Check out these 22 easy ways you can integrate and use social emotional learning in your classroom that won't take up a lot of time.
This Social Emotional Learning Poster Bundle contains 10 unique SEL posters that are perfect for your classroom, school counseling office, school bulletin boards, or even home! Each poster offers visual supports to remind students of ways to practice self-regulation, coping tools, positive self-talk, growth mindset, conflict resolution, mindfulness, and more. The Poster Topics Included Are: ✔ How Are You Feelings Today? ✔ Trauma Sensitive Classroom Rules ✔ Strategies to Focus & Pay Attention In Class ✔ Mindfulness ✔ Conflict Resolution ✔ Stress Management ✔ Growth Mindset ✔ Anger Management ✔ Coping Statements ✔ Reframing Thoughts Each Poster Set Comes With: ☀️2-3 different printing options: color with frame, color without frame, and black and white. ☀️ Files sized for 8.5"X 11" and 18"X24" printing. ☀️ Make-Your-Own Collage Poster Art Activity (Feelings Poster comes with a Feelings Check-In Form)
Use this list of free resources to use as social emotional learning activities to help you work with kids and young adults. As a special educator for 10 years, I can say without a doubt that we need more social emotional learning supports for kids and young adults. Some of my best days in the classr
On a limited budget, need to know the absolute must haves for an elementary school counselor? Here's the list of my favorite tools and resources.
Check out these 22 easy ways you can integrate and use social emotional learning in your classroom that won't take up a lot of time.
This Social Emotional Learning Poster Bundle contains 10 unique SEL posters that are perfect for your classroom, school counseling office, school bulletin boards, or even home! Each poster offers visual supports to remind students of ways to practice self-regulation, coping tools, positive self-talk, growth mindset, conflict resolution, mindfulness, and more. The Poster Topics Included Are: ✔ How Are You Feelings Today? ✔ Trauma Sensitive Classroom Rules ✔ Strategies to Focus & Pay Attention In Class ✔ Mindfulness ✔ Conflict Resolution ✔ Stress Management ✔ Growth Mindset ✔ Anger Management ✔ Coping Statements ✔ Reframing Thoughts Each Poster Set Comes With: ☀️2-3 different printing options: color with frame, color without frame, and black and white. ☀️ Files sized for 8.5"X 11" and 18"X24" printing. ☀️ Make-Your-Own Collage Poster Art Activity (Feelings Poster comes with a Feelings Check-In Form)
Download this free and easy-to-use positive self-talk journal for kids (and adults!) who need a boost of confidence and positivity.
Understanding Mindfulness Mindfulness is the practice of learning to be present in the moment. By learning to focus on the moment, kids and young adults are actually practicing self-regulation skills. This helps learners check in with how they are feeling, what they are thinking, and what they ne
Our Social Emotional Learning Posters Bundle provide tips for conflict resolution, stress management, paying attention + more SEL topics.
5 Tips to setup a beautiful and effective school counseling office! I've pulled together ideas and links for things to make your office rock!
Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your students how to apologize? These ice cream cone themed social skills activities will help your students learn about and practice using a four part apology. These activities are perfect for your social skills or conflict resolution lessons! This resource is part of a SUMMER social skills bundle! Click here to save 20%! This resource is part of a conflict resolution activities bundle! Click here to save 20%! ************************************************************************************************************** What's Included: “How To Make An Apology” Poster/Visual aid that can be displayed in your classroom or office! Practicing An Apology Activity – Students will look at 16 scenarios and decide how to apologize using the four part apology. They will write their responses to each part in each scoop of the ice cream cone. This can be done as an individual or group activity. Apology Cone Examples – Students will look at a scenario and the completed four part apology. They can practice putting the apology in the correct order, or you can display the samples in your classroom or office. 18 Task Cards – These can be used as a way to spark discussion about apologizing, or gauge your students understanding of the topic! For more information, please see the preview. ************************************************************************************************************** Ideas For Use: Conflict resolution small groups or lessons Friendship skills small groups or lessons Social skills small groups or lessons With students who could benefit from learning to apologize effectively ************************************************************************************************************** What People Are Saying About This Resource: One buyer said “Fun and creative way to teach kids the way to properly apologize. I was looking for something simple and effective and this is it!” Sharon said "My students loved this activity! The ice cream model was well received!” ************************************************************************************************************** If you are satisfied with this resource, please leave feedback. If there is something I can improve upon, please e-mail me at [email protected] and I will do my best to accommodate you. Please check out my other resources you are sure to love: Conflict Resolution Steps Friendship Activities: I Can Be A Sweet Friend For more updates on my new products: Follow me on Teachers Pay Teachers! Follow me on Pinterest! Follow me on Facebook! Follow me on Instagram! To read the terms of use and copyright information for this resource, please click here.
