What are some ways you help students to calm their bodies throughout the day?
For example, sometimes we stop and take a few minutes to breathe deeply in quiet pose and reset for the next task.
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Setting expectations is vital. However, taking breaks to get up and stretch helps. I try to find activities that correlate movement and learning. For example, around the world with basic facts. Communication circles where students talk to one another with an inner and outer circle about topics in class.
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Our district uses a lot of the techniques and resources from Conscious Discipline. Here is a link to their breathing activities.
https://consciousdiscipline.com/resources/safe-place-breathing-icons/
I use whole body listening. There are several songs and videos to help model this for students. We just sit at the carpet now and quietly rub our arms and repeat each characteristic in a whisper until we are all set. Kids love this to calm down.
