All kids and needs need positive activities to help calm the body and mind. Use these resources to help create a virtual calm down room or just to add to the self-regulation strategies you are already using. Calming Website Activities & Games Do Nothing for 2 Minutes Weave Silk Drawing Tangrams Word Clouds Jigsaw Puzzles […]
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Strategies to Focus on SEL Through Distance Learning
In the midst of a challenging situation, it’s critical to make time and space for social emotional supports for learners. Simply put, social emotional skills are the foundation for overall well-being. Kids and teens need to feel safe, respected, loved, and valued. They need to have strong coping skills to work their emotional challenges and […]
Digital SEL Resources & Distance Learning
Use these digital social emotional learning resources to support students with SEL needs using Google Drive. Resources include materials for mindful breathing, managing emotions, executive functioning skills, and more.
10+ Social Emotional Activities for Home
Social emotional learning isn’t just something that should be practiced and taught at school. SEL skills are life skills, of course! These include skills like empathy, self-control, and decision-making. Before I even get started, while I was writing this post, I decided to also create a set of SEL printables you can send home with […]
Coping Strategies
Coping strategies are the tools we use to manage tough emotions and cope with stress. While it is often an expected behavior to know how to handle emotions, it is not a skill we are born with. This is why coping strategies need to be taught and practiced on a regular basis. Strong coping strategies […]
Managing Challenging Behaviors
Supporting kids and teens with challenging behaviors in the classroom. Teachers and parents can use this guide to come up with strategies and techniques to help when kids don’t follow directions or act out in challenging ways. It also includes a link to a free cheat sheet!
SEL Curriculum
The Pathway 2 Success SEL Curriculum is a complete social emotional learning curriculum to teach critical SEL skills for the entire year. It is filled with over 180 lessons and activities targeting social awareness, confidence, SMART goals, social skills, study skills, managing emotions, understanding relationships, decision-making skills, and much more. What is Social Emotional Learning? […]
Mindful Breathing Activities for Kids & Teens
Mindful breathing is a technique that can help improve focus and restore calm into the classroom. Best of all, it’s a strategy that helps develop self-regulation skills, something that kids and teens need throughout their lives. What is Mindful Breathing? The idea behind mindful breathing is that if we can control our breathing, we can […]
15+ Executive Functioning Strategies Every Teacher Can Use
Many kids and young adults struggle with executive functioning challenges. Some are easy to spot, such as when a student can’t focus on a lesson or comes to class without their entire binder. Other EF challenges are less obvious, though. A learner might take two times as long on homework because they don’t understand strategies […]
Strategies for Kids with Oppositional Behaviors
Working with kids and young adults who are oppositional can be challenging. Being oppositional might mean refusing to do work, breaking rules, and engaging in other challenging behaviors. The truth is, many kids can be oppositional from time to time, so many of these strategies work with all learners. With that said, these strategies are […]
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