Teach Mindfulness to Primary Students
Cool+PrimaryFoundationYear 1 - 6Health and Physical EducationHealthPhysical EducationSocialMental HealthMindfulness and Meditation
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Course Summary
Course Content
Introduction
01.
Introduction
02.
Set some learning goals
Benefits of Mindfulness
03.
Meet Carolyn Shurey
04.
What is mindfulness?
05.
What mindfulness means to children
06.
Health and wellbeing benefits
07.
Educational benefits
08.
How mindfulness helps you
How To Teach Mindfulness
09.
Using the five senses and nature
10.
About the activities
11.
Mind wave breathing
12.
Noticing the self, noticing nature
13.
Sound activity
14.
Mindfulness in the curriculum
Your Teaching
15.
Teaching tips
16.
Cool lesson plans
Reflection
17.
Reflection
18.
Taxonomy of learning
19.
Suggestions for collaboration
20.
Congratulations
Course Writers
Mark Drummond from Cool Australia is your course teacher. He has worked in the education sector for over 11 years as a classroom teacher, Leader of Pedagogy within an Ed-Tech startup and as an educational consultant. Mark is an absolute science nerd and loves talking about dinosaurs as much as he loves talking about education (which is a lot)!
Interviews with Carolyn Shurey
Carolyn Shurey features in videos in this course. Carolyn has extensive experience teaching in the outdoors and connecting people with nature. In her role as a Learning Facilitator at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Carolyn specialises in the development and facilitation of Health and Well Being in Nature programs. She is a qualified and experienced yoga and meditation teacher and is passionate about making mindfulness and nature accessible for all.