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My body, heart and mind |
Taking care of my body, heart and mind |
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Do a children's yoga session using a story to frame different poses such as walking a dog (head down dog), we met a cat (cat pose) and a child eating a pizza (sit with legs in front, sprinkle whatever ingredients children want over the pizza by tapping straight legs down to toes). |
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My body, heart and mind |
Taking care of my body, heart and mind |
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Experience different sensations on my skin: how do I feel when touched with a feather/ brush/ stone? Compare and contrast. |
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My body, heart and mind |
Taking care of my body, heart and mind |
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Discuss what makes people healthy and happy. |
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My body, heart and mind |
Taking care of my body, heart and mind |
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Say thank you to our bodies for all the things they enable us to do. |
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My body, heart and mind |
Feelings, needs and thoughts |
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See the different faces we make when we feel differently, try out making the different faces whilst looking in a mirror. |
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My body, heart and mind |
Feelings, needs and thoughts |
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Use feelings and needs cards with pictures to express how I feel or what I need. |
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My body, heart and mind |
Feelings, needs and thoughts |
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Listen to the Hopoonopono story: a story about gratitude and forgiveness from Hawai. |
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My body, heart and mind |
Feelings, needs and thoughts |
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Learn about different emotions. |
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My body, heart and mind |
Quiet time |
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Lie or sit down in the woodlands being quiet, see how many different types of birds song you can catch. |
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My body, heart and mind |
Quiet time |
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Find a nice place to sit and watch nature quietly, this could be in a tree branch, or in a den, or any other place that is peaceful and comfortable for you. |
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My body, heart and mind |
Quiet time |
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Dance in silence, together. |
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My body, heart and mind |
Quiet time |
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Learn that quiet time can help people to feel relaxed. |
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My body, heart and mind |
Self- awareness |
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Become aware of own emotions, 'how do I feel just now?' |
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My body, heart and mind |
Self-expression through body, heart and mind |
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Practice self-reflection through different art forms eg. song, theatre, drawing. |
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My body, heart and mind |
Self-expression through body, heart and mind |
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Choose a word that helps instead of hurts eg. "I feel angry because..." instead of "I hate you..." |
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My body, heart and mind |
Self- awareness |
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Learn about different needs eg. emotional wellbeing, fun and relaxation. |
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My body, heart and mind |
Self- awareness |
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Learn about the importance of eye contact and how to use it. |
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My body, heart and mind |
Self- awareness |
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Learn the importance of all our subsistence needs being met to be healthy - food, water, shelter, air. |
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My body, heart and mind |
Ways of learning |
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Observe how you feel when you are learning in different ways. Discuss afterwards with a group how each person felt and therefore realise that different people prefer different ways of learning. |
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Growing food |
Helping to grow food |
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Smell, touch and taste different varieties of vegetables and fruits grown in the garden as well as wild edibles. |
