Inside: Use The Friendship Farm Curriculum Bundle for Social Emotional Learning to connect farm animals to friendship and kindness. When my kids were in preschool and kindergarten, one of our go-to field trips was to our local farm every fall and spring. In the fall, we would pick pumpkins and in the spring we would […]
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Women’s History Month Emergent Reader for SEL
Inside: Use this Women’s History Month Emergent Reader to focus on and learn about amazing women during Women’s History Month in March. It took me longer than I care to admit when I realized not every girl is proud to be a girl. Not every girl was told she could do anything or be anything. […]
Year of Social Emotional Learning Curriculum for Elementary
Inside: Use this year of social emotional learning curriculum to intentionally teach 12 concepts: kindness, empathy, antibullying, gratitude, sportsmanship, etc. If we want kind students and kind classrooms, we have to create positive classroom environments and intentionally teach social emotional learning. Related: How to Encourage Kindness in Your Classroom And while we are required to […]
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 […]
Five Senses Emergent Reader to Teach SEL
Inside: Use this Five Senses Emergent Reader to celebrate all the ways we can learn about kindness with our senses. When we are young, we spend a great deal of time focusing on our five senses and learning all about them because this is how we gather information about our world. When we pay attention […]