Making a Glitter Jar

What you’ll need: - 
A (plastic) jar with the lid 
Warm Water  
Elmers CLEAR glue  
Glitter 
Food coloring (optional)

Fill your bottle up about 3/4 way with warm water. Use about 1/2 of the bottle of clear Elmers glue (the more glue you use, the slower the glitter will settle). Add your desired amount of glitter. Add food coloring (optional). Fill remaining bottle with warm water. Seal lid with glue. 

What you say: ‘Today we are going to make a glitter jar and this will show us how our brain works when we get upset. When the glitter is at the bottom of the jar we can see clearly. But when we get upset or scared or maybe we are feeling angry and frustrated, our feelings and emotions go swirling around like this glitter (shake the jar). What happens when I shake the glitter all around the jar? Can I see through it? Can I think clearly? When we are feeling this way our brain doesn’t know what to do because it can’t think clearly. Watch what happens when we put the jar down and pause (put jar down). The glitter is settling to the bottom. Take a breath in and out. Just take a minute to watch the glitter settle to the bottom. After this mindful moment of pause, we can see clearly again. If you are ever feeling this way, you are welcome to take our classroom glitter jar and take a mindful moment of your own if you need.’