Decorah Community School District

Yoga in the Classroom Videos

• K–4th Grade Videos
• Middle School Videos

To order posters, fill out this form.

About Social and Emotional Learning

• What Is Social and Emotional Learning?
• How to Integrate Social-Emotional Learning in Common Core
• Avoiding Common Mistakes When Implementing SEL
• Edutopia Social and Emotional Learning topics
• Social Emotional Learning in District 287 (MN)
  

About Mindfulness in Education

• What Is Mindfulness?
• Association for Mindfulness in Education (AME)
• Mindfulness in Education Network (MiEN)
• Mindful Schools (offers curriculum training)
• The Garrison Institute - CARE for Teachers
• The Mindfulness In Schools Project

Curricula/Materials

• MindUP (Three different books available: Pre-K to 2, 3-5, and 6-8. DCSD has copies.)
• School-Connect (SEL for 9-12)
• Still Quiet Place
• Yoga Calm
• Yoga 4 Classrooms^® Card Deck

Books

• Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents) ​by Eline Snel and Jon Kabat-Zinn
• Planting Seeds with Music and Songs : Practicing Mindfulness with Children by Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village Community
• A Still Quiet Place  by Amy Saltzman
• The Mindful Child by Susan Kaiser-Greenland
  
• Mindfulness for Teachers by Patricia Jennings
  

Documentaries/Videos

• Healthy Habits of Mind (free online)
• Race to Nowhere
• Room to Breathe (free online)

Additional Information

• To request a MindUP lesson in your K-4 classroom, please contact Gina Holthaus.
• To request a local practitioner to work with your classroom (e.g. mindful movement, yoga, mandalas, etc.), please contact Gina Holthaus.
• Please contact Tabita Green if you would like to borrow a book or video above.