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Mindfulness In Nature
In this lesson, students will learn about nature bathing and the positive effects the activity has on their nervous system and their overall mood. Students will go outside, take a nature walk and collect sticks, rocks, leaves, and flowers while on their walk. After the nature walk, instruct the students to create “nature art” with the objects collected. Students can use their gathered items to create works of art to remind them of their nature bathing experience. Students will be encouraged to write gratitude words, affirmations, or positive phrases on their “nature art”.
- Kindergarten
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5210- A way of Life Program
5210 A Way of Life is an initiative that promotes healthy behaviours and environments. The simple 5210 messages encourage eating well and being active every day, two important habits for good health. The following activity explains the four messages promoted by the 5210 initiative.
- Kindergarten
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Starry Skies Mindfulness
Students will learn a mindfulness breathing technique called five-finger star breathing. When students learn the technique, the teacher will facilitate a role-playing activity called “How a star is born”. In the last activity, students will create a “Breathing Star” craft to help them with their mindfulness breathing.
- Kindergarten
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Playground Mindfulness
In this lesson, students will explore a mindful breathing technique called “Slide Breath,” and they will create “worry stones”. Learning these techniques will help students calm down when feeling stressed or anxious. If time/location permits, have students collect their stones outside before the activity. If there is no access to stones nearby, the instructor can bring stones or clay to create stones.
- Kindergarten
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Mindfulness for Relaxation and Sleep
Students will discuss and practice two different mindful breathing practices in this lesson.
- Kindergarten
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Mindfulness At the Ocean
This lesson plan is designed for students to learn how to regulate their breathing when they become anxious or overwhelmed. In the first activity, students will describe sounds they hear at the ocean. If you can, it is recommended you play a few minutes of the 4K virtual walk YouTube video below. After students have discussed ocean sounds, the instructor will teach ‘Ocean Breathing”. The instructor can follow the script in the instructions or utilize the YouTube video attached at the bottom of this lesson plan. After learning how to focus on their breathing, students will complete a short yoga activity on YouTube, or the instructor can lead yoga.
- Kindergarten
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Where do doctors get their answers?
Medical laboratory technologists (MLT) and medical laboratory assistants (MLA) play a crucial role in patient care. It’s estimated that about 75% of all decisions made by the doctor are based on results from the lab. Want to see if there’s a urinary tract infection? That’s MLTs and MLAs! Looking for blood sugar levels? MLTs and MLAs again! How about checking tissue for cancer? Yep, the lab! What about determining if a patient has influenza, or covid? You guessed it – the lab!
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Veggie and Fruit Mania!
5210 A Way of Life is an initiative that promotes healthy behaviours and environments. The simple 5210 messages encourage eating well and being active every day, two important habits for good health. Students will identify different vegetables and fruit in the following activity and find new ways to eat them. This activity supports the “Enjoy! at least 5 vegetables and fruit each day” message of 5210 A Way of Life.
- Kindergarten
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Outdoor Learning Lessons
10 Outdoor Lessons is created by “Love Outdoor Learning” Home – Love Outdoor Learning – Enhancing Learning Outdoors and provides students with curriculum-based outdoor learning. It consists of 10 separate lessons, each consisting of different topics, including math, literacy, technology, expressive arts, science, and social studies. These lessons promote the importance of curriculum content with the added benefit of learning in an outdoor environment.
- Kindergarten
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5210 – Build Your Own Obstacle Course
5210 A Way of Life is an initiative that promotes healthy behaviours and environments. The simple 5210 messages encourage eating well and being active every day, two important habits for good health. In this activity, students will use creative problem solving to build their own obstacle course while moving and having fun.
- Kindergarten
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5210- Sugar Relay
5210 A Way of Life is an initiative that promotes healthy behaviours and environments. The simple 5210 messages encourage eating well and being active every day, two important habits for good health. The following activity supports the “Drink more water! 0 sugar added beverages” message. It promotes water as first choice and helps students realize how much sugar is in certain drinks
- Kindergarten
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5210 – Positive Affirmations Activity
5210 A Way of Life is an initiative that promotes healthy behaviours and environments. The simple 5210 messages encourage eating well and being active every day, two important habits for good health. The following activity supports the “Power down! No more than 2 hours of screen time each day.” message of 5210 A Way of Life.
It is a screen-free activity that helps decrease stress, boost feelings of optimism and strengthen resilience.
- Kindergarten
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