We’ve had a very mindful morning in Reception.
As part of our learning in SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning), we’ve been considering different emotions and how to recognise these feelings in ourselves and others.
When thinking about the emotion of anger we thought about what someone would need to do if they felt angry.
One way to calm down and focus the mind is the starfish meditation and we all had a go.
Starfish Hand Meditation
This is a great way to divert and refocus the mind.
- Spread your fingers out like a starfish on one hand.
- Take your finger from the other hand and trace around your fingers and hand.
- As you do this, concentrate on only how it feels and let other thoughts float away.
- Continue until you feel relaxed and calm.
At the end of our PE lesson we had some focussed time and practised finger sticks. Finger sticks, another mindfulness technique, involves co-operation, trust, concentration and focus. There was some great partner work.
