The Second Step program teaches kids skills in empathy, emotion identification and management, friendship, and problem-solving.
Here are some Second Step lessons you can use at home to help your child strengthen their skills:
The Imagine Neighborhood is a weekly podcast designed for use by families during current school closures. Each episode helps kids and grownups learn and practice social-emotional skills together through music, stories, and activities.
Sign up for the Imagine Neighborhood mailing list for descriptions of each show as it launches, topics discussed, and prompts to use with your child to discuss what they're learning.
This site offers age-appropriate programs to help kids develop and improve their social, emotional, and behavioral skills. I have a free teacher account through June 30, 2020 through which I can create accounts for View Acres students. If you would like your child to have their own Centervention.com account (which would expire June 30, 2020), please let me know!
Centervention.com offers a free Social Emotional Learning Journal which provides weekly guided journal entries or writing/drawing prompts for kids to express their feelings and learn more about themselves.
"Mind Yeti is a library of research-based guided mindfulness sessions that help kids and their adults calm their minds, focus their attention and connect to the world around them." - Second Step
The Mind Yeti program is a series of nineteen short videos, from one to six minutes long, to teach kids and adults how to become more mindful, calm, and focused. Video series are in English and Spanish.