These fall themed mindfulness activities will help your students to learn about what mindfulness is and how they can practice it. These activities use mindfulness techniques such as guided imagery, thorough reflection, awareness of thoughts and feelings, close observation and deep breathing. They are great for individual, small group or classroom lessons! Bundle & Save: This resource is part of the Seasonal Mindfulness Activities Bundle! __________________________________________________________ What's Included: Mindful Acorn Craftivity Students will create an acorn shaped foldable and answer the 3 prompts about what mindfulness is. Trick-Or-Treat Mindfulness Sort This activity includes 18 trick-or- treating scenarios that students will categorize as either mindful or not mindful. Students will create pockets for each category, cut out the scenario cards, and place in the corresponding pocket. Activity materials come in color and black and white. Where I Can Be Mindful File Book This file book encourages students to identify how they can practice mindfulness in 5 fall settings: trick-or-treating, carving pumpkins, at a football game, raking leaves, and picking apples. File book comes in color and black and white. Thanksgiving Food Mindfulness Cards This activity includes 32 task cards to encourage students to deeply reflect on how they experience various Thanksgiving foods. Students will identify what 8 foods taste like, smell like, feel like and look like. Cards come in color and black and white. Nature Walk/ Leaf Observation These two activities include recording sheets for a nature walk and for a leaf observation. In the nature walk, students will mindfully observe the world around them. For the leaf observation, students will carefully observe a fallen leaf, and record their findings. Fall Word Association Accordion Books Students will look at 6 fall themed words and identify the feelings and thoughts they associate with these words. Students will use accordion books that can be attached into an interactive notebook while practicing this mindfulness technique. My Favorite Fall Memory Flap Book Students will construct a flap book that encourages them to thoroughly reflect on a favorite fall memory. Students will practice mindfulness as they recall as many details as possible about the event and then draw a picture of the memory. These can be attached to an interactive notebook. What I Would Notice Students will consider 8 fall situations, and determine what these situations would be like using their five senses. Once the worksheets are completed, students can use them to play a guessing game. Additional Mindfulness Activities Includes the directions for 6 additional ways to practice mindfulness with your students. Each activity plan includes discussion questions to help guide the activity. For more information on what is included, please see the preview! __________________________________________________________ Ideas For Use: Mindfulness lessons or groups Self regulation lessons or groups Coping skills lessons or groups Morning meetings With students who could benefit from increased self control With students who could benefit from focusing on the present moment __________________________________________________________ What People Are Saying About This Resource: Shawna said "Absolutely amazing resource. I really can't express how important I think a resource like this is in an elementary classroom. Support mindfulness. Highly recommend." Rosalynd said "This is an adorable set of activities for little ones to think about being mindful." __________________________________________________________ Want access to the entire Counselor Chelsey Resource Library? Check out The Counseling Resource Hub! It includes over 300 resources, and so much more! __________________________________________________________ Want to purchase this resource on Teachers Pay Teachers? Find it here!
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