Mental Health Lesson - “Tennis Ball Toss” Resiliency

You can tell the teacher hoops lol

I wish I had a teacher like you back in a day! Loved it!

Great video!

I think health class isn't just about bodily science, disorders, mentality, and food; isn't human communication a part of it too? It's been a while since I was in health class, but the teacher said one part of the subject is telling your friend the truth about not liking her new hairstyle, but with sensitivity.

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How can they apply their talents to that activity?

This would be great for my students, thanks for sharing

I was wondering if I should pursue being a health teacher and I came across this. I always wanted to make this kind of impact to this age especially. Looks like I’m gonna do it. Thank you!

Hey Mr. Todnem, this was so wonderful to watch! You have such an awesome way of engaging with your students! I do want to ask what happened after they started discussing how the different balls (lol) would have been like in a social setting? What was kind of the wrap up of this? Thanks, and keep up the amazing work!

I love this video, thank you for this.

I am a grad student co-leading group counseling sessions addressing chronic absenteeism. I did this demo in my last session and connected it to my students dreams and aspirations (i.e., "you need to be resilient to achieve your dreams"). This was the most my students have been engaged during sessions and gave me the opportunity to practice my leadership skills. Thank you for this amazing resource!

Mr Todman Fantastic lesson. i love your engagement with the kids and your practical use of everyday things to drive in the lesson. and you made it fun me laughing and engaged as if i was actually there .

Used this as a counseling lesson. Worked great, thanks!

In my 36 year of teaching Health in Middle School and that was an awesome lesson!

Fantastic video and explanations, i didnt think i had time to watch 27minutes whilst planing my current R U OK unit, but this captured me! Thank you so much for sharing, I watched start to finish, wrote notes and will add to my program :)

Do you hear the "don't do its" getting louder?? Finding their voice not even realizing it!!

His ability to keep focus keeps the kids in order great job!!! Excellent class control without missing a beat!

I love it when teachers are so real with students...

I had this man as my health teacher at sculler middle and he was the one teacher who made my day better when I went to his class and wasn’t boring

This lesson AND teacher is awesome. I wish I had more teachers like him. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

I wish my school had this class

Thank you for this video! I am currently finishing my application for student teaching and I want to teach health. I loved this lesson and the way you engaged with the students. I cannot wait to follow similar examples!

This is an amazing lesson. I love the student engagement and metaphors you utilized!

What school is this, Im doing online best practices where I will compare and contrast different lessons.

Hi, I just wanted to say thank you for uploading this. I'm a first year teacher who just had a difficult day at school and I have been browsing the Internet looking for inspiration to improve my practice going forward. Loved your ideas, style and enthusiasm - thanks for sharing it with the world.

what grade is this ?

Great teacher!

Right when he said mental health everyone went silent

thanks homie, ima steal your ideas for my job, keep them coming, SUBSCRIBED

this was very engaging. nice. Thanks for sharing

Great analogies! I really like your teaching style and will be checking out more of what you have to offer. On a side note perhaps construction workers should bring bowling balls to work when demolishing old buildings, sounds like a fun stress reliever

I love your lessons.. why squeezhy ball gotta be female tho ? 😂

I’m running a workshop on adolescence and resiliency that’s two hours long and will use this as my opening exercises to introduce them and teach them the definition of resilience

I absolutely loved watching this lesson. I'm a counselor in an elementary school, and I taught a unit on connectedness. Now I'm teaching my last transition to middle school and the social-emotional and developmental changes that lie ahead. This lesson is perfect (and it's mental health awareness month in May so double win)! Thanks so much for sharing!!!

I've been teaching middle school health for over a decade and I really feel this lesson would make a huge impact on my students. I plan on incorporating it into my curriculum, asap. Well done, Mr. Todnem. You seem to really enjoy your job AND your kids seem to enjoy you. What an amazing feat! :)

Probably one of the best approaches to mental health I've ever seen. Interesting metaphors that are easy to grasp and are never too subtle, and that are funny and entertaining at the same time. The kids seemed to enjoy the lesson just as much as I did. Bravo to you, keep up the good work.

It is very astonishing to hear the most important communication between teenagers
Human communication and social communication
Feeling, emotions, experience, simulation
This is great. I will return to Yemen soon and will be keen to implement it as an independent activity
Thanks for sharing

Amazing, very inspirational. You have more?

Very good metaphors...totally using this! Thanks for sharing.