Mizzen Spotlight: Fuel Your Summer

S’more Summer Fun for Your Young Learners! ⛺ From MIZZEN Education

How does a gentle pause to reflect and connect change the learning process for children—and ourselves—and fuel joy from within?

We open week three of Camp Mizzen by bringing you creative new K-2 activities that help you wrap up summertime lessons with ease, fun, and intention. Created by kid-grit, these flexible experiences invite your young learners to:

☀️Share songs and grow cultural awareness

☀️Notice small acts of kindness

☀️Name and express their feelings

☀️Draw their “aha moments” and new discoveries

To explore these activities, head to the Mizzen platform. If they inspire you, beyond closings, draw on them anytime you want to lead a gentle transition, celebrate a milestone, or take a fun brain break.

Welcome to week two of Camp Mizzen, and our first official warm-up of the summer!

We’re kicking things off with K-2 openers by our partner, kid-grit, to help children ease in, connect, and create space for big feelings, empathy, and positive self-talk.

Founded by Julia Gabor with Jeffrey L. Jordan, kid-grit creates holistic, imaginative learning experiences that build confidence, resilience, character, and self-care. This series is Julia and Jeff’s first big foray into sharing their content on a digital platform.

“It’s exciting to work with an organization that really ‘gets you.’ That’s what I feel about Mizzen. I hope these activities fuel you and are an entryway to creating more authentic connection,
engagement, and play for you and your students.”
— Julia Gabor, Founder, kid-grit

This week’s creative openers are great for a morning circle or gentle reset for your group. The activities are flexible enough for a deeper exploration of visual prompts and feeling words, building kindness, connection, and confidence inside and out, and getting grounded with simple breathwork and mindfulness. While these activities may be designed as openers, if your young learners are feeling it, keep going and dive in!

Welcome to Camp Mizzen: Fuel Your Joy From the Inside! All month long, we’re creating space for out-of-school time educators and partners to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what brings you joy—in your work, your day, and yourself.

Every week in June, we’ll be rolling out activities, stories, and live sessions that make room for curiosity, connection, and small-but-mighty moments of growth.