Season Two
Episode 51
Sunday Sip: Affirmations
Hello friends and welcome to Sunday Sip on Afternoon Ti! Each Sunday for the remainder of the year I plan to share a single idea, thought, or meaningful takeaway in hopes that you'll be encouraged and inspired as you prepare to enter the next new week of teaching.
Today's inspiration is the result of a short video I saw that has gone viral. Alissa Diop began teaching her son Ayaan an affirmation when he was two years old so that he'd have something positive to focus on. She videotaped him as he was walking to school with his backpack while holding a banana and saying the affirmation to himself repeatedly:
I am smart.
I am blessed.
I can do anything.
Not only is it one of the most adorable things you could go watch, but the message is something that we all need to tell ourselves. In the book The Help by Kathryn Stockett, the nanny in the story speaks a similar message to the little girl she has charge over:
You is good.
You is kind.
You is important.
In 2017 Gap ran an ad campaign focusing on a mantra with teacher Jasmyn Wright and her third grade students. She asks students questions like, "What if it's too hard? What if it's too rough? What if it's too touch?" The students reply with "I'm gonna push through."
Affirmations.
Do you need to speak one to yourself? I know I do.
In an article on mind tools.com, affirmations are described as positive statements that can help you to challenge and overcome self-sabotaging and negative thoughts. What positive self-talk do you need to give yourself for the week ahead? What encouragement can you speak to yourself? What do you need to remember to stay focused, motivated, and joyful?
This week think about what positive things you need to speak into your life. Here are a few affirmations that I am reminding myself of and hope they encourage you as well:
I'm grateful to be a music educator
What I do makes a difference.
I'm thankful for a fresh start each morning.
I know that God is in control.
God loves me.
The music I share with students brings us together as a community in a unique way.
There is always something good to be found in each day and I will look for that good.
I continue to give my best and as a result I'm growing each day.
You can speak affirmations to and for your students as well. Reminding them who they are:
They are smart.
They are good.
They can do anything.
They are musicians.
They are singers.
They can do this.
They are good.
Consider creating an affirmation for this week that you will speak to yourself. Something short and sweet. Simple. Detailed or broad. Remind yourself of what you are grateful for and what you bring to your classroom because you are making a difference.
**If you're looking for some affirmation ideas, I enjoyed looking through these 80 powerful affirmation statements.
Listen in this Tuesday to hear three lesson changers that have brought more flow and sequencing to my teaching and can do the same for yours. Thanks for joining me for your Sunday Sip!
Episode 51
Sunday Sip: Affirmations
Hello friends and welcome to Sunday Sip on Afternoon Ti! Each Sunday for the remainder of the year I plan to share a single idea, thought, or meaningful takeaway in hopes that you'll be encouraged and inspired as you prepare to enter the next new week of teaching.
Today's inspiration is the result of a short video I saw that has gone viral. Alissa Diop began teaching her son Ayaan an affirmation when he was two years old so that he'd have something positive to focus on. She videotaped him as he was walking to school with his backpack while holding a banana and saying the affirmation to himself repeatedly:
I am smart.
I am blessed.
I can do anything.
Not only is it one of the most adorable things you could go watch, but the message is something that we all need to tell ourselves. In the book The Help by Kathryn Stockett, the nanny in the story speaks a similar message to the little girl she has charge over:
You is good.
You is kind.
You is important.
In 2017 Gap ran an ad campaign focusing on a mantra with teacher Jasmyn Wright and her third grade students. She asks students questions like, "What if it's too hard? What if it's too rough? What if it's too touch?" The students reply with "I'm gonna push through."
Affirmations.
Do you need to speak one to yourself? I know I do.
In an article on mind tools.com, affirmations are described as positive statements that can help you to challenge and overcome self-sabotaging and negative thoughts. What positive self-talk do you need to give yourself for the week ahead? What encouragement can you speak to yourself? What do you need to remember to stay focused, motivated, and joyful?
This week think about what positive things you need to speak into your life. Here are a few affirmations that I am reminding myself of and hope they encourage you as well:
I'm grateful to be a music educator
What I do makes a difference.
I'm thankful for a fresh start each morning.
I know that God is in control.
God loves me.
The music I share with students brings us together as a community in a unique way.
There is always something good to be found in each day and I will look for that good.
I continue to give my best and as a result I'm growing each day.
You can speak affirmations to and for your students as well. Reminding them who they are:
They are smart.
They are good.
They can do anything.
They are musicians.They are singers.
They can do this.
They are good.
Consider creating an affirmation for this week that you will speak to yourself. Something short and sweet. Simple. Detailed or broad. Remind yourself of what you are grateful for and what you bring to your classroom because you are making a difference.
**If you're looking for some affirmation ideas, I enjoyed looking through these 80 powerful affirmation statements.
Listen in this Tuesday to hear three lesson changers that have brought more flow and sequencing to my teaching and can do the same for yours. Thanks for joining me for your Sunday Sip!
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