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What I Love About Me, All About Me, Back-to-School Craft This educational resource caters to learners ranging from Preschool to Grade 5. It gives children the chance to express and illustrate their favorite people, places, and activities. Classroom Applications It can be used as a back-to-school activity for building camaraderie amongst students. The craft can be utilized for special events like Valentine's Day. Suitable for both in-class and homework assignments. Towards Self-Love & Gratitude The goal of this project is to foster self-love and teach gratitude among students by making them reflect on the things they appreciate in their lives such as 'My Home', 'My School', 'My Friends', 'My Family' and 'My Hobbies'. Versatile Duration Activity This activity offers flexibility in its duration. It could either be a one-day project or stretched over an entire week depending on classroom schedules. Children are encouraged to share parts of this project every morning which also results in engaging bulletin board displays! Celebrating Emotions & Personal Growth The flip books created through this activity serve both as keepsakes that capture emotional growth over time and tools that provide useful input regarding Social Emotional Learning (SEL). This helps educators adapt lessons according to student's emotional responses tracked over time. What I Love About Me, All About Me, Back to School Craft

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THIS IS A DIGITAL PRODUCT. NOTHING WILL BE SHIPPED. After your payment is processed, you will download your craft directly from Etsy. This "I Love Me Tree" activity is a growth mindset craft designed to build and strengthen self-esteem. Use for fall/Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, Spring, or anytime during the year by simply changing the color of your leaves. Students will make a barren tree come to life with self affirming language. Includes: -All templates to complete craft -Tree template comes in 2 color options and black and white outline Suggestion: Print leaves on red, pink and purple for Valentine's day; red, orange and yellow for fall; varying shades of green for spring and summer; or, a rainbow of colors for all year round. Not for commercial use. For personal and classroom use only. Coverpage credits for fonts: Kimberly Geswein heart happy 2020

True Love Conquers All “Love” is a word that gets thrown around a lot. But what does it really mean to love the way God loves? The answer to that question is written throughout the Bible, and is really highlighted in 1 Corinthians 13. In this series, kids will learn how we can emulate the love God has for us. _______ God Is Love Curriculum Lesson Overview: Memory Verse: “Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not want what belongs to others. It does not brag. It is not proud. It does not dishonor other people. It does not look out for its own interests. It does not easily become angry. It does not keep track of other people’s wrongs. Love is not happy with evil. But it is full of joy when the truth is spoken. It always protects. It always trusts. It always hopes. It never gives up. Love never fails.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a (NIRV) Lessons: Love is Patient Scripture: Luke 15:11-24, Parable of the Lost Son Jesus told the story of a father who patiently waited every day for his lost son to come home. When the son finally found his way home, the father ran to him in love. Jesus told this story to give us a picture of how God waits patiently for us to come to Him and experience His love. Objective: Kids will learn “God’s love is shown through patience.” Love is Kind Scripture: Luke 10:25-37, The Parable of the Good Samaritan In this parable of Jesus, the Samaritan showed kindness to the injured man when his own countrymen turned a blind eye. Kindness is a demonstration of love. We can extend love to others by being kind. Objective: Kids will learn “God’s love is shown through kindness.” Love Keeps No Record of Wrongs Scripture: Luke 23:32-43, Criminals on The Cross Jesus freely gave his life so that we could have forgiveness. Jesus demonstrated that forgiving love to one of the criminals who was crucified with him. Although the criminal had done many bad things to deserve punishment, Jesus did not hold those things against the man. Jesus instead offered forgiveness and love.  Objective: Kids will learn “God’s love is shown through forgiveness.”   Love Never Fails Scripture: John 3:16, God’s Love & Luke 24:36-47, Jesus Appears to Disciples Because of His great love for us, God sent His Son to earth to be our Savior. When Jesus laid down his life for us, and then rose again in power, He proved that God’s love never fails. We can experience all the love that God has for us when we put our trust in Jesus.  Objective: Kids will learn “God's love never fails.” _______ About This Curriculum: Perfect for kids ages 6-12 4-weeks Includes large group and small group resources This curriculum is an instant download Download a free sample here Each Lesson Includes: Memory Verse - so that you can make sure kids are getting Scripture in their minds and hearts every single week and you can feel like each lesson was a success even when it seems like 90% of your lesson time is spent saying things like "calm down", "let's be quiet", "hands to yourself!"  Skit or Puppet Show - so you have a way to easily connect the lesson with your hands-on and visual learners. No drama team? No problem! Just hand the script to the kids. They'll have a blast and think you're the coolest. Craft Activity - so you can give kids a physical reminder of the Bible lesson (and give yourself an activity to keep them busy until mom and dad come back!) Game - so kids don't leave and say church was BORING! Games are so important to help keep kids engaged. Our large group games always include a "What's The Point" section to help you connect the game to the lesson. Large Group Lesson - so you can present the Bible story in a clear and fun way, which means now you can enjoy Saturday nights instead of stressing over putting a lesson together! Small-Group Discussion - so you can find out who was paying attention and who was talking to their neighbor.  Just kidding, this is a great way for you to build deeper relationships with your kiddos after each lesson, which means you're going to care about them so much you'll cry like a baby when they graduate and go to middle school :( _______ Guaranteed to Be Awesome 100% Money Back Guarantee. Our Children's Ministry curriculum is guaranteed to be awesome. If you don't absolutely love this curriculum, just let us know within 30 days and we'll give you a full refund, and a big hug. No questions asked.

