Explore 2 different methods to calm the mind and calm your classroom with Mindful Games author Susan Kaiser Greenland.
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About Susan Kaiser Greenland
Susan Kaiser Greenland is an internationally recognized leader in teaching mindfulness and meditation to children, teens, and families. She is the author of books The Mindful Child and Mindful Games. Susan and her husband, author Seth Greenland, founded The Inner Kids Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that taught secular mindfulness in schools and community-based programs in the greater Los Angeles area. Susan was on the clinical team of the Pediatric Pain Clinic at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, co-investigator on several UCLA research studies on the impact of mindfulness in education, and a collaborator on an investigation of mindful eating for children and caregivers.
Check out Susan's blog and her website, where you can listen and watch recordings of mindful games, guided meditations, songs, classes, and other resources for the classroom.
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Wonderful! Short & sweet! A teacher I work with tried an exercise similar to this with our preschool kids, in song form, & I LOVED it! I loved seeing how engaged they were. They really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing these great activities. I look forward to expand it to my home with my littles. <3
Patricia Zacarias
October 17, 2019 at 6:48 pm - Reply
Nice exercise! Thanks a lot…I will try with my primary students.
Libby Edmonds
October 17, 2019 at 11:01 am - Reply
Thank you Susan, such powerful exercises to use. I live in South Africa and I am a Emotional intelligence facilitator. I look forward to sharing these tools and skills with Educators and parents.
Thanks for sharing this with us, Susan! I am an instructional coach at a title school and have been using mindfulness in the classroom as a tool to help kids self-regulate. These activities are clear. You are making a difference in classrooms with your studies, practice and products 🙂 . Thank you!
Jacquelyn Berke
October 17, 2019 at 6:49 am - Reply
I work with both adults and kids. I use the shake out sillies in different terms for the adults!
Hi Susan, I am a lover of mindfulness practice and do practice it daily. I loved these two games that introduced mindful practice it such a positive enlightening way. I do not work with children but I do believe we all have a child within. I am an accredited integrative counsellor and psychotherapist and I think the two games would suit any age within a therapeutic context. Thank you for sharing.
I don’t have a snow globe, but it might be a good idea to use small empty water bottles, fill them with some glitter and sand, so children can make their own to remind them about this exercise at home.
The detailed explanation of the stress with the globe visual was very useful and easy to understand-
Thank you! It would work well with the classroom sensory bottles as well! Thank you.
Dear Susan, over a decade ago I learned this snowglobe metaphor and exercise from you at another conference. And I’ve been referring to it ever since – and using it myself often. My attempts to make snowglobes with kids are a work in progress, but it’s been fun trying different methods. Thank you!
Thanks a lot I like both of them
I love it!!! thanks
Helpful exercises , thanks!
I love the snow globe metaphor and shake exercise. Thank you, can’t wait to share with co-workers.
Wonderful! Short & sweet! A teacher I work with tried an exercise similar to this with our preschool kids, in song form, & I LOVED it! I loved seeing how engaged they were. They really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing these great activities. I look forward to expand it to my home with my littles. <3
Nice exercise! Thanks a lot…I will try with my primary students.
Ha ha ha, I can see myself shaking up all over
Thanks Susan! Both of these are great to use with kids and adults 🙂
Thank you Susan, the globe idea is great.
Thank you so much.A beautiul idea and will apply it to my younger classes
thank you
Thank you for that, I really love that
Thank you Susan, such powerful exercises to use. I live in South Africa and I am a Emotional intelligence facilitator. I look forward to sharing these tools and skills with Educators and parents.
Thank you for the hand-shack exercise. And thank you for sharing with us 🙂 Have a good day 🙂
Thank you, I love this and can’t wait to use it with my kindergartners in my resource room.
Thanks for sharing this with us, Susan! I am an instructional coach at a title school and have been using mindfulness in the classroom as a tool to help kids self-regulate. These activities are clear. You are making a difference in classrooms with your studies, practice and products 🙂 . Thank you!
I work with both adults and kids. I use the shake out sillies in different terms for the adults!
So simple, but fantastic. Ideal for my little students. Love it!
Hi Susan, I am a lover of mindfulness practice and do practice it daily. I loved these two games that introduced mindful practice it such a positive enlightening way. I do not work with children but I do believe we all have a child within. I am an accredited integrative counsellor and psychotherapist and I think the two games would suit any age within a therapeutic context. Thank you for sharing.
Love the visual of the snowglobe. Once explained, can just shake it and watch it settle with students to instill calm!
That snow globe is phenomenal. I’m thinking it would even work to show athletes to help preach the mental aspect of sport!
I don’t have a snow globe, but it might be a good idea to use small empty water bottles, fill them with some glitter and sand, so children can make their own to remind them about this exercise at home.
Love the meaphor of the snow globe
Can’t wait to try it with my class of 4th graders! Thank you!
Thank you. Sue
Love this – spoke to an excited client snout the snow globe the other day and it was really helpful
Love this…. two fantastic exercises, simple but effective! Thank you.
haha, i love the shaking part, such a great experience, thanks
Great exercise – easy to share!
I love the snow globe idea – very simple explanation for kids and adults – thank you!
love the simple and effective explanation. Thank you.
I will be trying the shaking with my little ones tomorrow. Thank you!
Easy, fun and effective! Thanks!
Thank you for the shaking exercise. It will be very helpful!
The detailed explanation of the stress with the globe visual was very useful and easy to understand-
Thank you! It would work well with the classroom sensory bottles as well! Thank you.
Love this game. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you! I love this exercise to do with my little guys. My kids will love this!
Merci beaucoup! You give me another way to use the globe!
I have used this and as Kris said it works. It really works. Thank you.
I love the globe explanation
Love it!
Nice n very simple. Kiddos will love it. Thanks Susan.
Dear Susan, over a decade ago I learned this snowglobe metaphor and exercise from you at another conference. And I’ve been referring to it ever since – and using it myself often. My attempts to make snowglobes with kids are a work in progress, but it’s been fun trying different methods. Thank you!
Love the little games to do in class!!
I love the little games to do in class!!!
Thank you! I love that you’ll give us little games to do in class!
Works for kids and adults!