This writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and positive feelings throughout the holiday season.

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

Children build a "Loving Kindness Garden" to represent what they have learned about love, mindfulness, and caring for others in community.

In this activity, your child will explore techniques that support patience and learn to practice mindfulness when waiting.

In this activity, your child will learn about the different parts of the brain and how mindfulness can build connections of calm.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will practice a mindfulness and forgiveness visualization and write a letter to someone with whom they've had a minor conflict and would like to forgive.

Children will practice mindfulness through a short guided practice, reflect on the practices that support peace, and then will build a "peace garden."

The power of gratitude is endless! Research shows that cultivating a gratitude practice can gratitude strengthen relationships, improve physical and emotional well-being, deepen empathy skills, and improve self-esteem. With such wide-spread benefits, how