Motivation Monday 2023-2024
Motivation Monday 2023-2024
First thing Monday morning, we like to set the tone for our week by showing a "Motivation Monday" video. These videos help to spark conversation about our GRIT theme of the month and to reinforce the mindsets and behaviors of the school counseling curriculum. Watch these videos with your kiddos and ask them what they talked about during their classroom discussion. Maybe they'll give you a little bit of motivation on Monday morning too!
March 2024: Listening and Communication/ Growth Mindset
3/4/24: Teach me like you do: https://youtu.be/RqNR4g02Gvs?si=cjQdkLFhA_PhdhXk
3/11/24: Salamander Growth Mindset: https://youtu.be/W3c0w_IbGfE?si=i9MKDzR5Km0kz3a3
3/18/24: Neuron Song: https://youtu.be/NzjM1jo_8AU?si=vPhHzhEkQLdWtDzN
Your brain is like a muscle. Challenges help it to grow!
EXTRA
Growth Mindset Song: https://youtu.be/0roRXBlEuR
The POWER of YET! https://youtu.be/6fUGN7CMT30
Growth Mindset Rap: https://youtu.be/YyiDqWQLlaQ
Does your mindset change in different situations? (at school vs. at home or with friends)?
Growth Mindset Music Video: https://youtu.be/u8kE835a3qg
Is there someone in your life (a family member, classmate, friend etc...) with a negative or fixed mindset – someone who won’t take risks, who can’t admit mistakes, who falls apart or gets defensive after setbacks? Do you understand that person better now that you know what a growth mindset is?
I Want To Have a Growth Mindset Song: https://youtu.be/2dsCGm_pQuM
How can you exercise your brain so that it gets stronger and smarter? What does your brain need to grow?
Get Back Up Again: https://youtu.be/BD_vt-pXs5Q
The Power of Yet/Growth Mindset song: https://youtu.be/FnYWnf2LYb4
Can you share a time with your class when “the power of YET” really helped you to push through and keep working toward something when it got difficult?
February: Flexibility
2/5/2024: “Another Plan”: https://youtu.be/JQl0lUQgdKQ
When have you had to change your plans recently? How did you react when plans had to change?
2/12/2024: Random Acts of Kindness week!!
Do you find that it’s easy or hard to act kindly toward others? Is it easier or harder to be kind to those who are closest to you or toward strangers?
Kindness is A Muscle: https://youtu.be/BXAo_5voOP0?si=u_mfLx_s6uIC595s
2/26/2024: “Flexible Thinking” song https://youtu.be/f3qeScWXOUs
Are you able to “go with the flow” in your thinking when things get tough? Has something that’s typically easy for you become hard or challenging and you’ve had to change your way of doing things or learn something new?
January: OPTIMISM
1/8/24: High Hopes: https://youtu.be/IPXIgEAGe4U
How do you think having “high hopes” relates to being optimistic?
1/29/24: Lovely Day: https://youtu.be/rBSW_MAmP1s?si=lu-UKizYZ1Vt-Y6P
EXTRAS:
It’s a beautiful day: https://youtu.be/Iw8FddccIkQ?si=OTDih-p2hvYz9JQu
Choose Happy: https://youtu.be/I6Vu4ijN2Oo
Do you believe that happiness is a choice?
What does it mean to you to “think of the glass as half full”, instead of half empty? If you are not thinking happy thoughts, how might you feel?
Who I’m Meant To Be: https://youtu.be/UVb8OJEQGIQ
When you think about your future, are you optimistic that you will be successful? What does “success” look like and/or mean to you?
A Million Dreams https://youtu.be/v49-3Xp5fPg
What are some goals you’ve set for yourself to finish off this school year strong?
December: RESPECT or SELF CONTROL
12/4/23: “Kid Snippets, Bus Video”: https://youtu.be/t6ysEz53xEU
REVIEW: WHAT IS APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR ON THE BUS??
12/11/23: If You Want to Get the Teacher's Attention: https://youtu.be/VpYAkYHvRx8
12/18/23: All About Self-Control https://youtu.be/BK25r16Bv3A?si=_olIs3oxeZF6fvZS
November: EMPATHY/COMPASSION or RESILIENCE
11/06/23: “Making Mistakes Helps Us Grow” https://youtu.be/INmmn7pGh30?si=LFBOqU2WI0o22LMV
11/13/23: The “Mistakes” song: https://youtu.be/aKPhMD9Ayrc?si=1ESwKJmciJlg3VGL
11/20/23: Thankful; By the Juicebox Jukebox https://youtu.be/YeSdQmO51Ps?si=yY83jMAxPZZMi1lt
Extra Videos:
Keep on Keeping on: https://youtu.be/Yy6IJ7LtdnI
Empathy Song: https://youtu.be/vMqyfrOmoAE
Walk in their shoes: https://youtu.be/QTw6cGLKOEU
Bounce Back Song: https://youtu.be/5NpFgYfvAl8
Hello, How Are You? https://youtu.be/I6UNf9Z-GNs
Identifying and naming your emotions: https://youtu.be/0076ZF4jg3o
Calm Body, Calm Mind: https://youtu.be/O3obMfpcU80
Get Back Up Again (Trolls) https://youtu.be/IFuFm0m2wj0
“Bounce Back” The Playground Craze https://youtu.be/9qAC-g596r4
Resilient by Katy Perry: https://youtu.be/LNHM5CcvMm0?si=HiRPOt5QD2HnnehE
October: PERSEVERANCE
10/2/22: One Thousand Steps https://youtu.be/YYb4h8U7Ljw
10/9/23: How are you feeling?:https://youtu.be/T65paCI5-UU?si=zLP0sAXx5K1PxIHJ
10/16/23: Try Again: https://youtu.be/kFcIpTJngaA?si=ikq6JBRMoCmfmrRt
10/22/23: Everything is Going to Be Alright:
https://youtu.be/qQJroIl5jWU?si=WRtl09IrzGs_HH3Z
10/30/23: Don’t Give Up: https://youtu.be/QElU_HYESss?si=E1utwYkZpUCQq3ev
September 2023: Defining GRIT
9/11/23: The Morning Song: https://youtu.be/YWDr5zVhvaQ?si=ImflcSoBq60qqEMr
9/18/23: Affirmations Song: https://youtu.be/khkE17A5d7Y?si=BmUbWePxrHqtGpnA
9/25/23: GRIT Definition: https://youtu.be/uwsZZ2rprqc?si=pmq61UFC_nJ8AQzn
Bonus songs
My Teacher Loves Me: https://youtu.be/U_M2DA8snew?si=q9V8d-0-3G6VfYUY
The Kindness Song: https://youtu.be/pK-0KAHqAk0?si=d6-pN8MLDPp1hMtf