Individuality
Individuality
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An inspirational picture book that celebrates the uniqueness of every child
Themes: self-love, identity, self-confidence
Love and Connection
Love and Connection
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence
Overcoming Anxiety
Overcoming Anxiety
SEL Core Competency: Self-Awareness
Theme: Overcoming Anxiety, Building Emotional Intelligence
A story about a girl who has a worry that becomes bigger and bigger. She realizes that by talking to someone about your worries it helps to shrink your worry.
Self-Confidence
Self-Confidence
Being the Best Version of Yourself
Being the Best Version of Yourself
SEL Core Competency Area: Responsible Decision-Making
Inspiring picture book that reminds kids that tomorrow’s success starts with the promises we make to ourselves and our community today
Empathy
Empathy
Belonging
Belonging
SEL Core Competency: Social Awareness
Theme: Empathy
This book teaches kids how to recognize and practice empathy through simple real-life scenarios that are easy for them to understand. It features discussion questions and activities that encourage kids to talk about what they learned and use it in their lives.
This resource is a digital copy of the read aloud with discussion questions and an activity.
SEL Core Competency: Social Awareness
Themes: Belonging, Inclusion
A Little SPOT of Belonging is a story about the importance of including others and being kind. It also helps children learn how to make friends.
Flexible Thinking and the Brain
Flexible Thinking and the Brain
Suggested for K - 5
SEL Core Competency: Self-Management
Themes: flexible thinking, different points of view, problem solving
Suggested for K - 5
SEL Core Competencies: Self-Awareness and Self-Management
Themes: Growth Mindset and flexible thinking
Kindness
Kindness
The Great Kindness Challenge
The Great Kindness Challenge
Visit The Great Kindness Challenge website for more information on how to participate in this school wide challenge.
Use the hyperdoc on the left as a resource to have students read books with themes of kindness. Books included:
The Jelly Donut Difference
Each Kindness
Last Stop on Market Street
Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed
Those Shoes
Be Kind
Stand Tall Mary Lou Melon
Kindness is Cooler Mrs. Ruler
Strictly No Elephants
The Kindness Quilt
Good People Everywhere
The Invisible Boy
Feelings and Emotions
Feelings and Emotions
Teaches students all about different emotions and facial expressions so they know how to NAME their FEELINGS.
Shows specific examples of children describing how they are feeling.
Topic: Dealing with anxiety
Teaches students strategies for managing anxious feelings
Highlights the importance of finding activities that students are passionate about to help them manage their feelings and emotions
This book helps kids explore the complexities of their emotions by telling stories, asking questions, and coloring activities made for self-expression.
Students can color, write, and doodle how they feel on the interactive printable pages.
Click HERE for the interactive printable pages.
Find Your Calm
Find Your Calm
Sometimes children need a break from our noisy, over-stimulating world. Charlotte and the Quiet Place shows how a child learns and practices mindful breathing on her own and experiences the beauty of silence.
A book about self-discovery and empowerment.
Discussion questions and activity on the last slide
Inspired by the idea of being thankful for all that you have
Encourages children to be grateful for all of life's simple moments, great and small
Mindfulness
Mindfulness
A good way to introduce mindfulness to students
Shared learning experience
Discussion question and activity (last slide)
A good way to reinforce mindfulness to students
Shared learning experience
Discussion questions and activity (last slides)
Guides students through the practice of naming their feelings and the physical sensations that accompany them.
Helps children develop a sensations vocabulary so that they can express what they are experiencing.
Discussion questions and activities (last slides)
A story about yoga and feeling focused
Teaches kids how using breathing, movement and mindset can help overcome big emotions
Discussion questions and activity (last slides)
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