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Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Are you ready for it? Here is a fun, easy, and FREE Valentine's Day Activity for your classroom. It also makes a

I think the image of a wrinkled heart is a powerful one to help students visualize the way our words affect others. In first grade this week we are learning about put-ups and put-downs. I read the story Bad Apple and discussed how Mac felt when the other apples were being mean to him. One of the things I like about this story is that we do not see the behavior of the other mean apples change in the book when Mac is different from them, but we do see Mac and Will supporting each other as friends in spite of the unkind words. So often students must decide how to handle the teasing when changing the mean kids is not in their circle of control. They are able to empathize with Mac in the story and relate to the feelings of sadness and loneliness he feels when being teased. I do want all students to be empowered to choose kind words and recognize the staying power of their words. After our discussion, I wrinkled a heart each time a child told me something mean someone had said to them until it was a crumpled ball. I tried to smooth the heart back out with some of the nice things they say to each other. But we compared the heart with wrinkles to a smooth heart and discussed how we can never fully erase all of the mean words from our memory. Students made a wrinkled heart craft as a take away from the lesson. They cut out the heart and put in some wrinkles since those mean words were on it. Then they wrote kind sayings on band-aids and glued them over the mean words. This activity is available for download here. Kid President's video "20 Things We Should Say More Often" is a perfect end to this lesson!

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Valentine's Day Activities for Pre-K Kids--this is a great collection of ideas specially made for kids ages 3-5!

I Am Love Google Slides Student Activity Guide The I am Love book teaches children compassion through actions and affirmations. Use this beautiful story as a springboard for students to spread their love to others.    This resource includes the following: -Lesson Plan Intro Prompts - Vocabulary words -I am Love to draw a picture -Practice Sentences -L is for Love beginning sounds -I am Love senses practice -Word Search -Mystery Puzzle -ABC Order Activity -Beginning and ending Sounds -Fill in the blank sentences

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Friends~I made the cutest Hurty Box for back to school! I have been working on a new author study to use with my class the first few weeks of school. I chose Helen Lester because her stories are wonderful for teaching character education and setting up a community of learners. My very favorite Helen Lester book is titled, Hurty Feelings. Besides having the sweetest cover, the character Fragility is the best. Basically, Fragility gets her feelings hurt easily and the other hippos don't want to play with her. She meets Rudy, the Bully Elephant and ends up hurting his feelings and she gets a taste of how she has been behaving. Click the image below to hear the story! I had so much fun creating activities for this story but my Hurty Box turned out so darn cute that I had to share it with you. Watch the video below to learn more about how I am using The Hurty Box in class in August! You can totally make your own cards to go inside or you can check out my new unit on TPT. Just click the cover below! It is filled with 31 pages of activities to use with the following 5 Helen Lester books: Grab a FREE download for Listen Buddy by clicking below. You can even make these adorable Buddies with your class. I had my students follow a set of verbal directions to tear construction paper to create their own version of buddy. It is a perfect listening activity for the beginning of the year and a lessons on differences. Each Buddy is unique!

I Can Say No is a great book to show kids that it's okay to say no without feeling guilty. Here are a few activities to pair with this book.

This is everything you need to share the amazing book, "In My Heart" by Jo Witek with your students. perfect for Valentine's day, Wellness Wednesday, SEL, or mental health lessons! This activity pack comes with three different options depending on the amount of time you would like to spend on this lesson or the grade that you teach! my personal favourite is the written reflection option! The writing prompts that I provide my students are... - "How does your heart feel?" - "What people, places, and memories provoke different emotions in your heart?" - "What are some of the people, places, things, and memories that make your heart feel full?" Some Ideas of what you could do with these worksheets are... - Students make a list of the people, places, things, memories, etc. that fill their hearts. - Students complete a written response where they write down what emotions are tied to different people, places, hobbies, memories, etc. For example, "I feel calm when I am in nature" - Ask students "What emotions fill your heart?" Afterward, students will record their emotions on the back of their hearts and colour in the smaller hearts to match the larger heart on the other side Examples of how I used all three options are provided! :) ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ HOW IT WORKS 1. Purchase this digital download printable file (note this is not a physical product, it's a download) 2. You'll receive the downloads instantly 3. Print the document! They are 8.5X11 PDF ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ What's included: - Downloadable template to your Google Drive - 3 different options to go with the read aloud "In My Heart" by Jo Witek ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ ADDITIONAL INFO This is a downloadable, digital file that you can access immediately after purchase. To open the files you will be required to have a PDF Reader such as Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer. Please ensure your software is up to date to avoid compatibility issues. ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ TECH ISSUE? QUESTIONS? Have problems or questions? Please contact me! I am here for you :) orderhappyelementary [!at] gmail.com ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ Terms Of Use Purchase of this resource entitles the purchaser the right to reproduce pages in limited quantities for single classroom or homeschool use only. Duplication for a friend, another staff member, entire school or commercial purpose without purchase of an additional licence is strictly forbidden. Copying any part of this resource and placing it on the internet in any form (even a personal or classroom website/ school server) is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ classroom | minimalist classroom | neutrals | Inquiry | Behaviour management inclusive classroom | diverse classroom | happy elementary | Voice level display | Mental Health | SEL

