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50 Fun SEL Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten

Social-emotional activities have never been more important for our little ones.

When our little ones head off for school, they take their first steps in a lifelong journey of learning. Not only will they begin to build foundational skills that will pave the way for academic success, but they’ll also learn social-emotional skills like kindness, sharing, empathy, and many more that will contribute to their overall success in life. Some research suggests that social-emotional activities might be the most important work children can do in their early years. In fact, one study found that social-emotional wellness in kindergarten correlated with success up until age 25 . Here are some of our favorite social-emotional activities to use with your preschool and kindergarten students.

Teach students to identify their emotions

Identifying and labeling feelings (your own and others’) is a valuable life skill that takes lots of practice. These social-emotional activities are not only fun and engaging for little ones, they spark essential conversations that lead to deeper understanding.

1. Read, read, read!

There are TONS of children’s books featuring interesting main characters and story lines that teach social-emotional skills. Reading about characters they can relate to, in situations they can relate to, helps young children learn valuable lessons. Here are two book lists to get you started: Picture Books To Teach Students About Kindness and Children’s Books for Teaching Social Skills.

Different emotions evoke different feelings in our bodies. Teach your students this song to help them learn to identify what is really going on. Also, find role-play scenarios and reflection questions.

3. Practice with emotions play-dough mats

Learning to read others’ emotions is a valuable SEL tool. Children can explore and identify nuances of facial features that are paired with emotions by using play dough to draw faces on these free emotions play-dough mats from The OT Toolbox.

4. Play a monster-emotions match game

Download the free game cards here . This fun and engaging game helps kids learn how to identify emotions in other people. The game begins as students walk around the room making the feeling face that matches their card. As they walk, they look for another student who seems to be demonstrating the same feeling. Once everyone thinks they have found their matching feeling friend, let them check their cards to see if they are right. Play a few rounds to give kids a chance to try out different feelings.

5. Make emotion masks

These masks are a great tool for talking about feelings. And all you need is paper plates (cut in half), craft sticks, tape, and markers. The activity will focus on four emotions: happy, mad, sad, and silly. For each emotion (and each mask), make a face and then ask the class to identify the emotion it represents. Once they correctly identify the emotion, have them use the marker to draw that face on one of the plates. You can use these masks during read-alouds (hold up the mask that shows how the main character is feeling) or during class conversations to reinforce their understanding of what different feelings look like.

6. Start each day with a check-in

This chart is a fun one to help students communicate how they’re feeling. Position it next to your classroom door, and have students point to the emoji that most closely matches how they’re feeling as they enter. Social-emotional activities like this one help students get in the habit of monitoring their emotions and give you valuable information about your students’ moods.

7. Draw helping hands

Encouraging students to think about others can make them realize how much control they have over the feelings of others. Have students trace or draw their own hands and reflect or write what their helpful hands can do for others.

8. Do an emotions sort

Linking Zones of Regulation activities to fun experiences helps kids make connections. For example, this simple Emotions Sorting Game inspired by Disney-Pixar’s  Inside Out  helps kids learn and explore emotions. The game is a printable download available from  Mom Endeavors .

9. Play emotions Jenga

Attach a collection of emotion words onto Jenga blocks—for instance, happy, sad, angry, frustrated, etc. You can either write on the blocks with a Sharpie or try these pretty labels from Collective Feelings. One at a time, pull one of the emotion blocks out of the stack. Ask for a volunteer to either tell you the definition of that feeling or share a story about a time they felt that emotion. Talking about emotions in a group, and hearing others’ stories, helps kids make lasting connections.

10. Make an emotion spinner

If you’re looking for engaging social-emotional activities to teach kids more about identifying their emotions, try these emotion spinners. All you need to make them are paper plates, brads, markers (or paint or crayons or colored pencils), and a large circle punch if you have one. For full directions on how to make and use emotion spinners, check out this blog from Meaningful Mama .

11. Play a round of emotions charades

Prepare a set of cards with emotion words and pictures of what those emotion looks like. Then play a round of emotions charades, which helps preschoolers read nonverbal cues, identify and regulate emotions, and learn how to express emotions in a healthy way, all of which are essential elements of emotional intelligence.

