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Journey 2: Train Your Brain

by Justin | May 6, 2023

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Your 2nd Journey

Your 2nd Journey:

Train Your Brain

What to Expect:

Learn about your brain and how to make it work best.

What to Expect

1. Practice Mindfulness

What to Expect

2. Doing a Fun Activity
(with your parent(s))

What to Expect

3. Learn Something New!

Let’s review the MAP of your journey!

PATH OF HOPE

PATH OF HOPE

Journey 2 Map

Buckle up for your second journey, let’s go!

Get Centered

Train Your Brain

Express Yourself

Make Magic

Synapse City

Before we get started

Before we get started, here’s a reminder of the badges you earned so far on your journey!

Badge Reminder

Before we get started, here’s a reminder of the badges you earned so far on your journey!

Journey 2 Completed Badges

Let's Practice Mindfulness

Let's Practice Mindfulness

Mindfulness

can lead to:

More Focus

More Focus on the present moment

Stronger Parent Bond

Better Control over your emotions and behavior

Being Present

Being Present in the moment

More Confidence

More Confidence in yourself

Being Calm

Being Calm

Increased Capacity

Being Kind to your friends

Visual Meditation

Visual Meditation

Pick an IMAGE that will help you feel most peaceful today.

Visual Meditations

Sky

Sky

Flowers

Flowers

Water

Water

Mountains

Mountains

Imagine The Sky

1. Close your eyes

2. Relax your body

3. Take deep breaths

Imagine a Flower

1. Close your eyes

2. Relax your body

3. Take deep breaths

Imagine Water

1. Close your eyes

2. Relax your body

3. Take deep breaths

Imagine a Mountain

1. Close your eyes

2. Relax your body

3. Take deep breaths

If you are human, leave this field blank.

Let's Set a Goal

Goal Setting

Let’s set another GOAL to practice MINDFULNESS this week!

Let’s Set a Goal

Goal Setting #2

Mindfulness Goal Setting #2 - Kids

Question 1:

How often can you practice mindfulness this week: *

1. At least once a week

2. A few times a week

3. Most days

4. Everyday

Question 2:

Where will you practice mindfulness? *

a. Kitchen

a. Kitchen

b. Your Room

b. Your Room

c. Family Room

c. Family Room

d. Outside

d. Outside

Question 3:

When will you practice mindfulness? *

a. In the Morning

a. In the Morning

b. After School

b. After School

c. At Lunch Time

c. At Lunch Time

d. Before I Go to Bed

d. Before I Go to Bed

If you are human, leave this field blank.

Let's do a family activity

Let's Do a Family Activity

Look, It's the Luna Family!

Look it’s the LUNA FAMILY!

Luna Family

Let’s do a follow-along ACTIVITY with the Luna family.

Decorate A Family Crest

Family Crest

Let’s Try It

Invite Your Parents: Decorate a Family Crest

Select the language of your choice:

English
Español

Decorate a Family Crest - Kids

Question 1:

Choose activities that you do with your family, or write some down!

Doing Puzzles

Doing Puzzles

Playing Games

Playing Games

Cooking

Cooking

Dancing

Dancing

Playing Sports

Playing Sports

Write Your Own

Write Your Own

Write Your Answer Here *

Question 2:

Choose values that are important to your family, or write some down! *

Communication

Communication

Honesty

Honesty

Trust

Trust

Generosity

Generosity

Patience

Patience

Write Your Own

Write Your Own

Write Your Answer Here

Question 3:

Identify the parts of your family history that are important to your family, or write some down! *

Heritage

Heritage

Traditions

Traditions

Family Recipes

Family Recipes

Accomplishments

Accomplishments

Acts of Service

Acts of Service

Write Your Own

Write Your Own

Write Your Answer Here

Question 4:

Choose pictures that describe your family's strengths, or write some down! *

Encouraging Each Other

Encouraging Each Other

Making Each Other Laugh

Making Each Other Laugh

Supporting Each Other

Supporting Each Other

Treating Each Other with Respect

Treating Each Other with Respect

Write Your Own

Write Your Own

Write Your Answer Here

If you are human, leave this field blank.

CREST OF HONOR BADGE

Congratulations! - Felicidades!

You unlocked BADGE #4!

Crest of Honor - Escuda Familiar

Download and Print Your Badge

Crest of Honor

You know where your family strengths lie.

Fourth Bumper Sticker - Success!

Let's Learn Something New

Let's Learn Something New

Keep an eye out for the LUNA FAMILY!

Look it’s Maria from the LUNA FAMILY!

Invite your parents to do these fun activities!

Invite your parents to do these fun activities

Maria Invites Your Parents

Sponge Experiment

Let’s submerge a SPONGE!

Let’s Try It

Invite Your Parents: Sponge Experiment

Select the language of your choice:

English
Español

Let's Do Another Experiment

Lemon

Let’s do another EXPERIMENT!

Let’s Try It

Invite Your Parents: How Experiences Affect the Brain

Select the language of your choice:

English
Español

How Experiences Affect the Brain - Kids

Which of the following is your brain involved in? *

Select all that apply!

Emotions (i.e. feeling happy or sad)

Speaking

Playing

Listening

Regulating our senses (i.e tasting or smelling)

Yes, and all the other responses are also correct! Watch the video above to find out more!Correct!
The brain is involved in everything.

If you are human, leave this field blank.

The Brain's Reaction to Fear

The Brain's Reaction to Fear

How does your brain react when something FRIGHTENING happens?

Let’s Watch

The Brain’s Reaction to Fear

Select the language of your choice:

English
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Puzzled Brain

Puzzled Brain

Why does the brain make MISTAKES after something scary happens?

Let’s Find Out

Brain Puzzle

Puzzled Brain

Why does the brain make mistakes after something scary happens? *

Choose which ones are correct:

a. The brain is worried that something scary might happen again

a. The brain is worried that something scary might happen again

b. The brain wants to protect you in the future

b. The brain wants to protect you in the future

c. The brain likes to trick you

c. The brain likes to trick you

Close, try again. (Select more than one)Close, try again.Correct!
After a scary experience, the brain might make some mistakes because it thinks it's going to happen again and it wants to protect you.

If you are human, leave this field blank.

TRAIN YOUR BRAIN BADGE

Congratulations! - Felicidades!

You unlocked BADGE #5!

Brain Genius - Cerebro de Genio

Download and Print Your Badge

Train Your Brain

Your brain helps you and you help your brain understand and learn!

Fifth Bumper Sticker - Success!

Congratulations - COMPLETE

Congratulations!

Journey 2:

Completed

Train Your Brain

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