Inside: Use this celebrate our differences bundle to teach kids to celebrate and appreciate each other for our differences with these fun and hands on activities. Ever since I was a little girl in Girl Scouts, we celebrated World Thinking Day in February. It was a day to learn about and celebrate other countries and […]
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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 […]
Four Seasons Kindness Social Emotional Learning Bundle
Inside: Teach all about the four seasons at the same time you teach social emotional skills with this Four Seasons Kindness SEL Bundle. When I was a Kindergarten teacher, much of the curriculum included teaching by the seasons. We taught them about cycles and weather and holidays and appropriate clothing to wear all year long. […]
ABCs of Kindness Emergent Reader
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, […]
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. […]