The MindUP Curriculum: Grades 3-5: Brain-Focused Strategies for Learning--And Living 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

I was looking for something that would tie my classroom management strategy neatly into a single package but have not found that magic missing piece. My school district uses several different programs (Capturing Kids Hearts, Kids at Hope, and some of the schools use Make You Day). I like to share with my students WHY it is important to Choose Kind (from the book Wonder (our first read aloud of the year). I have tried incorporating things from Whole Brain Teaching and even Kagan Strategies but it all seemed so disjointed.Until now!!! This book teaches the students about the brain and how different parts of the brain respond to different things. It teaches students how they respond to stress and why. It teaches them to recognize which part of their brain is in control and then asks them if that is truly the part that should be in charge OR if there is a better decision that they should be making.As if that is not enough, the author took the time to tie each of the lessons to CCSS standards so teachers can justify the use of it in the classroom. There are additional books (literature) you can use as read alouds to help make each topic come to life. Each unit is meant to last 2 weeks and the book is designed to be taught over the course of the year. I love how it ties in the sense and some great science lessons.This is excellent for your ADHD, Shy, and students with anger issues. I cannot wait to begin to use it this upcoming school year.

This curriculum is just what I need to help my fourth grade students begin to understand the way their brains work, and learn how to regulate their emotions. I love the way that it directly teaches brain science to students, and they love it too! I like the reproducible worksheets that are provided, as well as the brain facts poster. Although, I do find myself creating a lot more visuals (posters, powerpoints, etc) to supplement so that I am not just stuck reading or lecturing aloud to my students.I took one star off because the lesson plans are kind of confusing and not what I was expecting based on the description. I saw that there were 15 lessons and thought that it would be perfect to implement lessons once or twice a week. However, this curriculum expects you to set aside time almost every day if you want to teach the full curriculum within one school year. The lessons are actually made up of several parts that are meant to be taught over a 2-week period.

I am an elementary school counselor, and I used almost all of the lessons included for a study skills class after school. This is a nice introduction to mindfulness and self-regulation.

Special Education teacher here--I've had so much fun teaching this and my hard to please social group loves it too! Incorporates science and emotional regulation beautifully.

As a special education teacher I love this curriculum. The students find the information and lessons engaging, and the material can be easily adapted as needed. I would suggest this curriculum for any and all students.

It's a great introduction to this subject for kids. I wish it had more activities for the kids as they really enjoyed the few from the book.

Fantastic curriculum for my students. I am a school counselor using this school wide to help my students understand their brains and the role each part plays in our thoughts and feelings. Being mindful is our goal this year and. We are. Well on our way with this curriculum!

This curriculum should be in schools world wide I'm not even halfway through the book yet and all of the info is so helpful, my child has been diagnosed with adhd but if this curriculum was apart of every school he wouldn't need special services which is not helping at all ,he needs the strategies mentioned in this book to be productive is these city Schools

perfect for my needs

This is a really well presented book with great lesson plans and ideas. Great for teachers like me who want to consider using the programme in their school.

I cannot say enough good things about this course! If you are doing it at home with your child, I do suggest supplementing it with Youtube videos and online resources to personalize the learning for the course and hit target areas and vear off from the curriculum needed.My only compliant with this course is that it doesn't stress the brain break meditation in the book. I found the "brain breaks" with Mind Up online but haven't come across this key point of the curriculum in the book itself (or not yet anyway). But as I said previously, this course can be supplemented with online resources and the idea of brain breaks is easily found online.

Admittedly I'm a brain nerd, I've been really interested in my own (brain, that is) and studying at an undergrad and to a lesser extent graduate level. But this makes the concept of the brain accessible and understandable, and when you have well-known entrepreneurs such as Dean Kramen (First Robotics) talking about the need for kids to learn HOW they learn, they really can approach this through MindUP. The school board that patiently employs me has begun to use this in pilot applications, and I expect it won't be long before this is a common language at all levels of learning.The language within the activities is tailored specifically to the Grades 3-5 range. While being accessible, the language doesn't diminish the integrity of the terminology, which I really appreciate.

The Kindle version is terrible. It looks terrible in the app and isn't worth the money they charge for it.It looks cheap and is terrible to read. I wish I could return it.The actual content is fantastic and that's why I bought it but I can hardly stand to look at it on my kindle app on my mac.I live very remotely so I don't have access to the actual book. I'm so disappointed with this option.