With back-to-school time, it’s important to integrate social emotional learning activities from the start. The good news is that there are countless activities and strategies you can use to build SEL skills with your learners. What is Social Emotional Learning? Social emotional learning is the process to help learners acquire necessary life skills. Those skills […]
8 Social-Emotional Art Activities You Can Try Today
Art can be a powerful tool to discuss and build social and emotional skills we all need for everyday success. While there are endless opportunities to integrate SEL skills into the day, art is one of the clear winners. It’s fun, engaging, creative, and motivating. There are also so many activities that allow you to […]
Morning Classroom Routines to Help Students Activate Their Brains
Morning classroom routines to help kids and teen activate their brains and do their best.
5-Minute SEL Activities to Try Today
Social-emotional learning is important. Without a doubt, it’s the foundation for everything from working well with others and building strong relationships to developing study strategies and persevering through challenges. SEL is all around us. And these are skills children and young adults need to be successful. With that said, teachers are busy. Sometimes there is […]
Using Nature to Build Social-Emotional Skills
Being outside in the great outdoors is highly motivating for children and teens. There is so much to explore, learn, and be curious about. It’s one of the reasons why using nature to build social-emotional skills just makes sense. Spending more time outside is good for our physical and emotional well-being. Research even tells us […]
Positive Self-Talk Journal Writing Activities
Positive self-talk is a powerful tool with big results. Essentially, it is the technique that can help us direct our thoughts in positive, encouraging, and solution-focused ways. This can be especially beneficial for children and teens learning to cope with big emotions and navigate through life’s challenges. And teaching, modeling, and practicing positive self-talk on […]
15+ SEL Activities to Strengthen Classroom Community
15+ SEL Activities to Strengthen Classroom Community
The 7 Most Important De-escalation Strategies for Challenging Behaviors
De-escalation is the process of calming down a situation before it escalates further. It is helping to slowly bring the temperature down before it reaches a boiling point. This is critically important skill for all educators and parents because children and young adults feel overwhelmed and angry sometimes; we all do. With that said, learning […]
What to Do When A Student Won’t Go to Class
What do you do when a student won’t go to class? As a special educator in middle school, this was a problem I commonly encountered. The student might stay in resource room, hang down at the nurse’s office, or even worse, wander the hallways. Basically, they will do anything to avoid being in their scheduled […]
15+ Proactive Anger Management Strategies for Children and Teens
Strong feelings of anger and frustration can cause kids and teens to shut down or even act out in aggressive ways. It goes without saying that this can become a challenge in the classroom, at home, or anywhere in a child’s life. Kids and young adults might experience anger and frustration for a variety of […]
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