Recommended Grade Level: Elementary and Middle SEL Skill(s): Communication, Emotion Regulation Duration: 30 minutes Materials: Feelings wheel worksheets Suggestions For Using The Feelings Wheel Using a feelings wheel is a great way to promote emotional intelligence and self-awareness and here are seven ways to incorporate it into the classroom: Encourage … Read more
Here is the complete list of emotions and how they are categorized: Teaching Emotional Literacy Featured Lessons To assist you as you help students understand emotions, we have created a series of lessons, activities, worksheets, and printables. Many of these include characters and scenarios from our online SEL interventions. While … Read more
Recommended Grade Level: Elementary and Middle SEL Skill(s): Communication Duration: 30 minutes Materials: All About Me Worksheet This all about me worksheet is a great way to help students get to know each other and get families engaged! It has two parts, each of which can be added to the … Read more
How do kids benefit from positive affirmations? When we believe something will come true, either positive or negative, it is much more likely to be the case. So why not use that to our advantage and focus on the positive? In fact, we know from research that when we focus, … Read more
Recommended Grade Level: Elementary, Middle, and High SEL Skill(s): Communication Duration: 30 minutes Materials: Educator Instructions for Active Listening Exercises Small Group Active Listening Exercises Gather students in a common area and ask one student to come forward. Tell students that when we listen with our ears, eyes and bodies … Read more
How Do Kids Take a Brain Break? It can be a good idea to intentionally plan a brain break mid-lesson, roughly every 20-30 minutes, though frequency can vary by age. When you plan ahead, you may avoid the slump of disengagement and can also seize an opportunity to get creative … Read more
Recommended Grade Level: Elementary and Middle SEL Skill(s): Communication, Cooperation Duration: 30 minutes Materials: Word Association Cards Word Association Game Instructions Print out a set of Word Association Cards for each pair of students. Alternatively, for each round you may call out the prompt or write/project it on the board. … Read more
Recommended Grade Level: All SEL Skill(s): Communication, Social Initiation Duration: 30 minuntes Materials: Instructions for Would You Rather Questions for Kids lesson Using the most age appropriate worksheet, ask your students to choose an answer to each question. You can also ask them to elaborate why they made that selection … Read more
Morning meetings are an excellent way to help students transition from home to school and help them get ready to learn. And just like the benefits from greeting your students as they enter your classroom, these meetings can help you connect with your students, help students build relationships with each … Read more
