Games are one of the most engaging and meaningful ways to practice social-emotional skills with children and young adults. While there are many fancy online games and activities, sometimes you can’t beat an old board game. Board games are simple, predictable, and easy to pull out whenever you have some extra time during class. In […]
15+ Classroom Practices to Build Self-Regulation Skills
Self-regulation skills are one of the biggest keys for success for students in the classroom. These are some of the skills that help students focus during lessons, wait their turn to share in group activities, transition to a new task when time is up, and start tasks right away. Self-regulation skills are extraordinarily important in […]
Executive Functioning Accommodations for Emotions and Behavior
Students with executive functioning challenges may also struggle with managing their emotions and maintaining appropriate behavior in the classroom. This is because the umbrella of executive functioning also includes skills for self-control, flexibility, and perseverance. Additionally, some students may not fully understand the classroom expectations to be able to follow them through. In order to […]
20+ Morning Meeting Activities with a SEL Focus
Morning meeting is the perfect beginning of the day for students and teachers alike. That’s because morning meeting is a consistent start to every day, develops meaningful relationships, builds a positive classroom community, and provides a venue to work on social-emotional skills. And even better, morning meeting with a SEL focus is something every teacher […]
Using Whiteboard Messages to Build Social-Emotional Skills
Build social-emotional learning skills in the classroom in just 10 minutes a day using whiteboard messages. Whiteboard messages are prompts projected or written on the whiteboard where students can get up and write their own responses each day. By focusing these messages specifically on social emotional learning topics, whiteboard messages become one of the simplest […]
30 Social-Emotional Learning Activities for Every Classroom
How do I integrate social emotional learning? This is a question many educators are asking themselves. The good news is that there are countless ways to add SEL into the classroom, without it taking over your entire day. Social-emotional learning is a huge umbrella that accounts for the way we build relationships and teach meaningful […]
6 Executive Functioning Strategies to Start the School Year
Executive functioning skills are in everything our students do. They involve planning for assignments, organizing binders and backpacks, focusing during lessons, problem-solving through challenges, and persevering to reach goals. Starting off the school year can be extremely taxing on students’ executive functioning skills. In many cases, students go from a relaxed summer to a rigorous […]
20+ Ways to Make Learning Fun
Making the Case for Making Learning Fun Keeping the learning process fun and fresh isn’t just something extra to consider before a holiday break or on a Friday afternoon. Adding creative and fun ideas into your lessons can help more learners feel engaged and motivated. This can be a critical element to reaching all learning, […]
Executive Functioning Accommodations for Homework, Assignments, and Projects
Kids and teens with executive functioning challenges often struggle significantly with homework, projects, and daily assignments. During these activities, students are required to use various skills and executive functioning abilities that may be challenging for them. Just a few of those skills and abilities include planning, organization, prioritizing, time management, self-control, and attention. The good […]
Free Supports and Activities to Help Kids Cope With Challenging Emotions
With so much going on in the world today, we could all use extra supports and strategies to cope with tough emotions. Whether it is a scary current event in our world or a problem in their own personal life, there are many reasons why kids might experience strong and challenging feelings. While it’s true […]
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