Mindful Music Moments

Incorporating [Mindful Music Moments] into our routine gave us the opportunity to MAKE TIME to be mindful. We learned how to be mindful through the music and breathing techniques. I saw children feel the music in their own ways - some would close eyes, some would focus out the window, while others would move their bodies calmly to the music in their chairs.

Sara Fenton, Teacher, Monroe Primary School

I just tried the first mindful moment offered on the website with a Kindergarten class. What a huge difference it made!

I see students for 50-minute timeblocks, and their classroom teacher drops off the students at my door. One of the students was crying on the way over, and his teacher told me he had been crying all morning, hiding under tables, and not listening to any instructions. So, I decided to use the new resource that had been provided to me. Immediately the student started calming down, and by the end of the exercise he was not crying at all, ready to learn. As for the rest of the class, they were focused in a way I have not seen from these young Kindergartners.

I've always enjoyed meditation and mindfulness for myself, but I've never found an accessible way to teach it for younger students. This was a wonderful experience. I already shared it with that teacher, and will be sharing it with the rest of the school per my principal's permission.

Mr. Lowhar, Hancock Elementary School, Las Vegas