Teaching Strategies & Resources

Guidance from CASEL about Reopening Schools

SEL Roadmap: Actions for a Successful Second Semester

District SEL Implementation Handout

Equity & Resilience Resource Library

Mood Shifting Strategies

Strategies to help Students and Teachers Stay Calm (Edutopia)

Focusing on Student Well-Being in Challenging Times

How to Teach Online So all Students Feel Like They Belong

A Trauma-Informed Approach to Teaching Through Coronavirus

Collective Vulnerability & Teaching Online - Brene Brown

Resources for Equity and Resilience

Teaching Tolerance

Facing History and Ourselves

PBS NewsHour Extra - Teaching Current Events

Applying an Equity Lens to Social, Emotional, and Academic Development

Leveraging the Power of Social Emotional Learning

SEL Websites and Curricula

The Greater Good in Education

Greater Good in Education Practices Menu

MindUP

Move This World

Second Step

Sound Discipline

Random Acts of Kindness Foundation - All Ages

Why Try - Middle and High

CASEL Teaching Activities

SEE Learning - COVID-19 Response and Resources (including playbook with 1-minute practices)

SEE Learning Stand Alone Resources

SEE Learning Videos - Playlist of Minute Practices

RESOLVE: Online Community Building Circles

Picture Books to Teach Social Emotional Skills

Videos for Teaching about the Brain

Hand Model of the Brain for Kids - Early Elementary

Amygdala, Hippocampus, Prefrontal Cortex - Primary/Intermediate

Why Do We Lose Control of Our Emotions - Intermediate Elementary

Brain and Amygdala Hand Model - Middle School

Dan Siegel: "The Adolescent Brain" - Middle and High

Dan Siegel: Introduces Hand Model of the Brain - Middle and High

Dan Siegel: Mindfulness and Neural Integration - Middle and High

Dan Siegel: Name it to Tame It - High School

Dan Siegel: "Flipping Your Lid" - High School

Videos for Teaching Breathing Exercises

Take 5ive Mindfulness Practices

Belly Breathing by Sesame Street - Early Elementary

Belly Breathing Song with Esme & Roy - Early Elementary

Five Finger Breathing - General Elementary

4-7-8 Breathing Exercise by GoZen - Intermediate Elementary

Calm Breathe Bubble - Middle and High

Head Space - All Ages including Adults

Videos for Teaching Growth Mindset and Self Control

Growth Mindset - Early Elementary

Self Control - Middle / High School

Resources for Teaching Mindfulness

Mindfulness Intro & Resource List

Free Mindful Classes for Kids (Mindful Schools)

Mindfulness Activities to Reduce Stress & Increase Calm (article)

Head Space App - All Ages including Adults

Headspace YouTube Channel

YoMind - Ashland Organization

JustMe Videos (for kids)

Mind Yeti - Elementary

Calm - Middle and High

Daily Calm - Middle and High

Headspace for Educators - All Ages

Sitting Still Like a Frog Activity Book

GoZen

Mindful Schools Training