Social-Emotional Learning — Page 2
Help children name feelings, respect boundaries and practice asking for help. Start with one everyday situation, model useful words and return to the skill during calm moments.
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- Resilience Book Club Guide for Elementary Classrooms
Use this resilience book club guide for elementary classrooms with a multi-session plan, inclusive roles, norms, questions, and a final project.
- Why Black Boys Need Emotionally Honest Picture Books
Why Black boys need emotionally honest picture books that make room for vulnerability, joy, accountability, emotional language, and growth.
- Black Male Children's Book Author Spotlight: Dave Joisil
A Black male children's book author spotlight on Dave Joisil: teacher, artist, creator of Hey! It's Mr. J, and author of an emotionally honest picture book.
- From PE Teacher to Children's Book Author
From PE teacher to children's book author, Dave Joisil connects embodied learning, classroom observation, movement, regulation, and storytelling.
- Positive Black Male Teacher Representation for Kids
Positive Black male teacher representation for kids can expand their picture of caring authority, creativity, emotional honesty, and education.
- How to Build a Diverse SEL Book Collection for Elementary Classrooms
Build a diverse SEL book collection for elementary classrooms with an audit for authorship, emotional range, disability, family diversity, and tokenism.
- A Black Boy Protagonist With Big Feelings and Resilience
Meet a Black boy protagonist with big feelings and resilience whose regret, stuckness, tears, truth-telling, creativity, and action all matter.
- How SEL Songs Help Kids Name Their Feelings
Music sticks. When SEL skills are wrapped in catchy songs, kids carry the lessons with them — long after the video ends. Here's why songs are such a powerful SEL tool.
- Black Boys Beyond Sports: Books About Emotions, Creativity, and Growth
Black boys beyond sports belong in books about emotions, creativity, and growth—as builders, artists, friends, truth-tellers, and help-seekers.
- How to Help Kids Manage Anxiety at Home and School
Practical, kid-friendly tools to help children name anxious feelings, calm their bodies, and feel safe again — at home, in the classroom, or anywhere big feelings show up.
- Why Support Independent Black Children's Authors
Why support independent Black children's authors? Thoughtful support strengthens discoverability, ownership, representation, school access, and mission-led work.
- Calm Down Activities for Kids That Actually Work
Simple, screen-friendly calm-down activities for kids — from breathing routines to sensory tools and SEL songs that help children regulate big feelings.