Inside: Use this Kindness Kites Kind or Unkind Sort to help students determine what is kind and what is not during this sel center activity. Every February when the days are cold and dreary and dark way too early, I start longing for the warmer weather that spring promises. I start hoping for days spent […]
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Holiday SEL Bundle of Activities to Teach Character Education
Inside: Use this Holiday SEL Bundle to teach social-emotional learning and character education for each major holiday. In our house, we absolutely live for the holidays. As soon as one holiday is over, we tear down the decorations, put up the new ones and start the countdown to the next holiday. Maybe it’s because in […]
Kindness Shamrocks: Kind or Unkind Sort for SEL Curriculum
Inside: Use this kindness shamrocks activity to teach sel curriculum in a fun, hands-on way this March to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. I’m about 9% Irish, but during the month of March, the percentage increases and we go big to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. We make corned beef and Irish soda bread and look for […]
How to Countdown to Spring Break as You Spread Kindness
Inside: Countdown to Spring Break and focus on kindness at the same time by using this Kindness Countdown to Spring Break Paper Chain. The stretch from January to June can feel a lot longer than it actually is…and the only real reprieve is the hope of getting to Spring Break. Because once you get to […]
How to Celebrate Love and Kindness With This Emergent Reader Set
Inside: Use this I Show Love and Kindness Interactive Emergent Reader to celebrate love and kindness with kids. My son’s middle school just emailed me for a new fundraiser…sending red roses to my 12 year old son in his homeroom class on Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day often gets a bad rap with the overcommercialization. And […]