The Balanced Educator Podcast: Education | Mindfulness | Growth Mindset

Kailey Lefko and Josianne Barnabé: Teachers and Co-founders of Educalme
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The Balanced Educator Podcast: Education | Mindfulness | Growth Mindset

Our intention is to equip and empower you to feel more calm, balanced and joyful in all aspects of your life.

  1. 172. How Meditation and Yoga Helps Children in School with Giselle Shardlow from Kids Yoga Stories

    05/06/2024

    172. How Meditation and Yoga Helps Children in School with Giselle Shardlow from Kids Yoga Stories

    Are you looking for strategies to improve classroom management? A great place to start is by teaching emotional regulation skills to your students. This will help them better self-regulate and better manage their behaviours. But how do you teach self-regulation skills to kids? Yoga and mindfulness is a great way to teach emotional regulation to students in a fun and engaging way! In this episode of The Balanced Educator Podcast, we interview Giselle Shardlow from Kids Yoga Stories. We ask what is kids yoga and how is it different from adult yoga? Giselle shares how to teach yoga to kids and teens and how to bring yoga and mindfulness into the classroom. We also talk about how to make yoga and mindfulness fun for kids so they’ll enjoy it and want to participate. Finally, we discuss how to prepare for bringing mindfulness and yoga into your classroom or school. Learn easy ways to get started! LISTEN TO THE SHOW Subscribe to The Balanced Educator Podcast so you don’t miss our upcoming episodes: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube SHOW NOTESCheck out Kids Yoga Stories: https://www.kidsyogastories.com/ (where you will also find the School Yoga Program) Follow Giselle on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest! Connect with Giselle at giselle@kidsyogastories.com Start your Educalme Free Trial Share this post on Pinterest so other teachers can learn how to implement yoga in the classroom too! The post 172. How Meditation and Yoga Helps Children in School with Giselle Shardlow from Kids Yoga Stories appeared first on Educalme.

    34 min
  2. 171. New Teacher Tips: Practical Strategies to Help New Teachers Thrive

    06/05/2024

    171. New Teacher Tips: Practical Strategies to Help New Teachers Thrive

    Are you a new teacher feeling overwhelmed by all there is to figure out in the classroom? Do you want practical strategies for how to avoid teacher burnout? In this episode of The Balanced Educator Podcast we’re interviewing Alisha, a seasoned educator and co-host of the teacher podcast, Rainbow Skies for New Teachers. We discuss the challenges that new teachers face. Plus, Alisha gives advice for new teachers that will help to prevent teacher burnout. LISTEN TO THE SHOW Subscribe to The Balanced Educator Podcast so you don’t miss our upcoming episodes: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube SHOW NOTESCheck out Rainbow Sky Creation’s website: http://www.rainbowskycreations.com/ Follow Rainbow Sky Creation on Intagram: https://www.instagram.com/rainbowskycreations/ Sign up for the Educalme Free Trial: https://www.educalme.com/free/ Share this post on Pinterest so other new teachers can achieve work-life balance too! The post 171. New Teacher Tips: Practical Strategies to Help New Teachers Thrive appeared first on Educalme.

    34 min
  3. 170. Time Management Strategies to Prevent Teacher Burnout with Shawna Lapointe

    01/04/2024

    170. Time Management Strategies to Prevent Teacher Burnout with Shawna Lapointe

    Is there a way to live your best life without constantly feeling overwhelmed and burnt out? Learn how to improve your work-life balance and avoid teacher burnout with these time management tips from Shawna Lapointe of Too Busy Livin’. In this episode of The Balanced Educator Podcast, we’re interviewing Shawna Lapointe, teacher, entrepreneur, and mom of 4. Shawna shares concrete strategies that will help you leave work at work and enjoy your time at home to the fullest. Shawna will teach you: an important question you need to ask yourself in order to maintain work-life balance. strategies she uses to complete all her work during contractual hours – no planning or grading at home in the evenings! time management skills she uses at home to reduce the burden of cooking and cleaning, freeing up more time to enjoy her family. meal-prep tips that will help you save time and ensure you eat what you love without wasting energy.By the end of this episode, you’ll have simple and powerful strategies that you can start using right away to prevent teacher burnout and improve work-life balance! LISTEN TO THE SHOW Subscribe to The Balanced Educator Podcast so you don’t miss our upcoming episodes: iTunes | Spotify | YouTube SHOW NOTESFollow Shawna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toobusylivin204/ Shawna’s Membership – Easy Cooking for Busy Families Membership: https://tblvirtualschool.thinkific.com/ Contact Shawna for a Private Workshop – https://toobusylivin.com/contact/ Shawna’s Website with all her Recipes and Resources: toobusylivin.com Start your Educalme Free Trial: https://www.educalme.com/classroom/ Share this post on Pinterest so other teachers can learn these time management tools too! The post 170. Time Management Strategies to Prevent Teacher Burnout with Shawna Lapointe appeared first on Educalme.

    50 min
  4. 10 Short Mindfulness Winter Activities for All Grades

    06/11/2023

    10 Short Mindfulness Winter Activities for All Grades

    Today, we’re tackling a fun topic on The Balanced Educator Podcast… who doesn’t love a good seasonal topic! We share concrete ways to incorporate social emotional learning and mindfulness on the theme of winter! With the winter season upon us, it’s an opportune time to explore mindfulness in winter and dive into some calming breathing exercises that will help with self-regulation and classroom management! Today, we’ll be sharing 10 activities you can do with your students of all grades, though some will work better with some grades than others. You will leave this episode with ready to use, no prep winter activities you can use right away for a calm classroom environment. LISTEN TO THE SHOW Subscribe to The Balanced Educator Podcast so you don’t miss our upcoming episodes: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube SHOW NOTESThe Balanced Educator Mindful Coloring Episode: https://www.educalme.com/tbe168/ Get the Winter Mindfulness Coloring Sheets in English here Get the Winter Mindfulness Coloring Sheets in French here Get your Snowflake Breathing Poster in our Free Resources Library here Share this post on Pinterest so other teachers can get this list of winter activities too! The post 10 Short Mindfulness Winter Activities for All Grades appeared first on Educalme.

