Social Emotional Learning During School Closure 4.27.2020

Suggested activities can be repeated and you can choose what to enjoy at any time during the week.

I hope you enjoy them!

Activities to Choose From For All Grades

Watch or read the book "Friends" by Helme Heine Friends

Optional "Friends" activity after listening to the story:

Complete below worksheet or draw a picture about the actions or words good friends with do or say or simply talk with your child about what it means to be a good friend and show "expected" friendship behavior. Feel free to help your child make personal connections with the story (e.g., remember the time when...)

Extend the conversation to your pets or plants if you have them or discuss how we can care for other living things (wild and domestic) as if they are our friends.

Extend the conversation to your family. (Second grade may like to make connections with Grandfather Tang's Story Grandfather Tang's Story .) Ask, "How did Little Soo show care for Grandfather Tang?"

Modification: Feel free to list the important details of the story for your child and discuss what each means and/or "looks like" siting examples. For example, "Friends help each other; decide things together; work together; share things; are fair with each other; always stick together; talk when they have problems (good time to practice "I statements"); take turns; are kind to one another."

Mindfulness Exercise - Kind Wishes: Find a comfortable seated position; With each wish, take a deep breath and pause in between the wishes; Make a kind wish for someone you care about; Make a kind wish for yourself; Make a kind with for someone you do not know; (This next wish is the toughest one!) Make a kind wish for someone that bothers you; Close with a moment of silence.

Mindfulness Exercise - Listen to "My Brain" and sing along My Brain

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