For more information please click on the link below for our Student Wellbeing Blog…
http://sbbnswbblog.global2.vic.edu.au/
Parenting Ideas website has just posted a great article on raising confident kids. Click on the link below to have a read…
Independence leads to the 4 C’s
Educating the Heart and Mind By Ken Robinson – The reason we personalize learning…
Love and Logic is a great parenting program with some insightful strategies about setting limits for your child in a loving and fair way. Check out some of these clips!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LrA9pabHU4
Parenting Ideas is also another great resource. Check it out! http://www.parentingideas.com.au/Home
Many studies have shown that meditation can improve brain function, increase overall happiness and decrease anxiety and stress in both children and adults. Check out the free app Smiling Mind for an easy to use resource for meditation you can do anywhere!
Creative free play is a VERY important part of children’s brain development and studies have shown it is vital in building resilience, self-esteem, social skills, creativity and overall mental health. Next time your child is playing watch the skills they are developing i.e. sharing, negotiating with others, team work, even engineering and problem solving! It is a place where they can trial strategies that they will later use as adults. Check out why in this inspiring TED talk…
What great videos!!
What excellent resources Claire. I especially loved the RSA presentation with words and lots of great pictures…my goodness i was mesmerised. Going to show all my friends. Thanks you for forwarding such interesting information!
I love the Rules of Love and Logic Claire! I think stillness is becoming a new skill we need to actually teach our children due to the digital devices in our lives. Thank you for these wonderful pearls.
So glad you found them interesting Amanda!
This is a great resource for kids and parents. All the advice is positive and reinforces a healthy life style, attitude and state of mind. I really enjoyed the video on Justin Langer and how meditation has helped him with his cricket career and how it has impacted his future. Thanks Claire for these interesting and helpful video’s and pictures! From Philippa!
You’re welcome Philippa and Carmen – great to see you on our blog! Please visit again soon 🙂
Great news to hear that you are teaching meditation and the benefits of this practice to your students. What a wonderful skill this will be in equiping our young people for not only general happiness and peace of mind, but dealing with the day to day stresses as they arise.
Claire excellent video and resource let the children play and explore couldn’t have said it better myself.
Paul
Great videos. I liked the Smiling Mind video because it tells you what can happen when you listen to the meditations and that it can relax and calm you down.
Very interesting information about meditation, maybe thats what we all need to do!! By learning these practices early, can only benefit the kids later on in life, especially during exams and very stressful situations.
I completely agree Melisa!
I had to watch the RSA clip again as it had me thinking for days. I even mentioned to a few people at work and they were keen to watch Sir Ken Robinson at work! Clever and insightful man!