12. Make affirmation bracelets

Set out cups of colored beads. In front of each cup of beads, add a sticky note with a positive affirmation. Teach your students what each affirmation says and means. Give each student a pipe cleaner and help them create a bracelet by threading the beads onto the pipe cleaner. Optional: Each time they pick up a bead, have them say the corresponding positive affirmation out loud.

Teach kids strategies to deal with hard feelings

Being able to identify and label feelings is a great start. Knowing what to do when unsettling feelings come up is the next step. Feelings like anger, sadness, and confusion will undoubtedly arise from time to time in the classroom. Here are a few social-emotional activities to help your students learn how to cope in a safe environment.

13. Teach students to use I-statements

Encourage students to be mindful about how they’re feeling by helping them practice how to articulate their thoughts without lashing out at others. Give them starters such as “I feel angry when …,” “I feel happy when …,” “I feel frustrated when …,” etc. Once they are able to articulate their feelings, help them strategize ways to handle their feelings.

14. Use strategy cards

These free downloadable cards offer 23 different strategies (with pictures and words) that kids can use to manage their emotions. Print them out, punch a hole in the corner of each card, and attach them to a ring.

15. Download these free posters

Use these posters to teach kids what to do when they feel their emotions escalating. Once they are familiar with the strategies, post the posters in your calm-down corner for kids to reference as they regroup. Included with the downloads are 30 great calm-down ideas like “I can count to 10,” “I can blow a feather,” and more.

16. Stomp out dinosaur-size feelings

Read Tony Mitton’s charming story Dinosaurumpus aloud to your class. Then, play this easy-to-assemble dinosaur game that encourages kids to roar, dance, and stomp out their emotions.

17. Make calm-down jars

Make these mesmerizing calm-down jars for your classroom using just water, oil, and food coloring. Add glitter for a little extra pizzazz. When students are feeling overwhelmed or upset, give them a few minutes to focus on the jar as they turn it upside down and back. Focusing on the movement and colors will help students calm down so they can get back to work.

18. Put together a calm-down kit

Stock a plastic bin with tools to help little ones manage their emotions. Include things such as strategy cards, squeeze balls, calm-down bottles, putty, and breathing exercises. For more ideas, check out this awesome list of 40+ Things To Put in Your Calm-Down Kit .

19. Set up a calm-down corner in your classroom

Kids have a lot of feelings and emotions to process throughout the day. Sometimes it’s all too much, and the result can be bad behavior. A calm-down corner gives kids a place to recenter and refocus so they can join the learning again. Check out this article to learn everything you need to know about setting up a calm-down corner .

20. Teach yoga poses …

Teach your students simple yoga poses to help them get control of their bodies when emotions are running high. For best results, pair poses with deep-breathing techniques. The printable set comes with 50 different yoga poses (including simple descriptions) and suggested sequences of poses to use.

21. … and breathing techniques

Deep breathing reduces stress and anxiety and helps kids learn to manage their emotions. Check out this source for lots of fun ideas for building breathing breaks into your day.

22. Teach coping strategies

In any social situation, conflict is bound to occur. That’s why teaching kids how to peacefully solve problems is essential. Equip your students with the tools they need to manage uncomfortable situations with these coping strategies and free social problem-solving poster set .

23. Tell stories that help kids learn strategies

Conflicts happen, no matter how old we are. The key is learning strategies to help solve conflicts peacefully, and it’s never too early to start! These picture books encourage solving disagreements through communication, compromise, harmony, collaboration, and forgiveness.

24. Make a rainbow road

Label six colored sheets of paper with statements like “I feel ___ (sad, happy, angry, frustrated, etc.) when ____.” Tape the sheets on the floor to create a rainbow road. To play, have a student roll a die, then count and walk to that number sheet. Help them read their statement and then have them fill in the last blank.

Build in lots of opportunities for kids to work on social skills

Like everyone, little ones learn best by doing. Give them lots of opportunities to interact with peers one-on-one, in small groups, and as part of a whole class, ideally with as little adult interference as possible. As they play during social-emotional activities, they’ll learn to navigate among other kids who may have different styles and opinions. Activities like creative play, building projects, board games, and partner reading are great tools to reveal kids’ strengths and challenges as they begin to figure out how to manage school in the best way for themselves.

25. Do your homework

As children start learning more about their feelings and emotions, their social skills start to blossom. This  social skills checklist is an amazing resource that describes in detail the social skills that children learn in their preschool years. Read the article for more SEL activities for preschoolers from The OT Toolbox.

