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Journey 2: Train Your Brain

by | May 6, 2023

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Your 2nd Journey

Your 2nd Journey:

Train Your Brain

What to Expect:

Teach your child about their brain and
how to make it work best.
What to Expect

1. Practice Mindfulness

What to Expect

2. Doing a Fun Activity
(with your children)

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!

Location Pinpoint Get Centered

Location Pinpoint Train Your Brain

Location Pinpoint Express Yourself

Location Pinpoint 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!

Before We Get Started

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

Visual Meditation

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

Visual Meditations
Imagine The Sky

 

Close Your Eyes   1. Close your eyes
Relax Your Body    2. Relax your body
Take Deep Belly Breaths   3. Take deep breaths
Imagine a Flower

 

Close Your Eyes   1. Close your eyes
Relax Your Body    2. Relax your body
Take Deep Belly Breaths   3. Take deep breaths
Imagine Water

 

Close Your Eyes   1. Close your eyes
Relax Your Body    2. Relax your body
Take Deep Belly Breaths   3. Take deep breaths
Imagine a Mountain

 

Close Your Eyes   1. Close your eyes
Relax Your Body    2. Relax your body
Take Deep Belly Breaths   3. Take deep breaths

Let's Set a Goal

Goal Setting

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

Mindfulness Goal Setting #2

Question 1:

How often can you practice mindfulness this week:

Question 2:

Where will you practice mindfulness?

Question 3:

When will you practice mindfulness?

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

Do It Together

15 Magic Minutes with your Child: Decorate a Family Crest

Select the language of your choice:

Decorate a Family Crest

Question 1:

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

Question 2:

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

Question 3:

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

Question 4:

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

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 the LUNA FAMILY!

Your child’s brain and body are always growing.

Luna Parents
Lemon

Let’s do an EXERCISE together.

Let’s Watch

Do It Together: How Experiences Affect the Brain

Select the language of your choice:

Sponge Experiment

Let’s submerge a SPONGE!

Let’s Try It

Do It Together: Sponge Experiment

Select the language of your choice:

How Experiences Affect the Brain
Which of the following is your brain involved in?
Select all that apply!

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Experiencing adversities in childhood impacts your health! It is important to be aware of these adversities to protect your child.

Select the language of your choice:

ACEs Tree

ACEs Tree Español

Adverse Community Environment (ACEs)

Toxic Stress

Toxic Stress

Toxic stress impacts your child’s developing brain.

Toxic Stress
Toxic stress can influence how children learn and their relationships with others. It can lead to health problems and diseases. Toxic stress can alter the neural connections in children’s developing brains.

Let’s Watch

Toxic Stress

Select the language of your choice:

Toxic Stress
Which of the following are ways Toxic Stress can impact a child's developing brain?
Select all that apply:

Fear Response

Fear Response

Your body responds to fear in several ways.

Select the language of your choice:

Fear Response

Fear Response

Create Healthy Pathways

Create Healthy Pathways in Your Child’s Brain

You can protect your child by preventing adversity and toxic stress AND by nurturing protective relationships and resources for your family.

Hover over the image to see the tree in Español. Light Blue Hover Icon

Healthy Pathways

Enjoying time together with your child can help keep your bond strong and help your child’s healthy development!

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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