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
Lesson Spotlight: I can reflect on personal growth of 2025 with my Growth Sandwich
Lesson 4: Bystanders 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 8.2 Learning Through Failures
Lesson Spotlight: Experiencing failure and challenges is a normal part of life. Learning how to lean into our Strengths when we experience challenges and failures can help us build resiliency.
In this lesson, we'll discuss how everybody will experienc failures and challenges in their lives. Learning and growing through those failures and challenges can make us stronger, develop hope, and resilience. Healthy Activites provide a concrete example of how we can learn through failure. Young people can often catastrophize a mistake and not see solutions or a way forward. It is important that we teach, model, and practice resilience from a young age, so people know how to utilize their Strengths and learn to grow through difficult circumstnaces. This skill brings hope in hard times.
Inroduction to Sources of Strength Unit 3: Emotional Regulation for Grades 2-5 🎧🔊
Lesson 3.1 Understanding and Normalizing Sensations, Emotions, and Thoughts
Lesson Spotlight: Identifying the difference between sensations, emotions, and thoughts help us better understand what our brains and bodies are communicating.