26. Create a culture of kindness

Create a culture of kindness in your classroom. Read your students the story Have You Filled a Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids by Carol McCloud. Then spread the love with a few of these activities .

27. Make kindness trees

Looking for social-emotional activities that provide an opportunity to talk about why being kind is important and how we can practice kindness every day? Draw a large tree trunk on a sheet of chart paper. Then pass out different-colored leaves made from construction paper and ask each student to write an act of kindness they can do on their leaf. After they’ve finished writing their kind acts, help them tape their leaf to the tree trunk as reminders of how they can show kindness and respect for others.

28. Engage in compliment circles

If you need social-emotional activities that don’t require any prep work, hold compliment circles in class. They take very little time but yield powerful results. Create an environment of respect and kindness with this simple activity that teaches kids how to give and receive compliments. Read more here.

29. Play games

Playing interactive games with your students is a great way to start conversations about their feelings. It can make the conversation more centered around fun and less stressful. Read this article from The Art of Education for more SEL tips and a list of 10 Engaging Games To Play That Explore SEL .

30. Read about and practice sharing

In Mo Willems’ adorable book Should I Share My Ice Cream?, Gerald the elephant has to make a quick decision about whether to share his ice cream cone with his best friend, Piggy. Read the story to your class and have a conversation about sharing.

Then try this fun game. Make “waffle” cones out of rolled-up sheets of construction paper, then have students practice passing their “ice cream” to a friend. Not only will students learn cooperation, but this game is also a great opportunity to use polite language such as “please” and “thank you.”

31. Teach students how to partner share

There are many strategies that teach kids to work collaboratively with a partner. And it’s important with little ones to teach these skills explicitly. Read this step-by-step tutorial written by kindergarten teacher Sarah Casady, How To Get Your Students Talking . Also, check out 10 Alternatives to Think-Pair-Share .

32. Use conversation starters

Get the conversation started with questions like “What is your favorite thing to eat at lunch?,” “What was the funniest thing that happened to you today?,” and the like. Be sure the questions are open-ended to avoid getting short yes or no answers. Here are 20 conversation starters from The Early Childhood Academy to get you started.

33. Hone listening skills

Learning to listen, not only to themselves but to one another, is a critical skill for preschoolers. Set aside time each day to sit quietly with your students and listen for sounds in and around the classroom for increasing lengths of time. Or ring a chime and ask students to see how long they can hear the sound it makes. Being able to signal your students when it is time to listen, and having them respond appropriately, is critical for creating a classroom environment that supports learning.

34. Play listening games

Gameplay is one of the best ways to engage young learners. Try some of these listening games , like Simon Says, Telephone, Freeze Dance and more.

35. Rehearse with role-play

Role-play is a wonderful way to teach your preschoolers and kindergartners social behaviors, rules, and expectations. Rehearsing these skills in a safe space, with a teacher’s guidance, helps them learn social norms.

36. Play with puppets

According to Tanja Mcilroy, founder of Empowered Parents, playing with puppets is one of the most educational things you can do with your students. A puppet can be the voice used to correct classroom behavior and teach social skills. Many children will find this less intimidating and more playful than instruction coming from an adult. For more tips, check out The Amazing Benefits of Playing With Puppets in Early Childhood .

Learn about friendship

Learning to make friends is one of the most valuable skills we can teach our preschoolers and kindergartners. Friendships require a plethora of social skills such sharing, compassion, compromise, and honesty.

37. Watch friendship videos

Learning to get along with others takes a lot of practice. Here are our favorite friendship videos that use compassion, wisdom, and humor to tackle what it means to be a good friend. Use them to jump-start conversations with your students as you build your classroom community.

38. Read books about friendship

Friendships are one of the most important parts of childhood—and school. Classroom conversations about making new friends, supporting and appreciating friends, and navigating friendship challenges are always in season, and there’s no better way to launch them than with a good book. Looking for books you can use for social-emotional activities? Here’s a good place to start: Children’s Books About Friendship That Give Us All the Feels .

39. Sing songs about friendship

Music is an amazing way to help your students feel connected and understood. And songs about friendship can definitely foster a sense of community in the classroom. Here, we’ve compiled 50 Fantastic Songs About Friendship for your students to enjoy and bond over.

