Inside: Use this Give Me 5 Kindness Activity with kindness affirmations and a kindness ePoster to add to your sel curriculum and character education. When I taught in Kindergarten, my main goal for the first month was to get them to pay attention. So I would ask them to “Give Me 5.” It would help […]
Fall SEL Bundle of Activities to Teach Character Education
Inside: Use this Fall SEL Bundle to teach social-emotional learning and character education during the fall months. We used to live in a part of the country where there was really only one season. So when we taught the seasons to students, we really had to read a lot of books and bring in realia […]
New School? How to Help Your Kids Adjust to a New School Quickly
Inside: Are your kids heading to a new school this fall? Here’s how to help your kids adjust to a new school quickly. My three kids were the new kids at school three times in three years. We moved from Los Angeles to Boston to Chicago and back to Los Angeles. Yikes. That’s a lot […]
ABCs of Kindness SEL Curriculum for Character Education
Inside: Use this ABCs of Kindness as part of your sel curriculum and character education to ensure students have 26 ways to speak and act with kindness more often. As an educator, I collect books. I love picture books and chapter books and even Bob books. Seriously, after payday I used to head to a […]
How to Make Back to School Kindness Pencil Toppers
Inside: Help your kids spread kindness to their classmates with these back to school crafts kindness pencil toppers they can gift or surprise classmates with. We have 5 days until we start again. Back to school is upon us and my three kids are a mix of emotions. One is super excited. The other one […]