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How to teach Super Power WIGGLE

This video compliments Hedgy's Guide to Calm PDF or EPUB book and Hedgy's Guide to Teaching Hedgy's Guide to Calm PDF (found on www.supercalmhedgy.com). 

Please take the Hedgy's Guide to Calm 21 Day Challenge yourself! The 21 days will help you to become familiar with how to use the Super Powers to Becoming a Super-Calm YOU before adding them to your classroom's daily rhythm and routine AND will provide YOU with the tools and skills to help calm YOURSELF down. 

Calm teacher + Calm Students = A calm and productive learning environment 

Before teaching the individual Super Powers, I would highly recommend you introduce Hedgy (your lovable and trustworthy guide) and 'Hedgy's Calm Action Song'. The MP3 with the first five Super Powers is found at www.supercalmhedgy.com along with Hedgy's Calm Action Cards (Hedgy performing each action that goes with the song). 

Sing and move with Hedgy's Calm Action Song all day long and then slowly introduce each Super Power separately. (Use the MP3 with VISUALIZE. once you are ready to introduce Super Power VISUALIZE to your students.) Super Power WIGGLE is my favorite Super Power because it is fun and so easy to use. Wiggling your toes is a great example of having fun being calm. WIGGLE is a Super Power that can be used on it's own but is even more powerful when used with the other 4-5 Super Powers. 

I recommend that you introduce Super Power 4) WIGGLE on day one. Your students can be encouraged to plant their feet on the floor (or not) and WIGGLE their toes during meeting times, circle time, reading time, sitting at their table time, sitting at their desks time, standing in line time...it is always a good time to use Super Power WIGGLE. 

I LOVE Super Power WIGGLE so much that I decided to boost it! I wrote and illustrated the book, Hedgy's Guide 2 Calm: WIGGLE and wrote and recorded the movement jingle, 'WIGGLE my Way 2 Calm' to accompany it! Both are found (for a very affordable price) at www.supercalmhedgy.com under Hedgy's Store. A song I'd recommend to use in your classroom is Raffi's 'Shake MY Sillies Out". I have used this song in the classroom for many years and students love it. It inspired me to write 'WIGGLE my Way 2 Calm'. Thank you, Raffi, for making being calm fun! 

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