (Pre-K-1): (Ripple Effects) Thorough, thoughtful multimedia social-emotional learning experience
• Breathe, Think, Do the Sesame (Pre-K – 1): (Sesame Street) Semame Street winner teaches kids how to keep calm and carry on
• Calm Counter – Social Story and Anger Management Tool (K-1): (Touch Autism) SImple, effective tool for helping kids keep anger in check
• IF… The Emotion IQ Game (1-7): (If You Can) Captivating journey cultivates kids’ social and emotional skills
• Mindprint Learning (2-12): Expert feedback and tools designed for individual learner profiles
• Mindfulness for Children: (Mindful-app.com) meditation exercises aimed specifically at children
• Stop, Breathe & Think (5-12): Appealing app guides meditation, promotes compassion
• Smiling Mind (8-12): (Smiling Mind) Quick and easy meditation practice for busy classroom minds
• Take a Break! Guided Meditations for Stress Relief: Individuals can listen to relaxing audios for a “work break”

• Reading, Writing and Character: Teaching habits of mind in school
• Teachers Talking Tech: Bringing Mindfulness to Classrooms
• TED Talk: Mindfulness in Schools – Richard Burnett
• All it takes is 10 mindful minutes – Andy Puddicombe

For Educators

• A Still Quiet Place: A Mindfulness Program for Teaching Children and Adolescents to Ease Stress and Difficult Emotions – Amy Saltzman
• The Behavior Code Companion: Strategies, Tools, and Interventions for Supporting Students with Anxiety Related or Oppositional Behaviors – Jessica Minahan, MEd, BCBA
• Mindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfulness: A Guide for Anyone Who Teaches Anything – Deborah Schoeberlein David with Suki Sheth
• The Way of Mindful Education: Cultivating Well-Being in Teachers and Students – Daniel Rechtschaffen
• The Invisible Classroom: Relationships, Neuroscience, and Mindfulness in School – Kirke Olson

Children’s Books about Mindfulness (for teaching mindfulness)

• A Handful of Quiet: Happiness in Four Pebbles – Thich Nhat Hanh
• Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children – Thich Nhat Hanh