Teaching your Kid How to be Mindful with Class Dojo

What ages are your kids? Have you ever had to deal with your kids stressful days? I have. I swear it has been one continuous stress ball for the last 11 years. Last year I had my first experience with Class Dojo. It's like the social media of the classrooms for parents and teachers.


I have instant contact with my kids and teachers and I can see progress every week. I love Class DoJo. They are running a campaign about Mindfulness. I think this is amazing. It helps kids learn about being and understanding what is going on in the moment with their own emotions.

I know this all too well. Cassie was diagnosed with dyslexia awhile back. We knew she was having problems and didn't know exactly what. We knew she had a hard time reading and writing. She seemed to be struggling more and more and not really "getting it" when it came to anything new.

She would get so upset and so frustrated with school work that it was causing severe anxiety for her. The day we knew that traditional methods were not working she was 6 and came home from school crying and said "Mama, why can't I learn?" It broke my heart and we cried together. We tried everything with little results. We kept coming right back to the same old problems.

We started seeing an awesome doctor who talked to us as a whole family to address the issues. When he started explaining why she was feeling what she was feeling, there was more understanding. She calmed down and started reading. I mean, reading everything. It takes her a little bit of time but she improved twice as much this year just by understanding what was going on and how to deal with it.

She started fourth grade on a second grade 1-month reading level. She is ending fourth grade on a fourth grade- 3-month reading level. She started out so far behind and now she is the closest she has ever been to her peers on an academic level.

We have Mindfulness to thank for that. She understands that when she gets frustrated to take a deep breath and start at the top. Since she has been able to tame her anxiety and overcome so many fears. I am more than proud of her.

Class DoJo is helping spread the word with 5 Tips to Teach your Kids Mindfulness. Below you can find the tips. The work wonders in a school and home setting. This is an amazing and healthy thing to promote to your kids and their friends.



"5 Tips to Teach your Kids Mindfulness”
Paying attention to your own, and to your children’s, emotions and responding mindfully

Recognize emotions: Paying attention to emotions - both one’s own and others - is a critical step toward building self-and social-awareness. Our facial expressions, body language, and vocal tones convey important messages, from, “I’m here for you” to “stay away!”
Understand emotions: Learning what caused your child to feel the way they do, and sharing the reasons why we feel the way we do as parents, deepens communication and builds mutual respect. Asking open-ended questions such as, “what happened?” or “what do you believe caused you to feel this way?”  helps to build this skill.
Label emotions: We use language to inform thinking and communication. Try using specific emotion words such as disappointed instead of upset, or peaceful instead of good. The more nuanced our emotion vocabulary becomes as parents, the more advanced our children become at effectively communicating their feelings.
Express emotions: Each home has an “emotional climate.” Creating a home where all emotions matter and can be talked about - the pleasant and unpleasant - helps to build trust, safety, openness, and authentic communication among all family members. As parents, we need to be comfortable discussing the full range of emotions with our children.
Regulate emotions: Each day, we are modeling both effective and ineffective ways to manage emotions. Be mindful of modeling “positive self-talk” (e.g., it will all work out) as opposed to “negative self-talk” (e.g., nothing ever turns out the way it’s supposed to”) will help your child to learn helpful, as opposed to unhelpful, ways to deal with emotions.

* Tips from the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

There is a series about mindfulness that the kids will love. Check it out here.

For more info check out ClassDojo for Mindfulness Matters.
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