🌟 Welcome to Winnie's Wise Path 🌟
A Mindful journey into understanding big feelings and finding our inner calm...one breath at a time.
Join me (and a few of my special helpers) as we read Winnie's story and learn mindful tools to help us understand and move through big feelings.
*These videos are created for caregiver and child to engage in together for deeper connection and understanding. 🩷
Teachers & counselors: feel free to use the SEL classroom lesson plans if you'd rather guide the story on your own.
Module 1: Safe Space Helpers
📘 In Winnie's story:
We learn that Wise Winnie is a safe space helper for The Enchanted Forest.
🧚 Inside this module:
• Kids learn safe space helpers are people, places and things that help them feel calm and settled.
• Kids think of their own safe space helpers that they can turn to when feelings become overwhelming.
• Kids explore how big feelings can show up in their mind and body.
🍄 What you’ll need:
• Crayons or markers
• The Safe Space Helper PDF 👉 click the image to open it!
🩷 Activity:
• Write or draw people, places, and things that help your body and mind feel calm and settled.
📖 Classroom Lesson Plan:
Module 2: Stormy Feelings
📘 In Winnie’s story:
We learn that when Winnie was a young fairy, she struggled with her big feelings. She often felt like she was being swept away in a storm and it was hard to make wise choices.
🧚 Inside this module:
• Kids learn when we are feeling big feelings, it can be hard to see our choices clearly.
• Kids learn how to recognize when they're feeling stormy inside.
• Kids learn that their safe space helpers can help them settle the storm so they see their choices more clearly.
🍄 What you’ll need:
• Optional: glitter tube link 👉 https://amzn.to/4uVB8w3
(Or a home made glitter jar)
• Optional: My Stormy Feelings PDF 👉 click the image to open it!
🩷 Activity:
• The Glitter Jar: Watch what happens to the glitter (our thoughts) when stormy feelings take over
• Practice slow breathing to help the glitter settle
📖 Classroom Lesson Plan:
Glitter tubes (or a homemade bottle/jar), help kids visualize what happens to our thoughts when we are feeling big feelings.
Module 3: Feelings in Motion
📘 In Winnie’s story:
Winnie does a gentle yoga flow with her mom — learning that breathing and moving with big feelings helps her feel calmer inside.
🧚 Inside this module:
• Kids learn that sometimes big feelings need space to move.
• Kids practice a yoga flow right alongside Winnie and her mom.
• Kids notice how their bodies feel after moving through the poses.
🍄 What you’ll need:
• The Feelings in Motion PDF 👉 click the image to open it
• Glitter Tube (optional)
• A yoga mat (optional)
• A cozy pillow or blanket for resting pose (optional)
🩷 Activity:
• Practice the yoga flow with Winnie and notice how your body feels
📖 Classroom Lesson Plan:
Module 4: The Wise Breath
📘 In Winnie's story:
We finish our book and learn that Winnie begins to use yoga and her belly breath to feel her big feelings and make wise choices.
🧚 Inside this module:
• We explore how Winnie's belly breath begins to feel like a superpower.
• Kids learn how breathing can help manage big feelings.
• We talk about and practice 3 different types of breathing exercises and notice how they help settle our glitter.
🍄 What you’ll need:
• The Wise Breath PDF 👉 click the image to open
• Breathing Ball (Optional, but kids love them)
Link 👉 https://amzn.to/4ppyoTV
• The glitter tube (optional)
🩷 Activity:
• Practice belly breathing with a breathing ball
• Practice the Lion's Breath
• Practice the Bumblebee Breath
📖 Classroom Lesson Plan:
A breathing ball expands and collapses to show children how to take slow, calm belly breaths.
Module 5: Heart Gifts
📘 In Winnie's story:
We recap Winnie's story and realize that when she was able to find calm inside, she was able to connect with her heart and make wise choices.
🧚 Inside this module:
• We learn Winnie's W.I.S.E. Path and observe how she paused and used her breath to find calm inside before making her wise choices.
• Kids discover how when we give our feelings space to settle, it helps us listen to our hearts.
• We do a gentle meditation, asking what our own 'heart gifts' are that we can share with the world.
🍄 What you’ll need:
• A yoga mat and blanket (optional for meditation)
• The W.I.S.E. Path and Heart Gifts PDFs 👉 click the images to open
• Glitter tube (optional)
• Breathing ball (optional to use during meditation)
🩷 Activity:
• Discuss and learn Winnie's W.I.S.E. Path
• Do a gentle heart gifts meditation
• Reflect and share our own 'Heart Gifts"
📖 Classroom Lesson Plan:
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Disclaimer:
Winnie's Wise Path teaches mindfulness and emotional wellness skills for children and families.
All materials provided in this program are for educational purposes only and are not medical or psychological advice.
For any mental health concerns, please consult a licensed professional.
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