Inside: Use this We Are All Shades of Brown Emergent Reader to celebrate our differences and also showcase how similar we are. I’m about as fair-skinned as they come. So when I first started teaching my very diverse group of Kindergartners during my first year of teaching, one of the first things I did was […]
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Hanukkah Kindness Role Playing Cards to Practice Kindness
Inside: Use these Hanukkah Kindness Role Playing Cards with kids to practice how to be kind towards others during Hanukkah. While there is no one way to be kind, there are many ways to be unkind. And when kids are around family they haven’t seen in a while or are expected to sit still through […]
Hanukkah Kindness Emergent Reader Set for SEL
Inside: Use this Hanukkah Kindness Interactive Emergent Reader to focus on kindness during the eight nights of Hanukkah. Growing up in an interfaith family, I always loved December because I got Hanukkah and Christmas celebrations, decorations, and traditions. And while I absolutely love Christmas, since I’m Jewish I tend to “protect” Hanukkah from the Christmas. […]
Christmas Kindness Emergent Reader Book for SEL
Inside: Use this Christmas Emergent Reader to celebrate love and kindness during the Christmas season. Christmas is really the most magical time of the year. Maybe it’s the music or the lights or the gift giving or the family traditions or the cookies. And it’s easy to get swept up in the busy-ness of the […]
Halloween Kind or Unkind Sort SEL Activity for October
Inside: Use this Halloween Kind or Unkind Sort to help students determine what is kind and what is not during this sel center activity, perfect for October. Even though my kids are older now, they still look forward to Halloween each year. So we go big and decorate the house, we go big on Halloween […]