FREE printable pre-k goals sheets for pre-k teachers and parents. Designed to help you prepare your preschooler for kindergarten!
Are you looking for a low prep activity to add to your Social Emotional Learning Curriculum? Check out this money saving SEL coloring pages bundle that includes coloring pages in fairness, kindness, positive affirmations and mindfulness. Made especially for young learners, you prek, preschool and kindergarten students will enjoy spending time on these coloring pages! What’s included in this SEL Coloring Pages | BUNDLE Fairness Coloring Pages 2. Positive Affirmations Coloring Pages 3. Kindness Coloring Pages 4. Mindfulness Coloring for Kids 5. World Kindness Day Coloring Pages
Behavior : Good or Bad choices (right or wrong) This worksheet activity for the students in your group as well as students who have a hard time making good choices. (Decision Making right, wrong, good or bad worksheet,activity, social skill kids) Which students behave as good students and which ones aren’t? The students can color the smiley face for Yes or the sad face for No. Enjoy and If you like the this worksheet Please follow my store Thank you so much. (Educa Studio by AJP)
Social-emotional activities have never been more important for younger kids.
These fun and engaging worksheets are perfect for helping children learn about emotions. They are easy to print off and use with NO PREP. Included: - 10 different styles of matching worksheets - 6 different styles of maze worksheets - 7 different styles of cut & past worksheets - 4 different styles of circle the answer worksheets Related Products ⭐ Social Emotional Worksheets Set 1: Identifying Feelings ⭐ Social Emotional Worksheets Set 2: Identifying Feelings ⭐ Good and Bad Choices: Social Emotional Worksheets Set 3 ⭐ Feelings Bundle: Identifying & Exploring Emotions for Social Emotional Learning ⭐ Feeling Posters with 15 Different Emotions
Teaching children how to play nicely with others is a common social skill that needs to be frequently addressed. As educators we will say things like, “be kind” or “treat others the way you want to be treated”, however we need to explicitly teach these skills. We cannot expect for children to know these social ... Read More about Social Story: Playing Nicely
The Sour Grape activities help young readers grapple with real-life friendship scenarios while making reading and writing bunches of fun!
ALL ABOUT FRIENDSHIP Friendship and conflict solving skills are so important to teach our kiddos. Our job is to teach them important social skills. They need these tools to ensure successful relationships with their peers and adults. It is tricky, but it can be done! I am sharing some
Teachers can use these 15 friendship books and videos for the classroom to teach kids friendship skills: how to make friends and how to be a good friend.
ALL ABOUT FRIENDSHIP Friendship and conflict solving skills are so important to teach our kiddos. Our job is to teach them important social skills. They need these tools to ensure successful relationships with their peers and adults. It is tricky, but it can be done! I am sharing some
Sometimes emotions can be really overwhelming for kids to understand. Using feelings printables and free emotions downloads can help!
Does your class need a reminder of how to be kind? These crafts about kindness are the perfect way to help bring kindness back to your class!
Social emotional learning is the foundation of a successful classroom by creating an environment of inclusion and respect.
Grab my engaging and free social skills sorting worksheets to help preschoolers and kindergarteners learn about good choices and bad choices.
Friendship-building activities help children in K-3 develop strong social skills. When relationships are an important factor in education, kids succeed in school and life.
Social-emotional activities have never been more important for younger kids.
Playing emotion games and completing fun social-emotional learning activities will help kids learn about how they are feeling, all while they are having fun. Use these simple and engaging Color by Emo
When we began considering preschool options for our twins, I remember specifically telling my husband, “I honestly don’t care what they learn academically, that will come with time. All I really want is for them to learn to play well in the sandbox.” We ended up choosing a co-op which provided ple
FREE printable pre-k goals sheets for pre-k teachers and parents. Designed to help you prepare your preschooler for kindergarten!
Teaching Social Emotional Learning and Mindfulness in Kindergarten can be intimidating, but I have found some helpful tools that can make it simple and
This Trustworthiness Mini-Book is great for generating ideas about how to show reliability, honor, and honesty. Each page includes a picture to color and traceable words. Use as a Social Emotional Learning classroom activity or as an activity during school counseling sessions. Suitable for students PreK-2nd. Trustworthy concepts include: Do the right thing Be on time Practice moral courage and more!