This is a WORKSHEET- NOT A LESSON- that goes with the lesson: I AM HUMAN Empathy Kindness Caring Respect SEL LESSON + WORKSHEET w 6 Videos . The worksheet is included with the lesson, but some people prefer to have a separate file. It can also be utilized independently without the lesson. The lesson can be found here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/I-AM-HUMAN-Empathy-Kindness-Caring-Respect-SEL-LESSON-WORKSHEET-w-6-Videos-5722788 Description of the lesson: This is a READY TO USE (NO PREP) lesson & worksheet that addresses the ever-important social-emotional learning SEL / character education curriculum concepts of EMPATHY, KINDNESS, RESPECT, & CARING FOR OTHERS. It is based on the book, I Am Human by Susan Verde. It includes 22 slides, links to 6 videos to utilize with your lesson, one of which is of the book being read aloud. There is also a video introduction to the lesson by Izzy, The Wonder Dog which you can use or delete depending on your needs. This lesson is appropriate for use with both large and small groups or as an individual intervention to support your social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum. It is intended for the elementary level. Concepts included are: Definition of empathy How empathy helps us Development of empathy by practice Empathy increases our happiness & happiness of others As a bonus, you also will be getting a free unique PowerPoint template that you can utilize over and over! What a bargain! A pre-made lesson ready to teach with no prep AND a unique PPT template! And all for less than the cost of a couple of cups of coffee!! This presentation has 22 slides and includes links to 6 different videos to support the social-emotional learning/character education curriculum concepts that are addressed. This is a rich variety of concepts that all need to be taught to our students to ensure their later success. I would schedule 30-45 minutes for this lesson depending upon the discussion that you lead with students and how many videos you utilize. It could easily be turned into a unit for small groups. This lesson is easily customizable for all levels of elementary depending on how you present it. This lesson can be edited to make it fit your exact needs. I have the slides arranged in the way that I feel will help me teach, but you may want to rearrange or even delete some. The beauty of being able to personalize this lesson for yourself is that it is easily adapted to teach different levels at the elementary level or even older. All of my lessons and forms are field-tested. I have used them myself and have been successful with them. The videos and support the social-emotional learning/character education curriculum concepts and help students to generalize them into their own lives and experiences. These videos are thought-provoking and entertaining ways to think about this very important concept and how it relates to being successful both now and in the future. I have found that videos are very effective in helping students to create an emotional link to the abstract concepts that character education involves. Coupled with discussions in which you can assist students to make the connection, it is an easy and effective way to teach these difficult concepts and assist students to internalize them into their own personalities. This presentation includes slides that have transitions and animations to help to hold your students' interest. It is easily personalized and customized and includes a master slide that you can copy and paste into the location where additional information or personalization is desired. Character education/SEL is vital to the success of our students. Employers report that the qualities for which they are looking when hiring include the “soft skills” that are character education. As educators, we are called to support learning in the character education and social skills areas in order to educate the whole child. Websites and videos are NOT embedded but are links. I do not own them or control them, so if there is a problem with a broken link or something else, please let me know so that I can repair, replace, or fix the presentation for you. Anytime you have technology incorporated, you risk having related issues. I appreciate communication so that I can provide the best possible service for you. In the event that a link does not work, please contact me via the “QUESTIONS” page or can email me directly at [email protected] , and I will do my best to remedy the situation for you!! I want to provide the best possible product for your use. **NOTE*** links do not work in editing mode in PowerPoint. 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These self-love activities for kids are perfect for students in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade. You will find a heart puzzle, engaging flip-book, and MORE!

Here are some friendly little reminder posters to hang for your students to recognize the various rules. I have five mini-posters total: 1. For most words, just add 's' 2. If it ends in ch, sh, s, ss, x, or z, add 'es' 3. Change the 'y' to 'ies' 4. Change the 'f' or 'fe' to 'ves' 5. If there's a vowel before the 'y', just add's' Includes one poster with words that are exceptions to the rules. Enjoy!

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