Companion Resources
Connect With MEdia develops companion resources for original content to provide the opportunity for children to connect with the content, with themselves, and with others. These interactive companion resources can help spark conversations, build meaningful connections, and support youth mental health and well-being through interactive activities, discussion questions, opportunities for reflection and conversation, and skill-building. Companion resources can be easily adapted as needed.
MY PEACEFUL PLACE
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Color-Your-Own Peaceful Place Bookmarks
Download and print this color-your-own bookmark as a follow-up mindfulness art activity! This double-sided 2″x6″ bookmark includes:
one side with a reminder to take a deep breath
and another side for children to draw their peaceful place that they can travel to in their mind when they are experiencing uncomfortable emotions, or to draw images/colors that can bring them peace.
Activity Book
As a supplemental activity book for your read-aloud of My Peaceful Place, this is a great way to introduce and talk about mindfulness, emotional awareness, and coping with young children, and the completed activity book can become a great tool to refer back to whenever children are experiencing big emotions. This resource is perfect for caregivers, educators, and mental health professionals who work with elementary school-aged children. Activities incorporate art and visuals, and can be easily adapted or accommodated for children who have difficulties with reading or writing skills.
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Lesson
Use these slides to help guide you in leading an SEL lesson focused on mindfulness and coping, coupled by a read aloud of My Peaceful Place. This SEL lesson slide deck includes:
a combination of text and visuals,
suggested things to say within the notes section of each slide,
interactive discussion questions,
and an application activity.
Mindful StoryWalk
Two interactive Mindful StoryWalk templates for My Peaceful Place have been developed–one for community spaces and one for schoolyards–certain schoolyard prompts geared towards the possibility that children may use the Mindful StoryWalk on their own during recess time.​
Contact us if you’d like us to send you our free 18″x24″ printable Mindful StoryWalk template individualized to you! This might include adding any logos, partners/sponsors, and a desired social media hashtag for people who’d like to post and share photos of their walk. You’d additionally need two copies of the book to allow for all pages to be included in your StoryWalk. You can find tips and ideas here for creating and maintaining your StoryWalk.
Complete the contact form to receive your individualized printable Mindful StoryWalk signs