In this lesson, your child will reflect on, draw, and collect things that make them feel happy and peaceful.

Children reflect on ways they have cared for themselves, others, and the Earth before building a garden to share beauty with others in their community.

In this activity, kids will create a peace corner in their bedroom or home and reflect on ways they may use their peace corner through drawing and discussion.

Children build a "Loving Kindness Garden" to represent what they have learned about love, mindfulness, and caring for others in community.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will learn about emotions and how they change, just like many parts of nature. Then they will spend time outside, exploring and reflecting on what they have learned.

In this activity, your child will take a walk outside, listen to the silence in between sounds, and draw what the experience was like for them.

Children will practice mindfulness through a short guided practice, reflect on the practices that support peace, and then will build a "peace garden."

The power of gratitude is endless! Research shows that cultivating a gratitude practice can gratitude strengthen relationships, improve physical and emotional well-being, deepen empathy skills, and improve self-esteem. With such wide-spread benefits, how

Nature is so generous to us all. How often do we reflect and thank nature? In this activity, children will engage with the classic story, The Giving Tree, and actively practice gratitude in nature for trees and all that trees do for us!

A great way to cultivate awareness, focus and attention in the present is through movement. Mindful movement can also decrease stress and anxiety and increase calm.

Cultivating a community of love, support, and trust in your family is important. Use this heartwarming activity to connect, have fun, and support your child’s social emotional health.