Social & Emotional Learning Activities Pack

Pack includes:

• Gentle Hands and Other Sing-Along Songs for Social-Emotional Learning
  • La, la, la! Shake up your story time with these twelve sing-along songs based on classic tunes kids already know and love. Gentle Hands and Other Sing-Along Songs for Social-Emotional Learning is a beautifully illustrated songbook that teaches important social-emotional skills for everyday life. Favorite songs like “Frère Jacques” and “B-I-N-G-O” get turned on their heads with new, easy-to-remember lyrics offering lessons on:
    • how to manage anger
    • asking for help
    • what to do when you’re afraid
    • being a good friend
    • when to use a quiet voice
    • and many others!
    A special section for teachers, parents, and caregivers provides tips on how to use these fun songs to share social-emotional skills with young children. Digital content includes downloadable sheet music for all songs.
• Activities for Building Character and Social-Emotional Learning PreK–K
  • Build attitudes of respect and caring, reduce problem behaviours, empower students to solve problems, and educate the whole child with the flexible, user-friendly activity guides in the Safe & Caring Schools^® series. The lessons’ literature-based connections allow teachers to “build in” rather than “add on” social-emotional learning (SEL) throughout the day. Field-tested in classrooms across the United States, these activities when fully implemented have resulted in improved school climate, greater parent engagement, increased academic achievement, and reduction in discipline referrals.Each book offers:
    • 100+ easy-to-implement year-round activities that integrate into the daily curriculum in all subject areas
    • Monthly themes focused on empathy, bullying prevention, teamwork, decision-making, and more
    • Concise lesson formats (Read, Discuss, Do, Relate)
    • Discussion and writing prompts
    • Built-in assessment

    Use the PreK–K Guide to teach young children positive life skills through daily practice. The activities teach the whole child by allowing them to be curious, active, imaginative, and part of the learning process. This guide helps teachers work within a framework toward specific goals, but also encourages them to be creative in helping children express themselves.

• Colouring Book and Reflections for Social Emotional Learning
  • With a unique combination of mindful colouring illustrations and reflection prompts, Colouring Book and Reflections for Social Emotional Learning effectively combines mindfulness and SEL to be used both in the classroom and at home. Each of the SEL topics features two pages of activities and prompts, mirroring the left and right sides of our brains. The left page (logical) includes a prompt for reflection through journaling or free-drawing and the right page (creative) is an illustration for colouring to promote mindfulness. Topics range from positive self-talk to empathy to trying your best.This mindful colouring book for kids stands on its own merits yet can be paired with other mindfulness curriculum to further integrate social and emotional learning into your everyday. The thirty-six mindfulness colouring pages correspond with the thirty-six weeks of the school year, and the SEL writing prompts support the weekly activities in Mindful Classrooms™ by James Butler.
• 1-2-3 My Feelings and Me
  • This friendly, positive picture book helps children understand their feelings, giving them coping strategies for communicating and managing emotions more effectively. With colorful, expressive illustrations and an inviting counting format, 1-2-3 My Feelings and Me invites children and adults to share and explore feelings together. A special section for adults offers tips, activities, and discussion topics to help children explore their feelings.
• Join In and Play
  • It’s fun to make friends and play with others, but it’s not always easy to do. You have to make an effort, and you have to know the rules—like ask before joining in, take turns, play fair, and be a good sport. This book teaches social skills for children using the basics of cooperation, getting along, making friends, and being a friend. Includes ideas for games adults can use with kids to reinforce the social skills being taught.
• Listen and Learn
  • Knowing how to listen is essential to learning, growing, and getting along with others. Simple words and inviting illustrations help children develop listening skills, understand why it’s important to listen, and recognize the positive results of listening.Includes a note to teachers and parents, additional information for adults, and activities.