After a while I try going without the GPS to get to my new favorite hike, for example. These days I rely heavily on my technological “GPS” navigation device to find my way around, especially after a move, until I am confident I can get from “point A” to “point B” without assistance. I seem to have a “gypsy soul” because I have actually have moved a lot in the last 15 years (at least 10 times)! Each time I move I love to look at a map of the surrounding area and study where everything is, such as stores and restaurants, as well as nature areas for exploring (the green areas on the map)! Surely that comes from the days of growing up traveling to various places for summer vacations as I leaned over the front seat of the car (no seatbelts back then – yikes!) while my mom read the map and provided instructions on where to turn next - the “old fashioned GPS”! I still feel a vibrant energy thinking back to those days of going on a new adventure! Sign up YOUR classroom/school! Mindful Kindful YOUniversity Enrichment Program for Grades K – 12 in San Luis Obispo and Northern Santa Barbara Counties ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ī few years ago, I moved to where I am now living on the beautiful Central Coast of California. … and to equip students with the inner resources for reducing stress and cultivating the skills needed for balance, resilience, over-all well-being, as well as being mentally “available for learning”. and bringing these skills to social dynamics at school, at home, and in the community.difficult emotions - anger, anxiety, depression.distraction, impulse control, difficulty focusing.MK YOU was founded to address the challenges students face in school which interfere with learning, relationships, and mental well-being, such as: MK YOU educates the whole child and provides the life skills to help students flourish socially and emotionally, which will develop the foundation to succeed academically. (Former Speech Language Therapist specializing in Social Emotional Learning, Social Challenges Bullying Prevention Specialist & Author Preschool Director, and more!) Meet Dee DiGioia, founder of Mindful Kindful YOUniversity (MK YOU) and Certified Mindfulness Educator.ĭee has spent 30+ years working with children with social, emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and communication challenges. Our schools hope to provide an education which will prepare our students for their future success but a focus only on academics is INCOMPLETE.ĭoes your school teach a curriculum supporting social-emotional development skills…or does your school just HOPE students will learn “those other skills” on their own?Įmotional intelligence develops by learning and practicing skills.Ī program which integrates evidence-based practices of mindfulness, movement, and social emotional learning to develop the essential life skills of emotional intelligence, or Sm’Heart Skills!
#SORTY BY EMPLOYER IN KINDFUL HOW TO#
We tell our students to be aware of what is happening in the world and be good stewards of the earth but how do we teach students how to engage in these practices?* We hope that our students will be kind and refrain from judging others but how often do we teach students how to achieve this state of being?* We hope that our students will be happy and able to regulate difficult emotions but how often do we teach students how to achieve this state of being?* We hope that our students will be able to pay attention and tune out distractions but how often do we teach students how to do this?* We hope that our students’ stress levels will fall and physical awareness will rise but how often do we teach students how to create these changes?* 7 Questions Every School Should Answer ~because our children deserve a “sm’hearter” education ~
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