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This past school year, I was in my third* school counseling office. I personally really benefit from visual inspiration and examples (for everything!) so I want to share some pictures from it as a sort of school counseling office tour in case it’s helpful for some of you, too! *My first school counseling office was […]
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Our Social Emotional Learning Posters Bundle provide tips for conflict resolution, stress management, paying attention + more SEL topics.
Welcome to my elementary school counseling office tour! Tips and tricks for how you can make your office fun and functional!
We all have students who want to control everything! Use this simple activity to help students visualize what they can and cannot control in individual counseling or small group counseling.
I've been meaning to post my school counseling office tour. Here's my furniture, artwork, and organization that makes my office tick!
Check out this FREE list of 101 coping skills for kids! Help children manage stress with these effective self-regulation coping tools.
Our Social Emotional Learning Posters Bundle provide tips for conflict resolution, stress management, paying attention + more SEL topics.
This free SEL Growth Mindset Poster reminds us of pro-active steps to take when we make a mistake. Use this in your counseling office, classroom, or even at home. ...
Games can be the perfect tool to introduce and teach social emotional learning skills to kids and young adults. These are the skills that help kids become more self-aware, develop positive relationships, show empathy towards others, manage emotions, use self-control, resolve conflicts, and make posi
Practicing conscious breathing helps when you feel anxious and overwhelmed. A mindful breathing stick can help guide young kids develop breathing techniques.
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A comprehensive list of school counseling videos that can be found on YouTube. Use these videos in guidance lessons, small group discussions or to start conversations with individual students.
These items will help you keep an organized counseling office. They are must-haves for your school counseling office, check them out and starting making your counseling office epic.
As an educator or parent, getting into a power struggle can be an awful thing. We waste so much of our energy trying to get we we want that we sometimes forget what our goal was in the first place. Power struggles can be especially difficult with kids with ADHD, autism, oppositional-defiant disorder
Looking for a great classroom community building or empathy activity for your classroom guidance lessons? You'll love this I am Human activity!
These items will help you keep an organized counseling office. They are must-haves for your school counseling office, check them out and starting making your counseling office epic.
Transform any store bought game into a social emotional learning game and therapeutic counseling intervention.
