Description
Book SynopsisThis curriculum gives time-pressured teachers a solution for meeting students’ critical social-emotional needs, which, in turn, gives them the confidence and clarity of mind to write well.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Foreword by Dr. Amy Saltzman
Introduction
CHAPTER 1: Becoming a Mindful Educator
CHAPTER 2: Building Resiliency
CHAPTER 3: Anatomy of a Mindful Writing Lesson
CHAPTER 4: Creating a Practice Community: “Give a Little Love” by Charlie Fink
CHAPTER 5: The Gift of Attention: “The Summer Day” by Mary Oliver
CHAPTER 6: Belonging to the Natural World: Excerpt, “Song of Myself,” Section 2 by Walt Whitman
CHAPTER 7: Why Practice Mindfulness?: “Keeping Quiet” by Pablo Neruda
CHAPTER 8: Self-Compassion: “Kindness” by Naomi Shihab Nye
CHAPTER 9: Welcoming Difficult Emotions: “The Guest House” by Rumi
CHAPTER 10: Acceptance: “So Much Happiness” by Naomi Shihab Nye
CHAPTER 11: Befriending Oneself: “Love After Love” by Derek Walcott
CHAPTER 12: Working with Habits: “Autobiography in Five Short Chapters” by Portia Nelson
CHAPTER 13: Compassion: “Saint Francis and the Sow” by Galway Kinnell
CHAPTER 14: Forgiveness: “Revenge” by Taha Muhammad Ali
CHAPTER 15: Joy: “Everything is Waiting for You” by David Whyte
CHAPTER 16: Celebrating Our Successes
Appendix
Author Biography
