Inside: Use this ABCs of Kindness Emergent Reader to connect the alphabet and kindness together, focusing on 26 ways to be kind, from A-Z. When I taught Kindergarten, our focus was first and foremost, mastery of the alphabet and it’s sounds. So we used everything at our disposal: songs, games, poems, gross motor activities, centers, […]
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Social Emotional Learning Centers Games: Kind or Unkind Sorts
Inside: Use these kind or unkind sorts as social emotional learning centers games perfect to help kids understand what is kind and what is not. When I taught elementary school, every day was all about the centers. It was my students’ favorite part of their day when they could independently work on games or activities. […]
Christmas Elf Writing for Social Emotional Learning
Inside: Use this Christmas Elf Writing for Kindness to connect Christmas with social emotional learning and writing skills. When it’s the most wonderful time of the year, we can lean into the excitement of the Christmas and winter break spirit with our kids and students by connecting anything we need them to learn to the […]
Christmas Kindness Activities for Kids
Inside: Use these Christmas kindness activities for kids to focus on and spread kindness during the December holidays. With the Christmas season approaching, it’s easy to get excited and hyped for the lights and the cookies and the Santa presents. And with the craziness of December and the holidays, it’s easy to get swept away […]
Christmas Light Writing Activity for Social Emotional Learning
Inside: Use this Christmas Light Writing Activity: You Light Up this Room to connect Christmas, writing and social emotional learning. In a classroom of 20-35 students, it’s easy for students to feel lost or feel like they aren’t valued as a member of the class. But if we want our kids to feel heard, seen, […]