Wellness Program

I see each classroom of children - 12 classrooms of kids! - 18 times a year, basically on a biweekly basis.

We meet for 45 minute sessions and the learning takes place during their normal educational programming. 

The school nurse, Reyna Maher, and physical education teacher also help lead the Health & Wellness education in Hiawatha School.

What we learn

  • Interpersonal skills: Sharing, kindness, empathy,

  • Mindfulness, calming strategies, zones of regulation for emotional regulation

  • Six-week unit in the middle of the year, about diversity, celebrating differences.

    • This includes LGBTQ issues, race, cultural differences, religious differences and differences in general.

    • During that six weeks the books I read are about skin color, distant cultures, religions, and LGBTQ issues

  • Teamwork

  • Anger management 

  • Perseverance

  • Personal safety and body boundaries 

I always welcome parent questions and contact about specific materials that I use!

Curriculum

These are the sources I use to help teach concepts around self control and mindfulness.