Inside: What is social emotional learning and why is it important? SEL includes these 5 essential components every kid needs to learn. When I first taught kindergarten, I was overwhelmed with all the things I had to teach in a very short time frame. Our half day kindergarten program didn’t have time for playing or […]
Black History Emergent Reader for Social Emotional Learning
Inside: Use this Black History Emergent Reader to focus on and learn about amazing Black Americans during Black History Month in February. As an elementary school teacher, I always laughed when February came around because we were expected to fit so much in. February has Valentine’s Day, Groundhog Day, the 100th Day of School, and […]
Printable Valentines Cards for School and Friends that are FREE
Inside: Choose from these printable Valentines cards for school and friends that kids can print for free and use to spread kindness. As a kid, I used to look forward to Valentine’s Day from the day after Christmas until February 14th. Making Valentine’s cards and then being able to go around your class to put […]
Kindness Crafts for Kids: 14 Ideas to Spread Kindness
Inside: You will love these kindness crafts for kids that connect creating a project with social emotional learning and kindness. There are a ton of ways to teach and encourage kids to speak and act with kindness more often. You can of course model kindness. You can talk about kindness with these kindness discussion starters. […]
Improve Family Relationships with Kindness: 17 Strategies
Use these 17 strategies to improve family relationships with more kindness, empathy and connection and create a home where everyone feels safe, loved and wanted. I read a great meme the other day. It said, if you want kind teenagers, teach them to be kind when they’re little and then give them 10 years of […]