Social-emotional activities have never been more important for younger kids.
This Digital Citizenship Mini-Book is great for generating ideas about how to practice staying safe and kind online. Each page includes a picture to color and traceable words. Use as a Social Emotional Learning classroom activity or as an activity during school counseling sessions. Suitable for students PreK-2nd. Digital Citizenship concepts include: Ask before taking photos Don't rant Keep phone away at school And more!
Social emotional activities for preschoolers focus on play and developmentally appropriate activities that foster essential skills!
Welcome to our series on social emotional learning in the elementary classroom! We are going to be chatting about some effective strategies and procedures you can easily and quickly apply to your classroom for improvement in student self-awareness, self-control, and social skills. During the month of January, we will cover four different SEL topics. January has always been my favorite month to teach, because I was always able to do a reset with the students I already had a relationship with. We could then really hone in and improve SEL skills to in turn take a deep dive into instruction. The less you are having to stop and redirect student behavior, the more time you have to teach. We know that is more important now than ever. This month, we will cover four topics that I felt were most needed right now that could cover the most behaviors: listening, making good choices, kindness, and resilience. Let's talk LISTENING and FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS. Why is listening important? Active listening is a vital skill in the classroom, as well as in life. You listen to directions, announcements, instruction, conversation, and more. As a student, I was not always the best listener. I tried really hard to listen, but I lacked the strategies to comprehend what was being said. I was more of a visual learner, so auditory was difficult for me. I think we sometimes forget that our students need to be explicitly taught the strategies and skills we expect them to apply. I have found that students need explicit SEL instruction all throughout the year. The problem is that we don't have the time to do that. I tried to think of ways you could easily and quickly incorporate it into your day, because it's so important to keep your classroom running smoothly and to decrease undesirable behaviors. The best time I feel to teach these, if you can, is first thing in the morning, during morning meeting. I have come up with some quick mini lessons, along with quick and fun activities, to teach each SEL topic. This week, we are going to look at some strategies to increase active listening in your classroom. Listening Strategies and Tips Call and Response The first thing you need to have in place is a call and response. I would only do one or two at a time. One that I always do is: Teacher: 1, 2, 3 Eyes on Me Students: 1, 2 Eyes on You When I teach this, I practice it a ton. It is important that students STOP AND LOOK AT YOU. Do not let them continue what they are doing. They will not be actively listening if they are still doing something else or talking while you are talking. Be firm about that expectation and wait until everyone is focused on you. We want to establish a muscle memory of them stopping, looking at you, and listening until you are finished. It's so important to have high expectations here. There are many different call and responses out there to choose from. Just be consistent with one or two for a while before changing to a different chant. Voice Volume and Tone If you know me, you know that I am not loud at all! Ha! I am pretty quiet so I use that to my advantage in the classroom. The lower I talk, the more they have to really listen. I also make sure that I keep a calm tone when I speak. This is also very important to have a calming environment because they tend to mirror what they are seeing. Something that I have found that has helped a ton with listening is buying a microphone headset and speaker. I just got one off of Amazon. It saves my voice and my energy, and I can use a calm tone that students are more likely to listen to. Keep Directions Short and Direct Stick to one-step instructions. Be direct and clear with your instructions, as well. If you can also add a visual, that will greatly help students. As students get better with one-step instructions, begin to slowly introduce more steps. Echoing One of my favorite and most effective ways to give instructions is through echoing. I will say the instruction in a sing song voice. The students know to echo me when I use that voice. Not only does it help them better comprehend the instructions, they also are busy being engaged which cuts down on opportunities to get off task or misbehave. Read Aloud Books The best way to begin a discussion with students about an SEL topic is through a read aloud. We want them to understand why listening is important. It helps us to be a better friend, we learn more, we are more caring, we understand what to do next, etc. I really love the book, The Worst Day of My Life Ever! by Julia Cook. The character in the story is having a very bad day because he chose not to listen to others. Students get to follow along on how those choices affected his day. His mom gives him tips on how to be a better listener and how to follow instructions that students can also apply. (I have made a resource that contains all of the mini lessons for teaching students to be better listeners, along with quick activities for a week focused on this topic.) Two other good ones are Lacy Walker, Nonstop