Word of the Month Resources: Wellness

Self-care smarter, not harder with this simple guide to teacher self care from expert teacher and trainer Patrice Palmer.Teachers can't be all-wise, all-knowing, all-caring, and always positive all the time in the classroom. We can't go home and prepare 5 lessons a day, grade 50 quizzes, record a video of highlights from class, fill out student progress reports, and then cut out holidays shapes for the bulletin boards. Not every day, even though we'd like to.It is only recently that we've realized that many of our expectations for teachers are just not healthy! We can't be everything and everyone to all our students, all the time, much as we wish we could. But so many teacher self-care books encourage you to do even more! Now you have to find time for journaling, yoga, coffee dates, and more. Plus you feel guilty the whole time, because you're not planning lessons or buying pencils to give your students before their big exam Friday!The Teacher Self-Care Manual: Simple Self-Care Strategies for Stressed Teachers by Patrice Palmer provides simple, easy-to-apply strategies that will help you take care of yourself. Patrice leads you through simple processes, concise process of identifying and changing the mindsets and beliefs that lead you to harmful habits.And Palmer knows what she's talking about,. In the book she shares her own story of burnout and then return to the classroom. She's also worked with some of the top names in self-care and put their wisdom in this book.

Readers will learn about the third UN Sustainable Development Goal and what it takes to commit to ensuring healthy lives and promoting healthy well-being for all ages.

In this picture book, young readers receive kid-friendly information about the amygdala from the amygdala, how it can sometimes get confused, and simple ideas to calm and train it.

Express emotions through direct speech. Find empathy through imagination. Connect with the earth. Wonder at the beauty of the natural world. Breathe, taste, smell, touch, and be present. Perfect for the classroom or for bedtime, Susan Verde's gentle, concrete narration and Peter H. Reynolds's expressive watercolor illustrations bring the tenets of mindfulness to a kid-friendly level.

As Elmer strolls through the jungle, appreciating the beautiful smell of the flowers or watching the butterflies dance, his friends rush past, far too busy to stop and enjoy it with him. Can Elmer find anyone to share the moment with?

In this richly illustrated and universally relatable picture book, Llewellyn soon discovers that life is more colorful when he sets his emotions free. And only then, by facing and embracing each of his feelings, is he finally able to let them go.

Sasha has one speed--fast. She loves to do lots of things, all at once, as fast as possible. Mr. Sloth has one speed--slow. He loves to do things one at a time, at a nice, easy pace. Can Mr. Sloth's mindful ways teach Sasha to slow down and enjoy life?

Be Where Your Feet Are! reinforces the concepts of mindfulness and being present in a way children will remember, while showing how good life can be when we learn to appreciate the world and people around us.