Quiet Time
Quiet Time Changes Lives
The Quiet Time program is a practical, evidence-based approach to reduce stress and dramatically improve academic performance, student wellness, and the classroom environment.
In our classroom, Quiet Time is scheduled 3 days a week, for 15 minutes. Many students choose an educationally valuable activity such as reading, drawing, or completing work, while others choose to meditate. They are expected to be in their own personal bubble. The Quiet Time period allows students to quiet their mind, rest their bodies, and restore their readiness to learn.
I found that dead silence in the classroom was too stark! Hence I listened to about 50 spa-type music, and found most to be irritating, but discovered one in particular to be quite relaxing… . 
Click to listen to the Indian background flute music… available on YouTube.
Response from my students. I
have received very positive responses from my students who were my pilot project school year 2016/2017. They especially liked:
- the freedom to choose what to do
- not having to attend, and
- the peaceful music in the background.
My 2017/2018 students have active blogs, and have blogged about their experiences with Quiet Time. You may read them by clicking on the top menu item “BLOG“.
References:
https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/schools.html
View the official Quiet Time Brochure
https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/pdf/Quiet-Time-Brochure.pdf
Book: Children Aren’t Made of China, 2002, chapter 37
