Magic Pie

<p>oung children experience a wide range of emotions when presented with</p><p>challenges in their learning. These emotions such as stress and anxiety</p><p>can lead to physical symptoms of distress yet these can be supported</p><p>proactively by having children explore appropriate strategies to cope</p><p>with them. Magic PIE is our first book to help and guide children to use</p><p>an effective breathing strategy as a tool when faced with overwhelming</p><p>emotions while in school.</p><p>This book is intended to address the social-emotional-learning (S.E.L.) skills</p><p>in Mathematical Processes and has a direct connection with Ontario Math</p><p>Curriculum. The SEL skills aim at helping students identify and manage</p><p>emotions express and manage feelings all while they engage positively</p><p>in mathematics activities. On the other hand these feelings and emotions</p><p>can be emerging in many other situations regardless of the subject area.</p><p>Therefore this book and the skills within have relevance in many different</p><p>areas in the day-to-day life of a child.</p><p>Through this book young minds may find connections to the situations</p><p>that affect them sensations that they feel as a result of anxieties and</p><p>worries and the coping strategies that can be helpful to them.</p>