Mindfulness Meditation
Reflective Writing
Emotional Vocabulary List
Grounding Techniques:
Name five different things you can see around the room
Listen to energetic or relaxing music for one minute
Hold an object in your hands and focus on the color or texture
Take ten deep breaths, counting each one as your chest rises
Eat a piece of candy and choose three words that describe its taste
Self-Management Games
Musical Chairs
Follow the Leader
Red Rover
Mother, May I
Simon Says
Video teaching: What is Responsible Decision Making?
Fuzzaboom Video: Making difficult decisions.
Innoventure Jr: Making Decisions Making decision can be hard but knowing how to make a difficult decision is an important skill!
Video: These are real life scenarios that teens may encounter. They goal of this activity is to have students reflect and come up with the most responsible decision. Recommended audience: grades 9-12.
Walk-in Someone Else's Shoes Activity. Recommended audience is grades 3rd-6th. A Sanford Harmony lesson.
Community Service Projects
Listening Circles
Reading literature from diverse cultures
When kids practice self-care they learn to identify their physical and emotional needs and can begin to take care of those needs.
Practicing self-care at a young age allows kids to create a foundation that will benefit them as adults.
Practicing self-care allows your child to develop healthy habits that they can benefit from in the future.
Your child will be able to become more independent and understand how to take care of themselves.
They will develop the skills necessary to keep themselves healthy mentally, physically, and emotionally.
In today's world conflict is one thing that we know can't be avoided. Teaching students what conflict is, the different styles of conflict management, and how to handle conflict is an integral part of producing responsible and productive citizens. The following lesson is designed to have students reflect on how they handle conflict and for them to recognize how others handle conflict to develop better relationships. Recommended audience: Grades 5-8.
Get to know you Bingo
Team Building Activities
Social Emotional Choice Boards with 30+ ready to use activities (bridgeportedu.net)! Recommended grades: 6-12