Engine Detectives

A practical financial literacy sequence designed for life skills learners to master personal money management. Across structured lessons, students learn to differentiate needs from wants, categorize recurring expenses, and build a balanced monthly budget.

An interactive, sensory-rich SEL lesson for grades K-2 introducing the classroom quiet corner as a safe, proactive self-regulation space. Students learn body feeling clues, explore sensory calming tools, practice mindful breathing, and master the four-step reset routine.

An expanded four-page printable compendium featuring 24 seated, mess-free games for upper elementary students during lunch. Includes word games, tabletop duels, mystery logic puzzles, silent finger games, conversation prompts, and indoor recess pacing tips.

A three-part social-emotional learning sequence exploring respect across primary grade bands. Students learn how kind words, attentive listening, and healthy personal boundaries build a caring classroom community.

A 20-minute 2nd-grade social-emotional learning lesson where students investigate academic, sensory, and situational triggers using a detective framework to decode body warning signals and develop self-regulation strategies.

A print-ready student self-regulation worksheet for grades K-2. Students identify their personal body feeling clues, draw their top three favorite calming tools, and sign their Calm Explorer Pledge.

A multi-day social-emotional learning sequence designed to help students master social cue detection, calm conflict resolution, and peer navigation. Students progress from decoding subtle cues to active problem-solving and independent real-world application.

A 2-page print-ready activity document featuring the Explorer Station Passport for K-2 students to stamp during sensory rotations, plus tactile finger-tracing breathing mats and grounding cards for the classroom calming corner.

A 3-part social-emotional learning sequence for second graders exploring Dex's Big Feelings. Students learn to spot bodily emotion clues, practice mindful bubble breathing, and gently release sticky feelings without judgment.