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  • Lake Seneca Elementary School
  • Germantown, MD
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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By donating to our project, you will not only help to create a calming space for our students, but also increase student attention, and ultimately help to increase their academic achievement. Mindfulness in education, why is it a good thing? When effectively incorporated into the curriculum it can help students with: helping them reduce and/or manage their stress, improving their attention and ability to focus, managing their emotion reactivity, increasing their self-awareness and self-regulation, helping them find peace, encouraging their ability to calm themselves and regulate their emotions, improving their executive function and higher-order abilities (i.e., planning, strategic thinking), increasing their test anxiety through enhancing memory and concentration, and reducing mind-wandering/daydreaming and reducing ADHD symptoms. Research findings include: health benefits, improvement in cognitive performance as well as, resilience to academic performance and stress. This mindful space will allow students to take charge of their learning and make the choices that work best for them. During independent work and break times they can choose a location in the classroom that works for them. Making sure students are comfortable is an essential component in motivating them, and providing them with an optimal space, vital to assist with their success. The flexible seating and sensory items that I have selected will help my students by giving them areas and activities to explore strategies that promote an overall healthy well being. This in turn will positively affect students' demeanor, attitude, and academic achievement.

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By donating to our project, you will not only help to create a calming space for our students, but also increase student attention, and ultimately help to increase their academic achievement. Mindfulness in education, why is it a good thing? When effectively incorporated into the curriculum it can help students with: helping them reduce and/or manage their stress, improving their attention and ability to focus, managing their emotion reactivity, increasing their self-awareness and self-regulation, helping them find peace, encouraging their ability to calm themselves and regulate their emotions, improving their executive function and higher-order abilities (i.e., planning, strategic thinking), increasing their test anxiety through enhancing memory and concentration, and reducing mind-wandering/daydreaming and reducing ADHD symptoms. Research findings include: health benefits, improvement in cognitive performance as well as, resilience to academic performance and stress. This mindful space will allow students to take charge of their learning and make the choices that work best for them. During independent work and break times they can choose a location in the classroom that works for them. Making sure students are comfortable is an essential component in motivating them, and providing them with an optimal space, vital to assist with their success. The flexible seating and sensory items that I have selected will help my students by giving them areas and activities to explore strategies that promote an overall healthy well being. This in turn will positively affect students' demeanor, attitude, and academic achievement.

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