These winter 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 Ornament Craftivity: Students will create an ornament shaped foldable and answer 5 prompts about what mindfulness is and what it is not. Cookie Mindfulness Sort: This activity includes 18 winter 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. Winter Mindfulness Cards: 8 winter themed mindfulness activity cards to help students use mindfulness techniques such as guided imagery, deep breathing, and staying focused. All About Winter Observation: A worksheet to help students use reflection to consider how they experience winter. Students will identify what they feel, notice, think, like and don’t like in the winter. Mindful Mantra Mug: Students will describe what mindfulness is and will look at 6 mindful mantras. Students will choose the mantras that they feel most apply to their lives, or create their own. Students will then paste their mantras onto their mugs. Winter Word Association Accordion Books: Students will look at 6 winter 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 Winter Memory Flap Book: Students will construct a flap book that encourages them to thoroughly reflect on a favorite winter 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 winter 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. Discussion questions are included for each activity! For more information, 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 __________________________________________________________ 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!
