Social-emotional learning is all about teaching children how to manage their emotions so they can handle real-life challenges. While these skills can and should be taught in schools, these same schools can also be a significant source of stress for students on both academic and social levels. These high-pressure situations can increase students’ risk of […]
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Three Fun Ways to Incorporate Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom
Social-emotional learning (SEL) should be relaxing. We believe that relaxed teachers teach better, and relaxed students learn better. Attempts to incorporate SEL into the classroom will be less successful if teachers are stressed or students are bored. The key to effective SEL curriculum is getting everyone involved, and the best way to get everyone involved […]
Three Ways Teachers Benefit from Teaching Social Emotional Learning in the Classroom
Ask any teacher, and they’ll tell you teaching is a stressful job. Not only do teachers need to manage a classroom full of children, they also have to handle administrative paperwork, parent emails, curriculum development, extracurricular responsibilities, and more. Studies show that up to a startling 50% of new teachers quit the profession within five […]
What Is Social-Emotional Learning, and Why Is It Important in the Classroom?
Everyone agrees that schools are responsible for educating young people, but what does this education consist of? Skills like reading, writing, and math are important, but students need more than academic skills to succeed in life. Parents, teachers, and students alike tend to agree that children should also be learning important social and emotional skills […]
Why Social Emotional Learning Curriculum Should Start in Preschool
Parents, teachers, and students alike agree that social-emotional learning (SEL) should be an essential part of classroom curriculum. But how early should this kind of instruction begin in order for it to be most effective? A study by Greenberg et. al. concludes that comprehensive social-emotional learning curriculum should be implemented from preschool through high school […]