Tasty Bites for Teachers' Minds

“Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life.” ― Gregory Maguire, A LION AMONG MEN Welcome, splendiferous snackers! This is Part 3 of a series that outlines ways to "find the self-care" on the daily in our classrooms. The breath. It's hard to know where to start, because nothing is more fundamental to life. Not even teaching or learning. Before the greatest of all time in any field need to focus on any task...they breathe deeply. Before our most troubling moment

Greetings and warm wishes for fair weather and happiness! Thank you for taking time out of your day. Last week, I had the audacity to suggest that our teaching practice can be rich with opportunities for self care. This article is the second in a series that I hope will help your classroom spaces will be or become that for you and your students. I am fortunate that my classroom gets a lot of natural light. This allows me to turn off and keep off my overhead fluroescent lights

“As I often tell my students, the two most important phrases in therapy, as in yoga, are “Notice that” and “What happens next?” Once you start approaching your body with curiosity rather than with fear, everything shifts.” ― Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Kia ora, awesome snackers! Thank you, New Zealand educators, for being the largest TEACHERS SNACKS audience in the world! I hope that you had an amazing Summe