{"id":566,"date":"2008-07-15T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-15T21:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/?p=566"},"modified":"2008-07-15T15:08:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-15T21:08:00","slug":"classroom-innovations-by-roy-and-jennifer-wherever-i-lay-my-mats-my-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/classroom-innovations-by-roy-and-jennifer-wherever-i-lay-my-mats-my-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Classroom Innovations by Roy and Jennifer — Wherever I Lay My Mat’s My Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The idea behind this classroom idea is for you to buy a whole bunch of 1-metre long sections of yoga mat material. Allocate one per child in your classroom, and let each person mark their's individually. The mat belongs to that person only.<\/p>\n

Now… give permission to your learners to use their mat as they see fit. There's no need to use the desk if they choose not to.<\/p>\n

The rules of the mat are this:<\/p>\n

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  1. The mat belongs to a person.<\/li>\n
  2. It demarcates private territory.<\/li>\n
  3. Nobody may touch the mat or anything on the mat while it's on the floor.<\/li>\n
  4. Schoolwork or games or puzzles or any other activity may take place on the mat. Including meditations and timeouts. <\/li>\n
  5. At the end of the school day, no mats may be lying on the floor. They must be rolled up and stowed in a suitable storage space.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The mat creates a real boundary for each child. It teaches the value of boundaries. And it also creates a sense of privacy in a busy, chaotic world.<\/p>\n

    Feel free to use this idea in your classroom. And your comments are welcome. Maybe you've got a refinement to the idea? A different way of achieving the same goal? Jennifer and I are creating a book of these ideas, and we'd love your input. Thanks!<\/p>\n

    This painting started off as a pen sketch in Roy's Moleskine notebook, following a chat with Jennifer. Roy then scanned the pic, manipulated it a little to get the layout to his satisfaction, and then coloured it in Photoshop CS3. All on his trusty Toshiba Tecra M4 tablet pc.<\/i> <\/div>\n

    Roy Blumenthal is a writer, director, artist, and visual facilitator<\/a>. Hire him to make pictures of your meetings or workshops.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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