Teachers need to value their own happiness too~

Kim Strobel was a presenter on the Ditch that Text Book digital Summit on the Science of Happiness- Wow a message we must hear and more important a message we must act on. Students’ describe their favorite teacher as someone who is happy and wants to be there or someone who cares about me.

Dr. Spencer Kagan book Silly Sports and Goofy Games, and Stuart Brown, MD.’s book Play: How it shapes the brain, Opens the imagination and Invigorates the Soul are two resources to find ways to incorporate happiness acts into your classroom.

Gratitude… can be taught and demonstrated it resets our internal voice-

http://ditchsummit.com/kim/