Rooted Elements
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Whitefish , Montana, United States
About the store
I have taught in the area of special education as a behavior specialist for 10 years, and am currently teaching general education 2nd grade. I made the switch because I want to work with all kids of all abilities in one setting. I have a bachelors in elementary education and special education. I have a masters in integrating arts into education. I also teach kids yoga, kids art, and adult learning classes on behavior management and sensory integration.
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Rooted Elements- Moving through the Common Core
This is an awesome resource for hundreds of breathing activities, games, stretching and crafts. Kids typically cringe when you tell them to take a deep breath, but if you do it in a playful manner, kids are all game. It is important to keep learning "fun" and this resource makes it possible to turn any concept into a playful learning experience. You can also purchase my Monkey Yoga Cards that accompany Rooted Elements. I hope you enjoy!
Rooted Elements is a thematic naturalistic guide for t
PreK - 5th
For All Subjects
Rooted Elements plus over 100 Monkey Yoga Cards- Everything In One
This is an awesome resource for hundreds of breathing activities, games, stretching and crafts. Kids typically cringe when you tell them to take a deep breath, but if you do it in a playful manner, kids are all game. It is important to keep learning "fun" and this resource makes it possible to turn any concept into a playful learning experience. You can also purchase my Monkey Yoga Cards that accompany Rooted Elements. I hope you enjoy!
Rooted Elements is a thematic naturalistic guide for t
PreK - 5th
For All Subjects
Rooted Elements- Simplified Version
This is an awesome resource for hundreds of breathing activities, games, stretching and crafts. Kids typically cringe when you tell them to take a deep breath, but if you do it in a playful manner, kids are all game. It is important to keep learning "fun" and this resource makes it possible to turn any concept into a playful learning experience. You can also purchase my Monkey Yoga Cards that accompany Rooted Elements. I hope you enjoy!
The simplified version is bits and pieces of the full
PreK - 5th
For All Subjects
Rooted Elements Monkey Yoga Cards All Bundled Into One
Rooted Elements yoga cards are a great resource to add to your classroom toolbox. They are easy to use as fillers (when your class has too much or too little energy) or as guidance on movement activities. As fillers, you can pull a card and have the class perform just to get the kids up and moving, or as part of reinforcing kinesthetic lessons. Please see more information in my Rooted Elements curriculum on how to use these cards in lessons. You can print the cards out on cardstock and cut o
PreK - 5th
For All Subjects, Health
Rooted Elements Air Monkey Yoga Cards
Rooted Elements yoga cards are a great resource to add to your classroom toolbox. They are easy to use as fillers (when your class has too much or too little energy) or as guidance on movement activities. As fillers, you can pull a card and have the class perform just to get the kids up and moving, or as part of reinforcing kinesthetic lessons. Please see more information in my Rooted Elements curriculum on how to use these cards in lessons. You can print the cards out on cardstock and cut o
PreK - 5th
For All Subjects, Health
Rooted Elements Water Monkey Yoga Cards
Rooted Elements yoga cards are a great resource to add to your classroom toolbox. They are easy to use as fillers (when your class has too much or too little energy) or as guidance on movement activities. As fillers, you can pull a card and have the class perform just to get the kids up and moving, or as part of reinforcing kinesthetic lessons. Please see more information in my Rooted Elements curriculum on how to use these cards in lessons. You can print the cards out on cardstock and cut o
PreK - 5th
For All Subjects, Health
Rooted Elements Sun Salutation Monkey Yoga Cards
Rooted Elements yoga cards are a great resource to add to your classroom toolbox. They are easy to use as fillers (when your class has too much or too little energy) or as guidance on movement activities. As fillers, you can pull a card and have the class perform just to get the kids up and moving, or as part of reinforcing kinesthetic lessons. Please see more information in my Rooted Elements curriculum on how to use these cards in lessons. You can print the cards out on cardstock and cut o
PreK - 5th
For All Subjects, Health
Rooted Elements Earth and Fire Monkey Yoga Cards
Rooted Elements yoga cards are a great resource to add to your classroom toolbox. They are easy to use as fillers (when your class has too much or too little energy) or as guidance on movement activities. As fillers, you can pull a card and have the class perform just to get the kids up and moving, or as part of reinforcing kinesthetic lessons. Please see more information in my Rooted Elements curriculum on how to use these cards in lessons. You can print the cards out on cardstock and cut o
PreK - 5th
For All Subjects, Health
Monkey Kid Yoga Sun Salutation Card Sample
This fun card is a sample of my yoga cards for kids. I have compiled over 100 different poses that can be done individually or in partners. I have also included a sun salutation set. This type of movement can be done as fillers in your classroom when you feel that your class has a low energy and needs a pick me up. Movement can also be calming if your class has a high energy that needs to come down a bit. Movement is movement, whether you call it yoga, sensory integration, play therapy or k
PreK - 5th
For All Subjects, Health
Rooted Elements Lesson Wheel Revised
Rooted Elements Lesson Wheel is a quick reference guide when planning a kinesthetic lesson.
PreK - 5th
For All Subjects
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About the store
Experience
I have taught in the area of special education as a behavior specialist for 10 years, and am currently teaching general education 2nd grade. I made the switch because I want to work with all kids of all abilities in one setting. I have a bachelors in elementary education and special education. I have a masters in integrating arts into education. I also teach kids yoga, kids art, and adult learning classes on behavior management and sensory integration.
Teaching style
I am a huge proponent of movement in the classroom and teaching kids through a whole body awareness and not just from the head up. I believe that it is important to have a large open space for students to move and explore learning. I believe that every concept in any subject can be reinforced through a kinesthetic lesson. I believe that learning should be "fun" and engaging. I believe that learning is active and is retained more if the whole body is involved. I believe that we, as humans, function better when we move.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I have earned a teacher of the year award for the Whitefish community. I have also earned a Soroptimist Fellowship award for professional women making a difference.
My own education history
I received my undergrad and graduate degrees from the University of Montana. I am currently teaching 2nd grade and sporadically adult learners for continuing education credits and at Flathead Valley Community College.
Additional biographical information
First and foremost, I am a mother of two amazing children. Emma is 14 and Ethan is 11. They have taught me more than I will ever be able to teach them, and I am eternally grateful for how they have lit up my life. I absolutely love teaching and learning from all students. I have been immersed in working with very challenging students for the past 10 years. I taught in Florida for a few years at a school in crisis and have brought the Structured Learning Program (I created and implemented) for the past 8 years. I love building positive relationships with students that are "angry" at the world and are so discombobulated by the time I get them. I love watching their worlds relax and their days become lighter and more fun. I have taught across the pendulum from self-contained to full inclusion. I am currently in a general education setting for that very reason. I want to work with kids of all abilities and that is what a general education classroom is. I love finding creating fun ways for students to learn and enjoy themselves. I want school to be a positive experience for them. I want my students to wake up every day being excited about school and what they are about to learn. I absolutely love teaching and my motivation shows. I hope you enjoy my work and can lighten the load for some of the students you work with.
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