by SEL Specialist | May 11, 2018 | Exercise, Health, Kids, mindfulness, School, Social-Emotional Learning
Recess is a time for students to let loose and simply enjoy being children for a while. It provides a crucial period of respite in a heavily structured routine that involves lots of sitting still and listening. It also plays an important role in children’s...
by SEL Specialist | May 11, 2018 | Exercise, Health, Kids, mindfulness, School, Social-Emotional Learning
Recess is a time for students to let loose and simply enjoy being children for a while. It provides a crucial period of respite in a heavily structured routine that involves lots of sitting still and listening. It also plays an important role in children’s...
by SEL Specialist | Feb 10, 2018 | Exercise, Kids, mindfulness, School, Social-Emotional Learning
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...
by SEL Specialist | Feb 8, 2018 | Exercise, Kids, mindfulness, School
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...
by SEL Specialist | Feb 8, 2018 | Exercise, Kids, mindfulness, School
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...
by SEL Specialist | Feb 8, 2018 | Exercise, Health, Kids, mindfulness
According to the map of influenza in the United States, there’s a good chance that you or someone you know has experienced, or will experience this year’s strain: H3N2. Stay at least three feet away from anyone who is coughing or sneezing. Keep your hands...