Kind
Minds
A 4-pillared curriculum and professional development course designed to bring mindfulness and social-emotional learning (SEL) into the everyday culture of classrooms.
As a former Schools Speech and Language Therapist turned Mindfulness Teacher, I am acutely aware of the challenges that most of us face when addressing mental wellbeing in schools. We know that a child's wellbeing underpins their ability to thrive, yet there is an over-whelming lack of time, resources and training to make this a priority.
That is exactly why we created Kind Minds. A simple online portal designed to bridge the gap between the pressures to improve children's mental health and the existing support that is in place for teachers and schools. Created for children aged 2-11, Kind Minds includes our training and an entire curriculum of fully resourced wellbeing lessons, enabling you to bring mindfulness into the daily culture of your classroom.
Perhaps you are an educator who...
Is noticing the rise in children's mental health needs and there is a significant lack of adequate resources and training to help you teach and nurture this in your classroom.
Has children presenting as distracted or emotionally dysregulated and you're not quite sure how to help.
Wants to focus on mental wellbeing but there is little time to prioritise this with a never-ending to-do list.
Recognises the proven benefits of mindfulness for both you and your children, but you feel you don't have the knowledge or resources to put it into practice.
Imagine if you could...
Transform your classroom into a calmer place, while getting your children to actually pay attention using mindfulness.
Learn how to teach mindfulness in fun and engaging ways using our simple 4-step approach: Concentrate, Calm, Connect and Create.
Create a daily culture of kindness by engaging your class in mindful self-compassion practices.
Acquire an entire social-emotional learning curriculum that you can use year after year to nurture the wellbeing of your class.
Introducing The Kind Minds Curriculum
6 Modules of Learning
Course and curriculum content, including downloadable workbooks
2.5+ hours Professional Development
To model the teaching strategies and understand why every classroom needs Kind Minds
The Kind Minds Curriculum
18x fully resourced lessons for both early years (ages 2-5) and primary (ages 5-11)
Module 1: Introduction and Training
This is not just another textbook-style curriculum of lessons. We include training on what mindfulness is, the Kind Minds Approach and how it can transform your classroom into a calmer and kinder place. Get ready to de-bunk the mindfulness myths and explore the simple neuroscience behind our approach.
Module 2: Taking Care of You
Bite-sized recordings and exercises to help you explore mindfulness for yourself, as part of a routine. Kind Minds is guided by the research which demonstrates that relational-based curriculums are most effective when educators learn to embody the tools themselves.
Module 3: Mindful Moments
A bank of tried and tested mini mindfulness exercises (including resources and tutorial videos) designed to help you breathe and connect with your class on a daily basis. These mini exercises are tools for life.
Module 4: The Mindful Environment
Emotions and wellbeing modelling strategies.
Practical strategies to create a culture of kindness, including mindful continuous provision.
How to set up a calm corner / emotional regulation areas, including resources to bring it to life in the classroom.
Module 5: The Kind Minds Curriculum
Our entire SEL curriculum (18x fully resourced lessons for both early years and primary), including a suggested timeline throughout the academic year. You'll meet the Kind Minds Emotion Visitors and Puppets so get ready to teach mindfulness in fun and engaging ways. And every lesson is ready-to-teach!
Includes PDF lesson plans, slides and optional bite-sized videos. Teachers have the option to deliver the sessions as short 15-20 minute transition lessons or longer 35-40 minute lessons.
It's amazing to see how the children have learnt to listen to their bodies to help them name their emotions. One of the boys said "Emotions are like bits of energy dancing around your body". This child has even shown his parents how to do mindful breathing as a tool to support him to unwind before bed.
Lizzie Stroud, Schools in West Berkshire
Primary Teacher and Kids Yoga Teacher
This curriculum gives children so many strategies and tools for looking after their little minds. I just love it! It also makes me feel so much more connected to my class. These lessons work in isolation but their essence then permeates the rest of the day: frustration in a Maths lesson, anger in the playground, sadness after a tricky morning routine at home. It has given me a language to help my pupils navigate all the big feelings that they have throughout their days. Laura is so encouraging, nurturing, helpful and inspiring. I feel grateful to have found her and this valuable resource.
Caroline Alexis
Primary Teacher in Scotland
Kind Minds is the best wellbeing curriculum I have come across. I have a simple structure to follow and we finally have emotional literacy resources, lessons and guidance that goes above and beyond the provisions within the national curriculum. Highly recommend to all school senior management teams.
Pastoral Lead
The Olive Primary School
The Kind Minds Curriculum Lessons (18 early years lessons; 18 primary lessons)
Bank of mindful moment exercises and accompanying resources/videos
Wellbeing professional development
Emotional Literacy Lesson Bank (6x lessons for early years and primary)
Mindfulness in nature and active learning components
Meditation scripts
Access to the growing Kind Minds Resource Hub
Recordings/resources to develop your own mindfulness practice
Parent/carer resources
Classroom environmental strategies
Private facebook group for community members
Online portal page with individual login
Are you ready to join our community?
£130
£65
100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
I’m so confident that this course and curriculum is right for you that I am giving you a no-risk guarantee just for giving it a try. If you don’t feel like these lessons are working out for you, simply request a full refund from The Kindness Curriculum.
About the Creator
Hello Educators! I am Laura, creator and author of the Kind Minds Curriculum. I am a qualified Speech and Language Therapist and Children’s Mindfulness and Yoga Teacher. I am proud to have trained with Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP), the most established provider of mindfulness training and curricula for schools.
The curriculum activities have evolved inside the classrooms of myself, and my sister Kate Boniface, co-founder of The Kindness Curriculum. Kate brings her experience as a mother of 2 and as a Primary Teacher, and our combined educational experience equates to approximately 18 years in total. Our Kindness Curriculum journey began with the sudden loss of our father when we were ages 11 and 13. Knowing the immeasurable benefits that mindfulness has brought to our lives, we reflect on our education and childhood as a missed opportunity for learning these skills. The Kind Minds Curriculum has been created with so much love, and a passion to bring the things that really matter into the primary classroom.
Whether this leads you to pressing that “buy” button, or simply something to keep on the back-burner, I am so happy that you have found this page, and that you can learn a bit more about The Kind Minds Curriculum.
With love and kindness,
Laura x
