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 | Kids, mental illness, mindfulness, School, Social-Emotional Learning
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...
by SEL Specialist | May 11, 2018 | Kids, mental illness, mindfulness, School, Social-Emotional Learning
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...
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 10, 2018 | Health, Kids, mindfulness, School, Social-Emotional Learning
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....
