Welcome to the SHINE Experience!
The SHINE Mindfulness Journal for Kids© is a fun, interactive experience that contains rich character-building exercises along with daily journal pages to bring out the best in your child. The Journal pages and activities are short, colorful, and engaging. They are designed to help kids learn kindness and gratitude as well as develop strategies to calm, focus and decrease anxiety while also having a positive mindset toward themselves. The journal helps kids be happy, enjoy life, improve overall well-being.... and SHINE!
Mission:
Our mission is to have kids be their authentic selves and SHINE their light. It is also to encourage kids to show kindness and gratitude towards themselves and others, as well as to help them find more positive ways to see and respond to things in their lives. It is also part of my mission to have SHINE in all schools as a much-needed foundation for their daily curriculum.
Vision:
Our vision is for every child to know they have a voice and to feel heard. For all kids to have access to some version of SHINE which has proven to be a game-changer for all. The benefits far exceeded what the child gets out of the journal individually but also what it does for classrooms as a whole and families in the homes.
The SHINE Experience Includes:
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SHINE Mindfulness Activity Book
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SHINE Student Planner (suitable for both in-school and homeschool options)
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SHINE Groups - In-Person Groups (Private and After-school Programs available).
The SHINE Mindfulness Activity Book for Kids :
The Original Journal is a month-long journal that is broken up into four weeks. It includes weekends, weekly activity suggestion calendars, planners, posters, and affirmations that can be removed and hung up, as well as daily journal sheets and activities sprinkled in each week. *Note: this can be done in school too
The SHINE Student Planner:
The School Edition is a year-long student planner journal that is set up to flow with the school day schedule, record homework, and facilitate communication with parents and teachers. There are weekly planner pages, and activities are a continuous pattern through the remaining part of the book. *Note: this can be done at home, too, and is a wonderful option for homeschool families also who would like to incorporate some principles of mindfulness into their daily school day to help with calm and focus.
The SHINE Group Experience:
The group is an expansion of concepts in the journal. The group has a mix of interactive activities, relaxation techniques, and movement, and at times includes arts and craft type activities.
If you would like to bring the SHINE Group experience to your school or group- please contact Karla to discuss.
**The SHINE Journal can be done by almost any age; however, some kids may need
help reading the content and writing the answers. It is best suited for Elementary School aged kids.
Other SHINE Products available to complement the SHINE Experience:
SHINE Empowerment Affirmation Cards:
The cards are a fun way to add positivity to your day. It is great for all ages, including adults. Have fun with them. You can just look through them. You can shuffle and pick one for a message just for you. You can pick one for a message for someone else. You can pick more than one at a time. You can play memory games with them. If you have two sets, you can play matching games with them.