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Every great classroom starts with a steady adult - that person is you.

Not perfect-steady. We make calm the norm.

  • In Early Childhood and Pre-K through 5th Grade classrooms
  • Using short practices, shared language, and music woven into everyday routines
  • Built on a prevention-focused, trauma-informed, evidence-based program
  • Learn as you go and earn PD/CEU credits
  • Practice-based for maximum impact within the first few weeks

 

 
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Imagine classrooms that hum with calm, connection, and song—where adults model steadiness and children feel safe, curious, and ready to learn. This is what Kind Mind delivers. 

Our Focus

A simple, sustainable approach to nurturing calm, safe spaces where adults and children thrive.

Classrooms are full of big feelings and in-between moments.

Kind Mind gives adults simple routines to use in those moments, right away.

When adults model calm, kids mirror it.

When language is shared at school and at home, consistency grows.

Small moves, practiced side by side, change the day—and lives.

Kind Mind Has Proven Results

In just a few short years, Kind Mind has impacted the lives of more than:

  • > 6,000 children
  • > Over 200 classrooms 
  • > Over 350 educators

     

 

 

Why Kind Mind

Kind Mind helps schools address challenging behaviors and bullying with a program that teaches adults and children how to co-regulate, be kind, and feel ready to learn.

Our evidence-based approach is prevention-focused, trauma-informed, and designed to fit the rhythm of the day—not add to it.

Today, Kind Mind has positively impacted thousands of educators, children, and families in early learning centers and elementary schools—and the ripple effect continues to grow.

Why Kind Mind

Kind Mind helps schools address challenging behaviors and bullying with a program that teaches adults and children how to co-regulate, be kind, and feel ready to learn.

Our evidence-based approach is prevention-focused, trauma-informed, and designed to fit the rhythm of the day—not add to it.

Today, Kind Mind has positively impacted thousands of educators, children, and families in early learning centers and elementary schools—and the ripple effect continues to grow.

Meet Our Founder

My name is Lee Sowles, founder of Kind Mind—a high-impact yet simple solution. Kind Mind helps schools address challenging behaviors and bullying with a program that teaches adults and children how to co-regulate, be kind, and feel ready to learn. Our evidence-based approach is prevention-focused, trauma-informed, and designed to fit the rhythm of the day—not add to it. Today, Kind Mind is walking alongside more than a thousand educators, children and families in childcare and elementary schools—and the ripple keeps growing.

Lee Sowles, Founder and CEO of Kind Mind 

Kind Mind Works!

Real tools for real classrooms—Early Childhood Education and Pre-K to 5th Grade—that deliver real results.

For Administrators

  • Less teacher turnover and happier families
  • Fewer calls for behavior support
  • More confident teachers 
  • Professional Development DONE plan for the year
  • Less disruptive behaviors, improved school culture

For Teachers

  • Calm classrooms, more learning
  • Improved confidence in managing behaviors
  • Help children thrive, socially and emotionally
  • Micro-learning, self-paced PD and easy-to-use regulation-first strategies that work

Proven Results

of teachers report greater confidence managing classroom behaviors and building calmer, safer spaces
of children showed a reduction in conduct problems and disruptive behaviors
of teachers report greater confidence in managing classroom behaviors and building calmer, safer spaces
of children showed a reduction in conduct problems and disruptive behaviors
of children showed a reduction in bullying
of children showed a reduction in anxiety
of children showed a reduction in bullying
of children showed a reduction in anxiety

Impact-driven innovation is one of our core values.  We partner with a local University to ensure our program continues to improve the well-being of children, educators, and families.

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Our Community

We help eachother!

Every educator gets access to the Kind Mind Community:

🌱 A private, supportive online space to share ideas, ask questions, and celebrate wins

🌱 Small, in-house cohorts for weekly 30-minute check-ins

🌱 Community is the linchpin that turns learning into lasting change

🌱 A place to ensure our program continues to bring value and lasting results

Our Proven Method

Built for the daily rhythm in early childhood and Pre-K to 5th Grade — no extra program to juggle, just how you do your day.

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Discovery

  • 20 Minute Consult - goals & needs

  • Materials Review

  • Welcome to Community!

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Teacher Training

  • 10 Modules on-demand, self-paced

  • Teacher Guidebook

  • Classroom Tools Implemented Daily

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Kind Mind's Daily Rhythm Planning Tool featuring teacher rituals, weekly activities, and practices for cultivating social-emotional learning and compassion in the classroom

Cultivate a Kind Mind

  • Ready routines to create calm, safe environments
  • Weekly calendar of activities, books, and songs
  • Ongoing staff training and nurturing compassion
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What We Believe

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VISION

To live in a world where we all embody skills to face challenges with resilience, treat others with kindness, and live with a strong sense of purpose and belonging.

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MISSION

To transform education through an evidence-based, hands-on approach to character building and well-being that empowers educators, students, and families.