Lesson Spotlight: To identify the roles of the PFC and amygdala. To recognize signs of the fight, flight, freeze stress response. To practice various coping tools for emotion regulation
Why is this important? Your Brave, Hardworking Brain isn't just a story-- it's a brain-chaning tool. Whether a child is feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or just needs to understand what's going on inside, this story offers a powerful (and age-appropriate) way to explain the brain's stress response. With characters like the Protective Porcupine (amygdala) and the Thoughtful Turtle (prefrontal cortex), kids learn that their brain is trying to help-- and that they have real tools to feel safe, calm, and grounded again.
Kahoot! 2nd Step Bully Prevention Practice & Google BP Quiz
Lesson Spotlight: I can reflect on personal growth of 2025 with my Growth Sandwich
Lesson 4: Bystander to Cyber Bullying
Cyber Bullying is bullying using electronic technology.
There are similarities and differences between cyber Bullying and other forms of bullying.
UPstanders can do things to help stop cyber bullying
Lesson 6.2 What's Your Perspective
Lesson Spotlight: Learning that Positive Friends try to step back and understand other people's perspectives, regulated their emotions, and practice healthy communication.
This lesson introduces the concept that Positve friends are able to navigate conflict by understanding the perspectives of other people. This helps students identify ways that conflicts and disagreements are an incredible opportunity to learn new and different perspectives which can lead to creative problem-solving. Students will do a pespective-taking activity to illustrate this concept. They will be divided into four different groups and each will be given a section of a larger picture to understand. The groups will work together to creat a perspective story on using their limited information and then share out one group at a time to see how the perspective changes as we get more information.
Lesson 8.1 What Helps Me
Lesson Spotlight: Identifying and practicing many different Healthy Activitgies helps us live healthy lives and regulate big emotions like anger, anxiety, and sadness.
In this lesson, we will explore a variety of different Healthy Activities that we engage in regularly and explore the benefits they can provide. It is important to recognize Healthy Activities help each of us in different ways. Two people can engage in the same activity, and feel different responses. It might calm down on person's brain and body, but energize another. We will explore three common emotions: anger, anxiety, and sadness and what to do when they get really BIG. We will consider how different Healthy Activities can help us bring those emotions back down to size.
Inroduction to Sources of Strength Unit 3: Emotional Regulation for Grades 2-5 🎧🔊
Lesson 3.2: Emotional Regulations- Big Emotions
Lesson Spotlight: Using Strengths from the Wheel can help us navigate emotions big and small.