40. Read poems about friendship

Poetry often speaks to our hearts in a way unlike any other form. And making friends is one of the greatest gifts in life. So why not combine the two and teach your students in a way they can really connect with? Here, we share 30 Heartwarming Poems About Friendship To Share With Students .

41. Make lots of time for friendship-building activities

Here is a list of 25 ideas to get you started.

Practice mindfulness in the classroom

Mindfulness is defined as a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one’s feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations. Mindfulness techniques help students handle big emotions (in themselves and others) and cultivate a sense of peace and calm.

42. Introduce mindfulness with children’s books

Source: 15 Books To Teach Kids About Mindfulness

If you’re looking for social-emotional activities that incorporate reading, there are dozens of brilliant books that teach the lesson of mindfulness for preschoolers. A couple of our favorites, just for little ones, are Peaceful Panda  and I Am the Jungle .

43. Make gratitude rocks

Taking time to go inside and think about things you are grateful for is a powerful life skill. For this activity, bring a collection of rocks to class for your students to choose from. Then, using paint, markers, or crayons, give them time to decorate their rocks. Ask your students to take a few minutes and think about something they are grateful for and narrow it down to just one word. Have them write their word with Sharpie on their rock—be sure to give them help if they need it. When everyone is done with their rock, make time for those who are comfortable doing so to share their rock and explain it to their classmates.

44. Go on a nature walk

Take your little ones outside to indulge their five senses. Explore the changing color of leaves, different leaf shapes, pine cones, and more. Listen for birds and other critters. Lie down on the grass and feel the earth beneath you as you look up at the blue sky.

45. Practice progressive muscle relaxation

Most of us, including kids, aren’t always aware of the muscles in our body and how they feel or move. But we can all carry a lot of emotions in our physical bodies. Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) is a coping skill and relaxation exercise that can help us calm our body and mind by slowly and progressively tensing and relaxing our muscles, one group at a time.

46. Listen to music

It’s not too hard to tell when young students need a break or need a few minutes to recharge. And you know the old saying “Music soothes the savage beast.” Why not pop on this soothing video with gentle guitar music playing in the background for a few minutes? Music makes for fantastic social-emotional activities during snack time, as a brain break, or during transition times.

47. Play in water

Nothing is more calming to the nervous system than water. Set up a water table in your classroom and let students engage in free cooperative play. Include your water table as a station at center time.

48. Play in sand

Just like the water table, a sand table offers the basis for many social-emotional activities to rotate into your stations. Learn about the benefits and try some of these fun ideas from The Early Childhood Academy .

49. Make time for art

There are SO many reasons kids need to paint . Painting is one of the best social-emotional activities because most people find peace and relaxation in art. It focuses their minds and helps them look at the world around them in a much more engaged way.

50. Listen to a rain stick

There’s just something so soothing about the sound of a rain stick . Help your students turn their thought inward by taking a few moments to stop and listen. Turn down the lights and invite your preschoolers or kindergartners to lie down on the rug and close their eyes. Turn the rain stick upside down and back again for a few minutes, leaving a few seconds of silence between each rotation.

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KINDERGARTEN READINESS: SOCIAL EMOTIONAL

Welcome to our Kindergarten Readiness blog series, a 5-part series that covers the most important kindergarten readiness topics. This week’s topic is all about Social Emotional Readiness for Kindergarten .

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KINDERGARTEN READINESS TOPICS

Check out the other topics in this Kindergarten Readiness blog series:

• Kindergarten Readiness Overview
• Language & Literacy
• Social Emotional (You are here)
• Approaches to Learning
• Parent Readiness

You can also check out my  Kindergarten Readiness eBook  for a printable version of this information.

“Social emotional development is the core of early care and education because it sets a firm foundation on which all other learning will take place.” -Arizona Early Learning Standards

The social emotional development of our little ones is KEY to them finding success in kindergarten and beyond.

Have you heard the saying, “A rising tide lifts all boats?”

That’s how I think of social emotional development!

When we focus on this area, it helps lift all the other areas (including academic areas) for our little ones.

These skills are powerful and will have a lasting impact on our little ones’ success and happiness well into adulthood.  

But in order to determine which skills our little ones need at the beginning of kindergarten, we first need to look at which skills they need when they leave pre-k.

