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SEL and Racial Equity
SEL teaches children the lessons they need to understand and practice racial equity. Social emotional learning starts with bringing an end to racism and injustice. But how do we have these tough conversations with young people?
Funding Sources for SEL
You’re a school administrator, you’re already stretched thin. You may want to implement social-emotional learning, but you don’t have the money! Here are some creative ways you can fund your SEL program.
Benefits of Mindfulness for Children
What is mindfulness? And how can practicing mindfulness benefit areas of a child’s life such as in the classroom or socializing with friends? Check out the benefits of practicing mindfulness in the classroom for more details.
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Articles
How Does My School Pay For SEL?
Funding Sources for Social-Emotional Learning You’re a school administrator, you’re already stretched thin. You may want to implement...
Social-Emotional Learning in Texas
The Texas Model and TEKS Standards Everything is bigger in Texas, right? Even social-emotional learning! That’s why this month, our team took a...
Goal-Setting for the Next Generation
Goal-Setting with the Co-Founder of Good Food Jobs by Dorothy Neagle, Co-Founder of Good Food Jobs There is evidence that children need to see...
Mindful Social Media For Teens
Stop Negative Consequences of Social Media: A Guide for Teens For teens, the overuse of social media a problem for a variety of reasons. Whether...
Professional Development for Teachers
Cooperative Learning Strategies For Teachers Schools across the world use their professional-development time to train teachers on new pedagogies...
How To Help Your Child With Bullying
What Should I Do If My Child is Being Bullied? A Guest Post by Cristin Howard If you know or suspect that your child is being bullied, it can stir...
Mindfulness in the Classroom Articles
Mindfulness in Kindergarten
How do I teach mindfulness to kindergarteners? We already know the benefits of mindfulness for kids, but how exactly should you get your youngest...
How to Explain Mindfulness to a Child
Mindful Kids: Explaining Mindfulness to a Child I contributed this post to Empowering Education because it can be challenging to explain mindfulness...
Benefits of Mindfulness for Children
Benefits of Mindfulness for Kids If you're the type of educator like I was a number of years ago, you might immediately feel like mindfulness isn't...
Positive Affirmations for Kindergarteners
Trying to teach kindergarteners positive self-talk? Turn "I think I can..." into "I CAN!" with positive affirmations. It’s important to...
Activities for Kids During Social Distancing
4 COVID-Friendly Games (And Printable Online Alternatives) For Kids As more experts recommend social distancing in classrooms, parents wonder what...
Student New Year’s Resolutions in the Classroom
You’ve probably made some New Year’s resolutions -- and you probably didn’t keep them! Our students also struggle to set and achieve goals but...
Trauma-Informed Teaching Articles
Resilience in Isolation
Dr. Adelia Moore shares insight into parenting for resilience, even in social isolation. Being a more confident parent – being the grownup – strengthens your child’s resolve. Many parents are understandably worried about the effects of extended social distancing on children’s well-being. Your emotional state is contagious, for better or worse. Let’s make it for the better.
SEL and Racial Equity
SEL teaches children the lessons they need to understand racial equity. Social emotional learning starts with bringing an end to racism and injustice. But how do we have these tough conversations with young people? We compiled a list of resources, books, and activities to help adults and kids talk about race.
Teacher Tips for Online Learning
Create a virtual classroom from home: how you can build an online class using these 6 distance learning tips.
Talking to Kids about the Coronavirus: 4 Tips
As coronavirus continues to affect each of us, we would like to provide resources and tips in response to student questions regarding the virus and school closures, in addition to providing activities that students can do at home to stay engaged.
Tips for the Trauma Informed Educator: Stress & Trauma as Resilience Factors
Being a trauma-informed educator does not mean that we need to protect our students from all possible stressors and difficult experiences, rather, it means we have a deeper understanding of our students’ emotional states and we work to empower them to respond effectively to challenges and stressors….If we as parents and educators remove all stress from a child’s life we are robbing them of their richest opportunities for growth.
5 Ways to Support Children (& Ourselves) in the Wake of Tragedy
When students feel unsafe they don’t learn. So, how can we support students in the face of such global tension? Is there anything that we can do as educators and parents to create a sense of safety?
Absolutely. The same principles for effective treatment and prevention of trauma hold true here. Here are five practices to support your students (and yourself) following a tragic event.