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) has been found to promote academic success and increase students' commitment to school. Generally, there are five key components that make up social emotional learning. These competencies include self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and decision making. Today, I'd like to focus on ways to help students develop self-awareness. Self-awareness includes one's ability to recognize emotions, have an accurate self-perception, identify strengths, develop confidence, and show self-efficacy. Researchers have found that a student's ability to control his or her feelings, thoughts, and behaviors can be linked to academic success. So, let's take a look at some easy ways to help students develop an awareness of their individual characteristics and personal emotions. All About Me - A - Z This activity helps students to define and identify a variety of aspects about themselves. They'll create a list about themselves with a characteristic, quality, or emotion for each letter of the alphabet. Materials: Piece of paper, pen or pencil Directions: - On a piece of paper, have students create two columns. (Or grab a ready-made poster here.) - Have them write all the letters of the alphabet in each column. - Then, challenge them to write something about themselves for each letter. For instance, they might write "gregarious" for G or "curious" for C. Ideas: - Share your own A to Z list with students first. - Create a class list of emotions and descriptive words to get students started. - Assemble students' finished lists in a class book. Moment of Mindfulness Mindfulness is a great way to build self-awareness. Since mindfulness is all about paying attention to the present moment, it's a great way for students to pause and reflect on how they are feeling, what they are thinking, and what they need in the present. It's simple to do too! Ways to take a moment of mindfulness: - At the beginning of class, have students close their eyes and take several deep breaths. Ask students to pay attention to their breathing. - Share a mindfulness quote with students to help focus students' thoughts during a moment of mindfulness. - Pause during instruction and have students do a self-awareness check. Encourage them to be mindful of their thoughts and feelings. Reflective Journaling Reflective journaling is a powerful way to help students become self-aware. With targeted writing prompts, students can develop insight into their feelings, make sense of their experiences, and build clarity on their thoughts. When students write about their own experiences and feelings, they become more self-aware. Materials: - A notebook and/or computer, pen or pencil, writing prompts - A list of writing prompts that spark self-reflection, these might include: --- Write about a time when you were proud of yourself. --- List ten things that make you feel excited. --- Reflect on how you have changed this year. --- What is something that you find challenging? (Check out a set of 10 engaging prompts here.) Ideas: - Have students respond to their prompts as if they are writing a letter to themselves..."Dear me..." - Read students' responses and respond to their writing in the margins. Add questions and positive notes at the end of their writing to build connections and spark further reflections. - Schedule a time each day or week for journaling to make it an intentional part of your classroom community. Growth Mindset There are many ways to help students develop a growth mindset. When students develop an understanding that all forms of intelligence are malleable, they are inspired to work toward success. That's why it is so powerful to infuse lessons about growth mindset into instruction. Giving students a moment to reflect on their own mindsets builds self-awareness. Materials: - Short lessons or articles about Growth Mindset to help students understand the differences between a fixed and growth mindset. - Series of questions about students' own mindsets. Directions: - After teaching students about Growth Mindset, have students respond to questions about their own mindsets. - Give students a chance to share their responses with a partner, small group, or the entire class. Ideas: - Share and display inspirational quotes about growth mindset. (I particularly love paper desk tents. They are an easy way to display quotes right on students' desks.) - Highlight important people who demonstrate a growth mindset. Emotions Skits Researchers have noted that there are at least six universal emotions. These include happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear, and disgust. Help students investigate and demonstrate these universal emotions by challenging them to write a short play or skit that involves a character or many characters experiencing one of the universal emotions. Materials: - List of the universal emotions, paper, pen - Skit planning pages (optional) Ideas: - Review the six universal emotions with students. As a class have students brainstorm what each emotion looks like (how people look when they are experiencing that emotion) and sounds like (what people might say when experiencing that emotion). - Brainstorm situations where people might feel each emotion. Encourage students to share personal situations when they felt a certain way. - Divide students into small groups. Secretly assign each group an emotion. - Challenge students to write a script that their small group could act out for the class that demonstrates that emotion. - Have small groups perform for the class. Have the audience identify the emotion prevalent in the skit. Self Check-In Daily feelings check-ins are a great way to build self-awareness. When students are given the opportunity to assess how they are feeling and share their emotions with others, they begin to know themselves more fully. Self check-ins also help normalize feelings. Materials: - Paper with an open grid shape - List of feelings Directions: - Pass out the gridded paper to students. - Have them fill the grid with different emotions. - Then, have students display the grid on their desks. - Have them place a token or shape on the emotion that shows how they are feeling at a particular moment. Ideas: - Once students can recognize their feelings, help them to develop strategies for regulating their emotions. - Encourage students to track their feelings over an entire school day. Then, discuss how feelings change in different situations. -------------------------------------------------- I hope you've found a few ways to help students develop self-awareness. Incorporating lessons that target social emotional learning is essential in today's classrooms. If you're looking for ready-made resources, check out this set of 10 SEL reading passages and this set of 6 Self-Awareness Activities. Thanks for stopping by! Mary Beth
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