Mindful at School

Children have to deal with all kinds of stimuli and are increasingly suffering from stress. Mindfulness helps them develop skills for relaxation, concentration and regulating emotions, so they can stay balanced. It is a proven, successful method for stress reduction.

Mindful at School is a practical source of inspiration so you can introduce mindfulness to your class in a simple and playful way. In this book, you'll find:

• the vision and background of mindfulness

• research results into the effect of mindfulness on children

• tips for guiding mindfulness with your group

• 52 fully worked-out mindfulness exercises

Doing mindfulness exercises with your group creates a quiet, peaceful moment and gives you renewed energy for the rest of your school day.

Extra information and relaxing music are available on www.mindfulatschool.com

Irma Smegen
Irma's motto is 'Education can be enjoyable for each and every child'. The role of play is crucial to everything she develops. That's why she writes educational books to inspire colleagues. Irma's company 'Speel je Wijs' (Play your own tune/Play to get wiser) offers training courses and lectures for professionals working with children, including mindfulness training. She is also a professor at the International Teacher Education Program at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences.

www.heart4education.com

10% of the profits from this book and the mindfulness training courses will go to the HeART 4 Education foundation , an organisation working to improve educational opportunities for less fortunate children.

Reviews:
Eva Baldwin UK: This book offers schoolteachers a very useful, easy and meaningful way to introduce mindfulness to their pupils. Young children benefit a lot from these original introductions to mindful practices. The author is obviously very experienced herself and knows what works and how to explain it to others. Highly recommended.

Elena Reznikova USA: This is a very useful book! I honestly think all teachers-or anyone that works with children-should have a copy. If you've been interested in introducing mindfulness to children, but you're not sure how, this is the perfect book for you. It is very well written and designed to be easy and straight forward. It's a guidebook for how to practice 52 fun (and kid-approved) exercises in the classroom or at home. I'm personally familiar with mindfulness, but have no idea to how to actually teach it to children. With this guidebook, I feel empowered and confident to try!

Amazon costumer UK: This booked is packed with simple mindful exercises you can do with children. It has a good introduction to mindfulness and how to use for that age group for teachers.

Richard Brocklehurst: Irma ran a session here in Scotland with a group of schools looking at the exercises and philosophy behind it. It was a twilight session and she ran the training with a group of experienced teachers, who work across age ranges, modelling and talking through how the exercises link with a mindful awareness raising.We have been running sessions from the book in quiet moments through our teaching sessions since then and it has supported our work on stress reduction, mindfulness, empathy and emotional connections within the school setting. A great, practical book and if you get a chance to attend the training I cannot recommend it enough.

Amazon costumer UK: This is a great resource to find mindfulness activities to do with children, in school or indeed elsewhere. There's a general introduction to mindfulness, but most of the book is filled with standalone activities. Most of them don't need any materials, and many others need materials which you'll have anyhow (such as a pen and paper, scissors or a newspaper). A great book for teachers as well as anyone else working with kids, including parents.