Who is your Wise Self that gives soothing comfort and acceptance to the younger version of you or the person you are right now?
Is this a person? What do they look like? Is this an animal? What do you imagine your Wise Self doing to calm you and bring you joy? What words of comfort does your Wise Self share?
Our fifth-grade class spent a couple of weeks working on this touch point as we designed, discussed and listed comforting words that our Wise Self might share with us, especially during a difficult time! Below are some of the images that our students created as they imagined and drew their Wise Selves. Each week we visited our wise selves to see if we needed to add any comforting words and phrases, or if our Wise Self needed to share comforting and soothing words with another person. This practice could be a week-long, semester-long, or all-year activity. Feel free to modify, add to, or create a Wise Self moment each day with staff and students.
