Activities
These are ways we used mindfulness on our walk
What is focusing on our present thoughts, focusing on all the things around us, focusing on our breath, etc (multiple answers accepted)?
This is a way to take a moment to be mindful when stressed or when switching to a new class or activity
What is taking deep breaths, focusing on breathing, etc (multiple answers can be accepted)?
These are reasons that it is important to not just use rational mind, but a balance of emotional and rational
What is that emotions provide motivation and spark to things, creativity, ability to make human connection?
This is how you would react if you wanted to chime into a conversation that interested you, but you realize you interrupted someone in doing so.
What is observing you interrupted, using wise mind to consider the best way to act, acknowledge and apologize for interrupting?
True or false: playing Connect 4 while doing the word search allowed us to find more words
What is false?
This is what we can use to balance our emotional and rational minds
What is wise mind?
These are the type of thoughts the make up emotional mind
What are feelings, hopes, dreams, likes, dislikes?
This is how you react using mindfulness when your sibling makes a remark about how you're always acting up right after your parents lectured you
What is take a moment to observe how you feel and breathe, consider your options using wise mind, confront your sister calmly or remove yourself from the situation?
This is the way that roleplay conveyed acting effectively
What is by acting at heightened emotion or logic vs acting in pursuit of your goal?
These are the three what skills
What are observe, describe, participate?
These are the types of thinking that make up rational mind
What is logic, facts, needs?
This is how you react using mindfulness when you are having a conversation and are interrupted
What is the process of taking a moment to observe how you feel and the details of the situation, consider your options, calmly address the interrupter and let them know you didn't appreciate it?
These are the ways we used observe, describe, participate during wax museum
What was observing each other and our thoughts, describing our observations to one another, fully committing to the game to participate?
These are the three how skills
What are nonjudgmentally, one-mindfully, and effectively?
****DAILY DOUBLE****
True or false: After observation, it is important to immediately describe your observation
What is false, it is important to take a break to make sure you have proper time to process observation before forcing a description?
These are the skills you can use to first calm down, then acknowledge both sides of the issue: you have been putting off a large assignment for a while now that is now due tomorrow night. However, you were supposed to hang out with friends tonight. Your parents say you can’t go tonight unless you finish your work which upsets you.
What is using wise mind/taking a moment to observe then describe, then using dialectics to reconcile both sides?
These are the three ways we described the jelly beans after eating them
What is without any prompting, using evaluation (emotionally), and using discrimination (nonjudgementally)?
This is the idea that two things can be true at once, even if they are opposite
What are dialectics?
This is the difference between just participating and participating effectively
What is participating in a way that aligns with your goals, objectives, and the actual situation?
These are skills you can use to calm down in this situation: You feel yourself becoming anxious in class. You have to finish an assignment before the end of the period, but all you can think about is something stressful that happened earlier in the day.
What is focusing on my breathing, physical things around me, use other coping strats, ask to take a quick break?