Peace Work: Lessons in Mindfulness to Improve Self-awareness and Self-regulation in a Child's Early Years

<i>Peace Work: Mindful Lessons of Self Regulation for a Child's Early Years</i> is the six-lesson curriculum from Wellness Works in Schools, an innovative school-based program that teaches mindfulness skills to students to help them handle life's challenges. The first book for teachers from Wellness Works, Peace Work is designed to help children from preschool through third grade learn mindful awareness skills to increase self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-care through a personal and community sense of PEACE. These objectives are achieved through active-learning sessions where children experience personal attention practices, healthy breathing, and mindful movement as well as discussion, reflection and resting.

A certified teacher, Wynne Kinder has been teaching in private and inner-city public schools for 17 years and is the lead Peace Work instructor managing the Wellness Works' program. Along with her Masters In Education, she has received extensive training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindful Yoga, Trauma Sensitive Approaches from the Justice Resource Institute (MA) and the Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Institute (VA). A highly sought panel and faculty member of state and national educational conferences, Wynne is a board member of the Mindfulness in Education Network.

A teacher for more than 40 years, Midge Kinder received professional training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction under the direction of Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., Midge Kinder (MAT, RYT) is co-founder and partner in Kinder Associates and created the innovative mindfulness in education program, Wellness Works in Schools™. A certified and registered yoga instructor (RYT), Midge has taught Mindful Yoga classes and mindfulness workshops for more than 20 years and is an adjunct faculty member of Millersville University's Department of Educational Foundations.