Talker and My Mouth is a Volcano. Songs and Videos I love to incorporate music to help students better remember a strategy. You will get a song I wrote in the unit call "I Am Listening", but I have also linked some classroom approved videos you can show before or during your mini lesson about listening. Be a Whole Body Listener I Am a Good Listener (begin at 1:00) Why is Listening Important? Listening Game The Dance Freeze Song The Listening Game: Cosmic Kids Listening Mini Lessons Incorporate mini lessons into your morning meeting devoted to listening. I like to focus on one topic or skill per week. These lessons are quick and to the point. I also like to create an anchor chart with my students so that they have a visual reminder to refer to. Students also make a mini anchor chart to add to their SEL notebooks. Listening and Following Directions Activities Practice the Strategy For each lesson, I review the anchor chart and sing the listening song to open the lesson and review what we have learned. I then read a portion of the read aloud, The Worst Day of My Life Ever! I do this similar to an interactive read aloud, including text dependent questions that also start discussions about listening. After the story, I teach a new strategy that we then practice. I will take you through each day of this unit. We already covered day one and the anchor chart, so let's move on to day two. On day two, we learn a new listening strategy and then students listen to the story Go Away Big Green Monster. I do not show them the illustrations; they have to draw the monster by listening to the description. This is a fun way to practice active listening! They love to share their monsters with one another. On day three, we learn another listening strategy and play Listen, Draw, Check. You can use this game in all content areas for review. The game is very similar to Battleship. They have to be really great listeners and follow the directions to match my game board, which we check at the end. On day four, I introduce the students to an SEL animal character. Each character is a different animal and has a poem. For this activity, students have to follow the oral coloring instructions and color their Listening Lion. They also get a copy of the poem to trace. Finally on day five, we read the whole story and then discuss what lesson the author was trying to teach the reader. I then assign a writing activity (differentiated sheets included) in which they have to apply what they have learned about listening and following directions. This is a great way to wrap up the unit and assess their understanding. Listening and following instructions are skills that apply to so many parts of the school day, so they are vital to a smoothly run classroom. When you are having to stop and address behaviors, it is draining. Let's set our students up for success by giving them the tools they need to thrive in the classroom. I would love to hear and share with others if you have any great listening strategies! Thank you so much for stopping by this week! Be sure to come back next week for our next SEL skill, MAKING GOOD CHOICES. The following two weeks will be all about KINDNESS and RESILIENCE. You can grab the Listening and Following Directions Activities below or by clicking on any of the photos!
This Citizenship Mini-Book is great for generating ideas about how to be an impactful citizen. Each page includes a picture to color and traceable words. Use as a Social Emotional Learning classroom activity or as an activity during school counseling sessions. Suitable for students PreK-2nd. Citizenship concepts include: Vote Attend school Stat informed and more!
When you return to the classroom after winter break, it is important to take some time to review classroom expectations. Students thrive when they know what is expected of them, especially after having 2 weeks off of school. I repeat-REVIEW YOUR CLASSROOM EXPECTATATIONS. Even if your class was only out for 2 weeks, I guarantee ... Read More about Review Classroom Expectations
Use his free printable emotions reader for social emotional development activities to teach children about feelings in pre-k and kindergarten.
These free preschool feelings and emotions lesson plans dig into our emotions, along with ways to help children express and understand them.
There are 3 main items included in this packet. A Preschool Standards list and a PreK Standards list. Which has math, reading, writing, social/emotional, gross motor skills and fine motor skill standards. The "Report Cards" are separated by age and ability level and match the standards list for what...
Explore social-emotional activities for preschoolers and toddlers that support cooperation, interaction, and relationship building.
I'm sharing with you a social emotional learning activity for kids to express feelings through play. Teach kids about emotions with this fun activity. Here's how to do it:
7 ways to build classroom community and teach social-emotional skills each day during an SEL morning meeting.
Explore social-emotional activities for preschoolers and toddlers that support cooperation, interaction, and relationship building.
Children's picture books are the perfect way to introduce different social-emotional skills. One of the first social-emotional learning standards is teaching students to identify feelings. These four books are my favorite for showing students that we all have a range of emotions and that all feelings are okay.There are affiliate links in this post. If
Social skills are a big focus in early childhood classrooms. Check out these effective tips for how to teach sharing in Pre-K & Kindergarten!
