A small group lesson for first graders focused on three essential social skills: identifying feelings, respecting personal space, and mastering sharing and turn-taking through a superhero lens.
A 30-minute social-emotional learning lesson for kindergarteners focused on the 'Friendship Garden' metaphor to teach kind words, sharing, and conflict resolution.
A lesson focused on defining and internalizing core character traits through graphic organizers and vocabulary building. Students explore meanings, usage, and visual representations of values like respect and honesty.
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 comprehensive small-group lesson on social skills focused on decoding non-verbal cues and mastering active listening to navigate peer conflicts effectively.
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 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.
A comprehensive lesson on the Zones of Regulation framework, using a weather-based metaphor to help students identify their emotional states and select appropriate regulation tools.
Teaches 'I-statements' and restorative communication techniques to repair sibling relationships and prevent future flares.
Introduces practical 'water' (cooling) strategies to de-escalate anger in the moment before it becomes a 'wildfire'.