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Meet Peace of Mind Early Childhood Educator Marquita McBride!
In this 6 minute video from our January 2021 Peace of Mind Conference, Ms. McBride shares her experience teaching and adapting the Peace of Mind Curriculum for her early childhood students at Lafayette Elementary School in Washington DC. Great teaching tips included! |
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Peace of Mind Student Work!
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Thank you to our Peace of Mind friends at Carrollowood Day School in Tampa FL for sharing this beautiful student work with us!
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Free Membership in COSEM for PoM Community
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We're part of the COSEM community - if you are an educator interested in teaching mindfulness to students, consider joining the Coalition of Schools Educating Mindfully, too. Membership is free to PoM Community Members through June 2022!
COSEM is a vibrant, supportive, global community of educators passionate about mindfulness as a way to promote well-being and equity for our students. Visit the COSEM website to learn more: educatingmindfully.org.
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MONTHLY MINDFULNESS PRACTICE
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April Community of Practice Highlights
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We had a wonderful Community of Practice gathering last month. Peace of Mind founder Linda Ryden, amazing educators from Wells Middle School, St. Andrews Episcopal School and Lafayette Elementary School, and three of our Peace of Mind Student Ambassadors shared their favorite mindfulness practices with us. We hope their suggestions will be helpful to you, too!
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Peace of Mind Community Fundraiser on May 23
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Have you found Peace of Mind's free resources and events helpful? Our donors make them possible!
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Join us at our virtual Community Fundraiser on May 23! All ages welcome. We're planning a fun hour all about our new book, Marleigh is Mindful. We'll meet the author, Linda Ryden, hear from our talented co-illustrator, Gigi Gonyea, and learn a few practices from the students who inspired the book!
This is a free event, but we hope you will donate what you can. RSVP here!
Gratitude! We are aiming to raise $25,000 this month. Thanks to generous gifts we have already received from a very kind individual donor and a wonderful local family foundation, we are already more than halfway to our goal! All gifts, of all sizes, truly help and will directly support Peace of Mind programs for educators and students.
PSST: Those who donate over $200 will receive a signed copy of Marleigh is Mindful!
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Peace of Mind Open House on May 10
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If you are curious about how Peace of Mind invests the funds we raise, join us for our virtual Open House on Monday May 10th. We'll review our recent accomplishments, share the highlights from our recent stakeholder focus groups, and take a sneak peek into our newest storybook. Bring your questions! RSVP for the zoom link.
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Marleigh is Mindful is a wonderful book for children learning to cope with emotions. The lovely illustrations and the sharing of advice from friends of Marleigh is a supportive and colorful way to help kids, or anyone, know they are not alone with their feelings. — Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness and Real Change
Arriving in this month! Our newest Peace of Mind storybook, Marleigh is Mindful, is a fun guide for kids about how to use mindfulness to take care of big emotions. Pre-order your signed copy now!
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Learn More About Teaching Social Justice
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Helping our kids make sense of the world we live in has never felt more important. We have created Peace of Mind's Social Justice Resources to help you have challenging conversations with your students about bias, stereotypes, discrimination, race and racism, and standing up for what you believe in.
Are you a little hesitant to dive in to these lessons with your kids? To help you prepare, we have curated and compiled a reading and watching list of resources that we've found helpful. Have a look here and dive in!
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Thank you so much for sharing your time with us. We hope you will help us spread the word about Peace of Mind by sharing this newsletter and leaving us a review on Amazon. We are by educators for educators, and your recommendations mean so much! Thank you.
In peace,
Cheryl, Linda and The Peace of Mind team
Ways to Support Peace of Mind
Volunteer your time
Donate through our website
Round up your credit card purchases and give via Change Donations
Thank you!
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