Check out this post to see all of the goals little ones should accomplish before leaving pre-k.

There are many Social Emotional goals for our pre-k students, but I like to think about them in two ways:

• Knowing yourself
• Knowing & relating to others 

I’ll briefly explain each category and share tips for how you can work on these skills with your little one.

But before we get started, I just wanted to remind you that THESE are the skills that kindergarten teachers want their incoming students to have.

Academics have their place, and I do believe you should work with your little one on math & literacy skills.

But if you want the most bang for your buck, I’d recommend focusing on social emotional skills before they enter kindergarten.

1. SELF AWARENESS & EMOTIONAL SKILLS

We want our preschoolers to develop a sense of personal identity so they can see what makes them unique, build self-esteem, and demonstrate self-confidence.

The pre-k exit goals related to self-awareness & emotional skills include:

• Demonstrates self-confidence
• Makes personal preferences knowns to others 
• Demonstrates knowledge of self-identify/autonomy
• Understands similarities & differences between self & others
• Demonstrates cultural curiosity and responsiveness
• Associates emotions with words, facial expressions, & body language
• Identifies, describes, & expresses own feelings
• Identifies & describes feelings of others
• Expresses feelings of satisfaction in independent activities
• Expresses empathy for others 
• Understands & follows expectations in the learning environment 
• Adjusts behaviors & adapts to transitions, daily routines, & unexpected events
• Chooses appropriate words & actions

Here are some ways you can build your preschooler’s self-awareness & emotional skills:

• If your little one loves art, help them cultivate that skill. If they are really into gymnastics, encourage them to continue improving. 
• “I can’t do that yet, but I’m going to keep practicing.”
• “I’m so impressed with how hard you worked on that picture” instead of “You’re a great artist.”
• At the end of each of my classes , I have my students say, “I am kind. I am a hard worker. There’s no one better to be than me.” I want them to hear that as their inner voice!
• Show them that you’re still learning, too! Encourage them to get out of their comfort zone by getting out of YOUR comfort zone.
• My Monthly Learning Binders all have an emotional component so kids can track their emotions during the month and learn new emotion vocabulary words. 

2. RELATIONSHIPS & SOCIAL SKILLS

We also want our preschoolers to feel safe & secure as they enter kindergarten, and positive social relationships will lead to these secure attachments. This will support them in moving into deeper and more complex learning. 

The pre-k exit goals related to relationships & social skills include:

• Expresses interest, curiosity, & trust with familiar adults (and seeks their support)
• Separates from familiar adults with minimal distress
• Responds when adults & other kids initiate interactions
• Initiates & sustains positive interactions with adults & kids & resolves conflicts
• Respects the rights & property of others
• Defends own rights & property
• Shows respect for materials

Here are some ways you can build your preschooler’s relationship & social skills:

• These should be open-ended questions, so it gives your little one a chance to share their opinions and ideas. 
• Pretend play is amazing for younger AND older kids! This is especially helpful when working through challenging friendship issues or anxiety about going to kindergarten.
• Talk about different situations and ask how the other people might be feeling when those things happen. It’s also important to encourage active listening to really hear what the other person is saying.
• Sharing = each person getting some of the item (ex: sharing a snack)
• Taking Turns = each person gets a turn with the item (ex: taking turns with a ball)
• Using the correct language is so helpful so our little ones clearly understand our expectations.
• When your child gets a chance to work together with someone else to achieve a common goal, it helps them learn to get along with others.
• If you don’t want your child to be demanding of their friends, then watch how much you’re demanding of your child. If you don’t want them to bark orders at others, watch how much you’re barking orders at them. 
• How you interact with your child is how they’ll interact with their friends and peers!

LIFELONG LEARNERS

And don’t forget…our preschoolers aren’t expected to have these skills mastered on day 1 of kindergarten. 

It’s not like they leave preschool and we think, “Well, that’s it. Hopefully they mastered those social emotional skills. Otherwise they’re in trouble.”

Of course not!

These are LIFELONG skills they’ll be working on developing for many many years (I know some adults who still need to develop in these areas, and I bet you do, too!)

Our kindergarten teachers will continue working on these skills with our kids throughout their first year of school, so there’s no need to panic if you think your little one is “behind.”

This is just a starting point to remind you that these skills & activities deserve our time & attention just as much as academics. 

