Since we began in  September, a large part of our routine has been learning about our emotional wellbeing during Mindful Mornings. We have been using the Mood Meter, to help us identify and plot our emotions as well as the emotions of others on our chart to help us to better understand different strategies to calm and refocus our bodies. We also brainstormed different strategies others could use to also allow them to regulate. On Friday, we read Many Shapes of Clay: A Story of Healing to learn more about the emotion disappointment and the strategies we can use to overcome the challenging situations that may arise when we are feeling this way. In the story Eisha, creates a symbol to represent her most joyful memory out of clay.  Our class also made symbols to showcase a joyful memory. See a few examples below created out of playdough!

” A memory that makes me feel joyful is finding different coloured leaves on the beaches with my family.”

” This is my snake. He always makes me feel happy when I am upset. We always have fun together.”

” My family and I go outside and we make snowmen together every winter. This is a memory that makes me joyful.”