Enjoy our Mindful Reading Playlist where we read children’s books with a positive social-emotional message. During each video we take a moment to reflect on the stories and how they can relate to our viewer’s lives. Some of the books we’ve read in this series include: The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein Worries Are Not […]
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The Role of Social-Emotional Learning in Recess
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 social-emotional learning. The amount of daily recess for elementary […]
How Social-Emotional Learning Helps Students Cope with Mental Health Issues
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 […]
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 […]