A 30-minute counseling lesson for 1st graders focused on growth mindset and perseverance through the metaphor of a 'Brain Garden.' Students learn the 'Power of Yet' and how to face challenges.
A comprehensive weekly program for the first week of school, pairing beloved children's literature with social-emotional learning activities, interactive crafts, and graphic organizers to establish class community, reinforce classroom standards, and celebrate Fun Friday.
A foundational social-emotional learning lesson for young children (grades K-2) to identify, categorize, and match the 'size' of everyday problems with appropriate emotional and behavioral reactions using highly visual, color-coded metaphors.
A teacher reference sheet detailing lesson timing, key concepts, guiding questions, and common misconceptions for teaching problem-solving and self-regulation.
A comprehensive read-aloud and classroom management integration sequence for the first week of school, utilizing six beloved children's books to establish essential routines, build community, and foster self-esteem.
A comprehensive social-emotional learning lesson designed to build frustration tolerance. Students learn to recognize bodily triggers, utilize physical and cognitive calming strategies, and practice scenario-based problem-solving using a friendly volcano metaphor.
A set of 6 printable, double-sided cut-out sorting cards featuring kid-friendly scenarios and corresponding calm reactions for hands-on classification activities.
A complete 3-day morning meeting routine sequence integrating social-emotional greetings, weather tracking, math counting patterns, sight words, and collaborative classroom games.
A school-wide bullying prevention and respect curriculum covering grades K-8. It includes highly customized slide presentations, interactive scenario discussion cards, and pocket pledges tailored to each developmental level.
A student worksheet for young learners to practice matching everyday situations to the correct problem size (Pebble, Pothole, Boulder) and drawing their own calm reaction.
A comprehensive social-emotional learning series that uses cooperative gameplay to build key skills across all five CASEL competencies.
A welcoming, structured icebreaker lesson designed to lower social barriers, practice active listening, and build classroom community through low-vulnerability sharing rounds.
Celebrates the end of the first week of school with laughter, silliness, and friend-making rules using Ryan T. Higgins' 'We Don't Eat Our Classmates' to teach boundaries and classroom manners in a hilarious way.
