Counseling Corner

SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING AT HOME
During the school year, our staff visited classrooms to teach lessons on a variety of social emotional topics. We encourage families to revisit these resources with children at home for their current and previous grade levels:

Kindergarten - Identifying Feelings

• Book: The Way I Feel by Janan Cain

• Video: “Dave Matthews and Grover Sing About Feelings”

Grade 1 - Coping With Feelings

• Book: When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang

• Book: A Bug and a Wish by Karen Scheuer

• Video: “Just Breathe”
  

Grade 2 - Empathy and Group Work

• Book: Stand In My Shoes: Kids Learning About Empathy by Bob Sornson

• Book: Swimmy by Leo Lionni
  

Grade 3 - Healthy Friendships

• Video: “Friendship Soup”

• Book: Trouble Talk by Tracy Ludwig
  

Grade 4 - Stress Reduction and the Brain

• Video: “Emotions and the Brain”

• Diagram: Getting To Know and Love Your Brain

• Video: “Just Breathe”
  

Grade 5 - Healthy Decision Making

• Video: “Stuck On an Escalator”

• Video: “The Digital Footprint” (Part of LPS Digital Citizenship Collaboration)