We teach emotional regulation and growth mindset skills to promote students mental health and well-being in a fun and active way!

Mindfulness helps students manage difficult emotions and stay focused. These skills are important for success in academic and interpersonal situations. The benefits of mindfulness are well documented; the challenge comes in getting students excited about adopting a mindful lifestyle. From a child’s perspective, mindfulness often means boring breathing exercises.

At Mindfulness through Play, we utilize a Japanese wooden skill toy called a kendama to present mindfulness in a fun and engaging way. A kendama has a ball on a string, a spike, three cups and an infinite amount of physical and mental challenges to accomplish. The Mindfulness through Play programs focus on helping students set goals to achieve certain ‘tricks’ and coach them through emotional regulation techniques to help reduce anger induced reactions and promote emotional observation and regulation through compassion.

MTP programs focus on 3 core pillars;

• Mindfulness

• Social-Emotional Learning

• Growth Mindset

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Mindfulness: students gain tools to help regulate thoughts and emotions during challenges.

• Social-Emotional Learning: Students learn to communicate with compassion, kindness and encouragement.

• Growth Mindset: Students learn how to transform adversity into opportunities to learn and grow while setting and reaching goals.