A 30-minute 4th-grade lesson on the ALERT model, teaching students to recognize their energy levels (Low, Just Right, High) and use specific tools to regulate their state for learning.
A complete social-emotional learning lesson for K-5 students to develop positive self-talk and resilience. Students learn to reframe negative self-talk into empowering inner-coach coaching statements through a sports-playbook theme, complete with interactive scenario cards, a playbook worksheet, and a visual slide deck.
A celebratory 30-minute end-of-group session where 'Friendship Scientists' synthesize their learnings on social skills, friendship qualities, and positive self-talk into a master formula for lasting connections, concluding with a graduation ceremony.
A complete toolkit to establish, run, and maintain engaging daily or weekly community circles that foster empathy, build classroom relationships, and check in on students' social-emotional well-being.
A guidance lesson for 4th and 5th graders that reframes gratitude not as a chore, but as the ultimate marker of independence and real maturity. Students explore the "invisible support network" that powers their lives and learn to take ownership of their appreciation.
A targeted individual transition lesson designed for a graduating 4th-grade student. Focuses on equipping the student with self-advocacy tools and decision-making frameworks to navigate high-risk, unstructured school zones (recess, hallways, lines) while under peer pressure.
An individual social-emotional learning lesson using a LEGO-themed 'Brick Builders' metaphor to help a 4th-grade student identify personal anger escalation stages and master 50% warning signs.
A Grade 4 small-group counseling lesson designed to help students take accountability by exploring how their actions—both helpful and hurtful—create a ripple effect that impacts others.
A restorative instruction set focusing on helping students pause, evaluate behavior impacts, and build a positive plan for respectful classroom engagement.
A supportive social-emotional lesson designed to help students discover and practice key deep breathing, sensory grounding, and mindfulness techniques for daily emotional regulation.
Students review their 8-session Explorer's Field Guide, celebrate growth, identify supportive 'trail allies' (social support), and pledge a personal self-esteem commitment.
Students construct personalized coping strategies, blending CBT active problem-solving steps with DBT Radical Acceptance to navigate unchangeable difficulties.
Students examine the physical body-mind connection, identifying stress triggers and learning DBT physical self-care (PLEASE) and emotional regulation strategies.