After School & Field Trips
Decompress & build life-skills while having fun!
Hearts connect, minds clear, and hands stay busy with games, art, movement, building, nature exploration, group sharing and quiet reflection. We invite kids to be kind to themselves and others while practicing focused attention, collaboration, problem-solving, empathy, gratitude, emotional resiliency, self-advocacy and growth-mindset.
Current Offerings
Focused Fun @ Kellogg Afterschool Enrichment
Collabreate (collaborate to create) art, structures, movement and games. One's ability to focus and attend to both learning and social activities can always be deepened. Focused Fun expands children's ability to focus, problem solve and advocate for themselves, through games, art and stem activities, quiet reflection and group sharing.
Mindfulness lessons include concepts such as empathy, compassion, gratitude and kindness for ourselves and others. Sessions begin with group sharing, to allow children time to process their school day. They also share if they were able to apply a mindful skill to home or class. Sessions end with quiet focusing to practice self-calming.
Enrollment: Minimum 5 students, Grades 1-3 Pricing: $360 for Fall 2026 (Thursdays 1:55 - 2:55)Zen Zone @ Foodbank of SB County
As part of this food education field trip, third grade students learn about nutrition, cooking, mindful eating, and gardening.
At the Zen Zone, kids get to relax to digest and play mindful games to appreciate nature’s cycle and practice gratitude for the people essential in the journey of food. They learn about people’s roles in living in harmony with nature and have fun with mindful sensory activities at the mini market.
The Foodbank organizes this FOODBOSS HQ program. Interested in learning more?
Contact: rlim@foodbanksbc.orgMindful Looking @ SB Museum of Art
As part of the “Artful Thinking: Museum Tour, students in grades 4-12 experience a grounding mindfulness practice before gallery tours.
Students are guided to look closely at an artwork, to practice shifting their focus of attention as well as connecting with the art through self-reflection in a non-judgmental way. A mindful coach supports them toward curiosity, openness and self-compassion. This mindfulness session ends with a moment of quiet self-regulation that prepares the mind for the critical thinking and dynamic discussions to come in the galleries.
SBMA organizes these field trips. Interested in learning more? Contact: mkemper@sbma.net
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Teachers
Alejandra Tashma
Alejandra is a long-time K-8 educator. She holds a California bilingual teaching credential and is also certified in yoga and mindfulness education (Mindful Schools). She completed a course in Embodied Social Justice, which focuses on the application of contemplative and somatic practice in establishing socially just and equity-minded institutions. Alejandra has been trained in trauma- and healing-centered approaches for both adults and children, as well as restorative approaches and class circles.
Vivian Valentin
Vivian is a cognitive neuroscientist with a decade of research on risk-taking, motivation, habits, learning, metacognition and attention. She is certified in yoga (YogaWorks) and mindfulness education (Mindful Heart Programs and InnerMBA). She is the executive director and co-founder of Kind Mind SB, and creates lessons through art, nature, science, music, games and council circles. She tailors mindful experiences for cultural, educational and community organizations. She leads projects to help deepen our relationship with Earth.