    29 min
  5. 168. How to Help Your Students Self-Regulate with Mindful Coloring

    02/10/2023

    168. How to Help Your Students Self-Regulate with Mindful Coloring

    There are so many great ideas for classroom mindfulness activities! In this super practical episode of The Balanced Educator Podcast, we talk about one of our favorites: mindful coloring (and hint: we share a link to some free coloring pages for kids for your use in the classroom!). We share the what, why and how to use kids coloring pages in your classroom to help with self-regulation and classroom management. We give concrete, no prep ideas you can start using right away! LISTEN TO THE SHOW Subscribe to The Balanced Educator Podcast so you don’t miss our upcoming episodes: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube SHOW NOTESGet your mindful colouring pages for kids in English here Get your mindful colouring pages in French here (perfect for French, French Immersion and Core French classrooms!) Learn more about mindful colouring in this blog post Share this post on Pinterest so others can get their print-and-go teacher resource too! The post 168. How to Help Your Students Self-Regulate with Mindful Coloring appeared first on Educalme.

    21 min
  6. 5 Habits of the Least Stressed & Most Empowered Educators with Grace Stevens

    04/09/2023

    5 Habits of the Least Stressed & Most Empowered Educators with Grace Stevens

    Today on The Balanced Educator Podcast, we are chatting with Grace Stevens all about feeling less stressed as teachers and more empowered. A perfect episode to listen to in the first few months of the school year to set yourself up for success! A former corporate girl, Grace quit VP life to pursue her dream job as a public school teacher. After 20 years in the classroom, she focuses full-time on helping educators have a more positive teaching experience. Grace combines her signature mantra, “Your energy teaches more than your lesson plans,” with two decades of study in behavioral therapy and positive psychology to create science-based habits for overwhelmed educators. She has authored three books on teaching, including the best-selling Positive Mindset Habits for Teachers and the One New Habit book series. We are excited to dive into the 5 habits of the least stressed most empowered educators with you! LISTEN TO THE SHOW Subscribe to The Balanced Educator Podcast so you don’t miss our upcoming episodes: iTunes | Spotify | YouTube SHOW NOTESLearn more about Grade Stevens here: gracestevens.com Check out the Educalme Free Trial here! Share this post on Pinterest so other teachers can feel more empowered, too! The post 5 Habits of the Least Stressed & Most Empowered Educators with Grace Stevens appeared first on Educalme.

    50 min
  7. 166. Focus Teaching Strategies for Distracted Students

    07/08/2023

    166. Focus Teaching Strategies for Distracted Students

    Tired of managing off-task students? Or having a hard time in the classroom distracted students that lack focus? In this episode of The Balanced Educator Podcast, we walk you through a simple and easy lesson plan for K-12 classrooms that will show you how to explicitly teach your students focus strategies in a systematic and efficient way (and make classroom management easier for you!). Just like we can’t expect students to learn how to read on their own, we also can’t expect them to learn to focus on their own. Listen to this episode if you want some concrete teaching strategies to help your students be able to focus on their academic learning, increase their problem solving skills and apply self-regulation strategies on their own! LISTEN TO THE SHOW Subscribe to The Balanced Educator Podcast so you don’t miss our upcoming episodes: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube SHOW NOTESGet the Focus Lesson Plan in English: www.educalme.com/welcomeGet the Focus Lesson Plan in French – en français: www.educalme.com/bienvenueSign up for the Educalme membership: www.educalme.com/classroom Share this post on Pinterest so other teachers can learn how to teach their students to focus! A Special Thanks to our Sponsor, Search Associates: https://ca.searchassociates.com/The post 166. Focus Teaching Strategies for Distracted Students appeared first on Educalme.

    26 min
  8. Nurturing Resilience: Exploring Child Stress with Lindsay Miller from The Stress Nanny

    04/07/2023

    Nurturing Resilience: Exploring Child Stress with Lindsay Miller from The Stress Nanny

    Join Lindsay Miller, a distinguished kids mindfulness coach, mindfulness educator, and host of The Stress Nanny Podcast, as we embark on a captivating exploration of child stress. Lindsay’s expertise, backed by 20+ years of child development study and mindfulness certification, equips us with invaluable insights to support children’s emotional well-being. Discover how to recognize stress symptoms in kids. Explore effective strategies for emotion regulation and social-emotional learning, and unlock the power of mindfulness in promoting kids’ mental health. Tune in to this enlightening episode and discover the secrets to nurturing resilience and fostering a mindful, balanced life for children. LISTEN TO THE SHOW Subscribe to The Balanced Educator Podcast so you don’t miss our upcoming episodes: iTunes | Spotify | YouTube SHOW NOTESListen to The Stress Nanny Podcast. Take The Stress Nanny’s Five Minute Mindfulness Masterclass here! Follow The Stress Nanny on Instagram Check out the free Educalme resources at https://www.educalme.com/welcome/ Share this post on Pinterest so other teachers can learn about child stress too! The post Nurturing Resilience: Exploring Child Stress with Lindsay Miller from The Stress Nanny appeared first on Educalme.

    37 min
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