A character-building lesson centered around a board game where students navigate real-life scenarios to practice taking ownership of their actions and choices.
Uses social stories and role-play to practice 'pivoting' when faced with unwanted tasks or transitions, focusing on calm compliance and compromise.
Creating a personal 'Base Camp' (Calm-Down Corner) toolkit with visual reminders of strategies learned in previous weeks.
Students practice reframing unhelpful thoughts and building a toolkit of coping strategies to 'bloom' through challenging emotions.
Students explore the concept of the Circle of Control, learning to distinguish between things they can change (inside the garden fence) and things they must accept (outside the fence).
Students learn to identify physical signs of anxiety and recognize 'weed thoughts'—unhelpful or negative thoughts that can crowd out calm ones.
Una lección de psicoeducación basada en TCC y mentalidad de crecimiento diseñada para niños de 10 años, enfocada en desafiar pensamientos negativos y aumentar la confianza escolar.
A high-energy, in-class simulation where students apply their knowledge of meal planning, unit pricing, and grocery store layout to navigate a 'Supermarket Showdown'.
A 30-minute small group SEL lesson for 2nd-grade girls focused on differentiating between positive and negative attention-seeking behaviors, including gossip, with a focus on concrete replacement phrases and an anchor question for social choices.
A workshop focused on managing testing anxiety by personifying worries as 'Worry Watchmen' who are trying too hard to protect students. Includes cognitive reframing techniques and narrative therapy approaches for 4th and 5th graders.