100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Daily Reflections

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Providing a hands-on way to practice mindfulness with children, this book offers 100 innovative activities for primary teachers to incorporate reflective and meditative practice into their classroom. Designed for everyday use, 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Daily Reflections is the perfect guide for teachers wanting to promote and encourage positive mental health and emotional wellbeing within the classroom through reflective activities that will help prompt insightful discussions. Featuring 100 meditations that are prefaced with quotes from significant historical figures such as the Dalai Lama, Socrates and many more, the reflective activities cover topics such as wisdom, love, present moment awareness, perseverance, living in the now, being calm, kindness to self and kindness to others. Each idea helps children to reflect on one of these particular topics, improve their focus and self-regulate their emotions. Written by expert practising teachers, the 100 Ideas books offer practical ideas for busy teachers. They include step-by-step instructions, teaching tips and taking it further ideas. Follow the conversation on Twitter using #100Ideas.

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A powerful and practical book to cleanse and optimise the thoughts and mindset of every teacher! * Andrew Jennings, author and founder of Vocabulary Ninja, @VocabularyNinja *
The book is inspirational, practical and offers a healthy variety of positive wellbeing modalities that will support the mental health needs of its readers (both student and teacher alike). It has an appealing simplicity that will enable and encourage readers to keep returning to it, time and time again. -- Marie Parkinson, yoga and meditation teacher, Live Well North East CIC
As a classroom teacher, mindfulness practitioner and trainee mindfulness teacher I think this book is a fantastic resource! It helps children to become more mindful; aware of their thinking and actions and teaches them that they have an element of choice in how they respond to their own thoughts, others and the world around them. Full of top tips to help children feel happy and less stressed, be grateful and kind, develop resilience and feel connected to each other and the world. Children learn that there are some things we can control and others that we cant. They learn tips for living in the present rather than worrying about the past or the future. Crucial learning that I think could help not only the children, but their teachers and parents too! -- Debbie Hamilton - Primary school teacher, North East England

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Adam Bushnell is an award winning and Amazon number one best-selling author of fiction and non-fiction books. He works in the UK and internationally in both state and private education delivering creative writing workshops to all ages. His books have been selected by the School Library Association for the Boys into Books recommended reading list. Previously a teacher, Adam also delivers CPD to teachers and others working in education on how to inspire writing in the classroom. Follow Adam on Twitter @authoradam and visit www.adambushnell.co.uk for more details.