Gina McGuire brought her decades of experience as a Registered Nurse, Certified Health Teacher, and Fitness/Yoga Instructor, to Mascoma Valley Regional School District on September 25th. She brought her passionate message about self-care for the amazing human body and mind through her J.O.Y. To the World ™: Finding Your Meaning and Purpose presentation. Gina got everyone up, dancing, and singing throughout her presentation.
I hope you were able to reflect on the self-care practices that were shared. Here are some of my takeaways from this presentation.
1. Wake up every morning and move your spine. Spinal movement will help when you are feeling anxious.
2. If you have a nervous, nervous system, just breathe. Breathing is a powerful tool for our bodies!
3. Sitting in gratitude for 12 seconds will change our outlook.
4. Don't silence your passions, remember to share them with the world.
5. Always remember to get up and move. Movement breaks are not just for kids.
IM has created many videos that give you a K-5 Overview and delve into different aspects of the curriculum. There are a number of features of IM K - 5 that were highlighted as especially helpful:
Math Routines are embedded: act it out, choral count, estimation exploration, how many do you see (subitizing), notice and wonder, number talk, true/false, which one doesn't belong, etc.
Center suggestions - actual new ideas that are clearly connected and engaging
Worksheets can be customized to better align to your instruction
Multiple strategies and ways to solve problems are utilized throughout the program
I recommend that you start the Registration Process to access the open source curriculum so that you can see the curriculum yourself when you're ready and have time. This won't happen all at once and everyone will need to start learning about the resources at their own pace. Here is a video from Jess Jacques on how to navigate IM Teacher Materials and one as an example of how to customize IM presentations & materials.