A collection of activities and visual aids to help kindergarteners identify and practice simple coping strategies like deep breathing and drinking water.

A gentle, interactive 30-minute counselor lesson for kindergarteners about making and keeping friends through the metaphor of a Friendship Garden. Includes a short story, visual slides, and a creative printable activity.

A fast-paced, high-energy 5-minute introduction to community helpers and "helping" careers designed specifically for K-2 students. The lesson focuses on verbal sharing and visual engagement to spark early career interest.

An elementary social-emotional learning lesson using 'Brave Every Day' to help students identify physical signs of worry and use facts to build bravery. Aligned with ASCA standards.

A 20-minute social-emotional learning session for high-needs students focusing on replacement behaviors for hitting through social stories and visual supports.

A social-emotional learning lesson for K-1 students focusing on the importance of handling objects gently and the consequences of throwing things. This lesson uses a 'Care Crew' theme to build positive behavior habits.

Students will explore 'emotion families' to expand their vocabulary beyond basic feeling words. They will analyze picture scenes to identify nuanced emotions and sort various feeling words into appropriate categories.

A social skills lesson focused on impulse control and decision-making. Students learn the 'Pause, Think, Act' strategy through a space-themed Mission Control metaphor.

A comprehensive social-emotional learning lesson designed for kindergarteners to explore the connection between feelings, thoughts, and actions. Through a "Feelings Detective" theme, students investigate scenarios like difficult schoolwork and recess transitions while learning the "Stop-Think-Do" coping strategy.

A lesson where students practice identifying emotions and regulation strategies through a mystery-themed charades game. Students learn to 'detect' feelings in others and select appropriate 'tools' to manage them.

Students will identify various careers by matching professionals in their uniforms with the specific tools and equipment they use to perform their jobs.

A 20-minute social-emotional learning lesson for grades K-4 focused on identifying the Four Zones of Regulation as 'weather patterns' and matching them with specific coping tools for a Calm Down Corner.

A 20-minute social-emotional learning lesson for grades K-4 focusing on anger regulation. Using the volcano analogy, students learn to identify Red Zone feelings and practice 'cooling' coping skills to prevent eruptions.

This lesson helps kindergarteners understand the difference between borrowing and taking through a relatable social story, visual aids, and interactive practice. Students learn the 'Stop, Ask, Wait' framework for respecting personal boundaries and asking permission.

A lesson exploring the metaphor of a garden to understand how to build and maintain healthy friendships through kindness, support, and care.

A 30-minute social-emotional learning lesson for kindergarten focused on building positive friendships through kind words, sharing, and conflict resolution. Students learn to recognize "heart-filling" actions and practice solving small disagreements.

A 30-minute social-emotional learning lesson for kindergarteners focused on the 'Friendship Garden' metaphor to teach kind words, sharing, and conflict resolution.

A heartwarming lesson where K-2 students learn to cultivate a positive mindset through gratitude, using the metaphor of a garden to understand how 'small wins' help their brains grow and thrive during testing season.

A social-emotional learning lesson for K-2 students on identifying needs and using specific language to ask for help with confidence. Students learn to identify their 'Helper Heroes' and practice simple scripts for academic and social challenges.

Week 2 focuses on how students use their unique skills to help others and shine brightly in their community.

A kindergarten lesson where students become 'Feeling Detectives' to identify and manage four core emotions: Happy, Sad, Mad, and Excited. Students use visual clues and physical cues to solve the mystery of how they and others are feeling.

A kindergarten lesson focused on identifying and managing four core emotions: happy, sad, mad, and excited through movement and creative expression.

A 15-minute follow-up SEL lesson where students create "Kindness Flowers." Each petal features a kind word or action, helping students focus on how positive words can help others grow and bloom.

A 30-minute SEL lesson centered on 'The Juice Box Bully' by Bob Sornson and Maria Dismondy. Students crinkle paper hearts and bruise apples whenever the character Pete is unkind, visualizing the lasting impact of words.

A kindergarten counseling lesson focused on the concept of compromise using Julia Cook's 'The Great Compromise.' Students will explore 'Win-Win' solutions through a read-aloud, group discussion, and a creative coloring activity.

A simplified introduction to gratitude for kindergarteners, focusing on identifying feelings of happiness and practicing 'thank you' through a playful 'Happy Brain' science theme.

A comprehensive small group lesson that introduces self-regulation strategies and a step-by-step process for resolving peer conflicts through visual aids, social stories, and hands-on sorting.

An educator-focused training session reviewing the K-2 developmental progression for self-awareness and identity, mapping curriculum pacing to CASEL and ASCA standards.