Name that brain part!
Mindfulness
Keep Calm & ...
Using our senses
Act it out!
100
This part of your brain helps you react quickly when you are in danger.
What is the amygdala.
100
What is being mindful/mindfulness?
Being fully present in the moment without judgement or preference.
100
We can practice deep breathing and mindful listening to calm this part of our brain.
What is the amygdala.
100
Daily double!! Name a tool you can use to regulate yourself
deep breathing, listening to music, drawing, ANY OTHER TOOL WE HAVE DISCUSSED
100
Point to your prefrontal cortex.
Behind you forehead.
200
This part of your brain is responsible for thinking and reasoning.
What is the Pre-frontal Cortex.
200
When you're mind wanders to the p_______ or f_________, you are not able to be present in the moment.
What is past and future.
200
Listen to the bell (demonstration time) and see if you can hum along to the same note
Demo time
200
Practicing this can help us read social cues and respond to the facial expressions and body language of others.
What is mindful seeing?
200
Act out the 3 Fs that your body will choose from when you are stressed or in danger.
Fight, flight, freeze
300
This part of your brain helps you store memories and remember things.
What is the hippocampus.
300
This part of our brain causes us to be less mindful and more reactive?
What is the amygdala.
300
Giving your brain time to process something you hear, see, taste, smell or feel before acting allows the brain to think more clearly.
What is mindful behavior?
300
Practicing this helps us communicate more effectively with others by increasing our attention to what others say and to hone in on details such as tone and inflection.
What is mindful listening?
300
We can help our brains release dopamine and create positive feelings with activities that give us pleasure and a feeling of accomplishment. Act out what activity you might do to promote positive feelings in yourself.
What is sports, music, dance, art, social interactions, participating in class, etc.
400
Point out where the prefrontal cortex is?
See brain
400
Part of mindfulness is focusing our attention on what is happening _____.
What is now.
400
We can not access these two parts of our brain when our amygdala is not calm.
What is the pre-frontal cortex and the hippocampus.
400
Picture prompt! Describe as many details as you can about this image
Purple, yellow, black, zig-zags, swirling,
400
We are in an alternative universe!! The floor is the ceiling and the ceiling is the floor, YOU ARE CURRENTLY FALLING! What does it look like???
Great Job!! You survived! and welcome back :)
500
Point out where your amygdala is :)
See brain
500
This word can be used to describe someone who thinks and gathers more information BEFORE forming an opinion or judgement.
What is non-judgmental.
500
Focusing on breathing lessons anxiety by overriding the "fight, flight, or freeze" response set off by the amygdala and gives control to conscious thought which takes place in the prefrontal cortex.
Why do we practice deep breathing?
500
Name 3 areas it would be important to use mindful listening and/ or seeing.
taking notes in school, looking at a friend to see how they feel, during an important conversation with a family member, teacher, or friend.
500
Point to where your hippocampus is.
Behind your ear.