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I Add Brightness Writing Activity

Have your students write out 10 ways that they add joy and brightness to people around them. It can be their classmates, family, teachers, anyone they see each day. Give different examples to help students if they seem to be struggling with ideas. After your students have written out the six affirmations from the mat, […]

Hop the Mat

Have students hop to a different section on the mat and share with their classmates one thing that they feel about themselves depending on the section they stand on. For example, a student might hop to the “I am Happy” section. They might say “I am happy to be at school” to the other classmates. […]

Partner Hop

Have students pair up with a partner. Students will begin on the start here and then hop with a partner through the mat. They will stop at each box and share with their partner something that relates to the box. When they both have shared, they will move to the next box. The final 4 […]

Bean Bag Toss

Have a student stand on the start box. The student will toss a bean bag and then hop to the box that it lands on. That student will then share something that relates to that box. For example, the student might toss the bean bag to the box “brightness to” the student would say something […]

Morning Check-in

As students come in the door each morning, have them hop to a box and “check-in” with you. They can share something they are feeling for whatever box they decide to hop on. The final 4 boxes can either be used to discuss other things they might be happy or like about themselves or life, […]

Artists Choice

Have students choose a box and draw a picture that they feel goes with that box. For example, students might choose the section “I am happy” The student would then draw a picture of something that makes them happy. Maybe their pet at home, or a friend. Give different examples if students seem to be […]

Positive Affirmations in a Hat

Give students a small piece of paper (quarter page). Have your students write a response to the prompts listed on the mat. Add all of the responses to a hat (or some type of container). Have students select a paper out of the container. They will stop on the mat at the specific prompt and […]

Terrific Tens

Write +10, -10, +20, -20, +30, -30, +40, -40, +50, -50, +60, -60, +70, -70, +80, -80, +90, -90 on index cards. Have students stand on mat. Choose a card from deck and call out the number and direction (e.g. +80 is read add 80 or -30 is read subtract 30).

The Dice Decide

Each student chooses two cards from a pile of numbered cards and chooses one of the numbers to stand on and the number on the other card is where the student is trying to move to. Once the student stands on their number, they hand that card to their teacher. The object of the game […]

The Card Rules

The game is played in pairs. Two cards are drawn from the pile and each student receives one card. The students decide who will stand on the mat and who will give directions. One student stands on the mat on the number that is on their card. The other student directs them based on the […]