Remember, it’s not an “either-or” situation with social emotional skills & academics. It’s an AND situation.

Our kids need both, and we can help them develop BOTH for their whole lives!

If you’re looking for more strategies & ideas on how to parent in a way that leads to your child developing strong social emotional skills, I recommend the following books:

• No-Drama Discipline
• The Whole Brain Child  
• How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
• Siblings Without Rivalry

I also love learning from Dr. Becky , both through her website and her podcast .

KINDERGARTEN READINESS E-BOOK

Would you rather have this information as a PDF download so you don’t have to navigate to all the different pages on my website? Check out my  Kindergarten Readiness eBook  and save yourself time!

You can also watch a video overview of this eBook on my YouTube channel.

If these social emotional kindergarten readiness tips are helpful to you, let me know! You can comment below or find me on  Instagram  ( @littleslovelearningblog ).

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Social Emotional Learning Lessons that Build Community

Back to school season is the time to focus on building classroom community. We all want our students to feel like a family. We want each one to feel safe, valued, and important. A great way to accomplish this is through social-emotional learning. 

What is Social Emotional Learning?

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) refers to teaching that builds interpersonal and emotional skills. Through SEL lessons, students learn to regulate emotions, be better friends, and understand their feelings. SEL has become increasingly important as demands on students have increased. Additionally, as technology has removed some of the natural socializing that students do in school, teaching topics like empathy, listening, and more are important.

How Can I Use Social Emotional Learning to Build Community?

Building a positive classroom community requires consistent and explicit lessons at the beginning of the year! Kindergarteners do not naturally know how to be good listeners. In fact, they may not have practice with waiting their turn or helping someone who gets hurt. Their home lives and personal experiences shape how they respond to these situations. Take the time to teach students exactly what they should do when a person is speaking, or why it is important to share. These lessons create a culture of patience and kindness in your classroom. They will benefit your students all year long!

Tips for Effective SEL Teaching

Social Emotional Learning lessons should not only happen at the beginning of the year. In fact, students benefit from a regular conversation about their feelings, and how to respond to social situations. These discussions can continue to happen during a morning meeting, or other time, all year long. It’s also great to work in these discussions in real-time. Use your SEL language to coach students through tricky social situations.

You can get started today with SEL discussions in your classroom! Grab my ‘Meet the Crew’ posters for building character. As students build their own character, they will in turn show more patience and empathy to each other. In turn, your classroom community will improve right along with each students’ character!

Grab your posters HERE . Happy teaching!

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What is Social and Emotional Learning?

Nov 07, 2014

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What is Social and Emotional Learning?. Building Resilience in Children and Young People. Teacher Professional Development. What is Social and Emotional Learning?.

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What is Social and Emotional Learning? Building Resilience in Children and Young People Teacher Professional Development

What is Social and Emotional Learning? • Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is the process through which children and young people acquire the knowledge, attitudes and skills associated with the core areas of social and emotional competency • SEL programs set out to explicitly teach a range of skills, including those necessary to: • understand and manage emotions • set and achieve positive goals • feel and show empathy for others • establish and maintain positive relationships • make responsible decisions  • These skills are dynamic and inter-related and underpin both personal resilience and healthy relationships Durlak et al. 2011, CASEL, 2013; Frydenberg, 2010; Hromek & Roffey, 2009

What works in Social and Emotional Learning? Multi-modal programs that integrate social problem solving, social, and emotional understanding work better than traditional prevention models based on single skills ) Matthews, Zeidner & Roberts (2004)

Social and Emotional Competencies • CASEL 5 Key Areas • Self-Awareness: • Identifying and recognisingemotions; accurate self-perception; • recognisingstrengths, needs, and values; self-efficacy • Self-Management: • Impulse control and stress management; self-motivation • and discipline; goal setting and organizational skills • Social Awareness: • Perspective taking; empathy; difference recognition; • respect for others • Relationship Skills: • Communication, social engagement, and relationship • building; working cooperatively; negotiation, refusal, and conflict management; • Help-seeking • Responsible Decision-making: • Problem identification and situation • analysis; problem solving; evaluation and reflection; personal, social, and • ethical responsibility http://www.casel.org

Social and Emotional Learning Across the • AusVELS Curriculum • SEL skills are emphasised in particular in the AusVELSPersonal and Social General Capabilities, but are also relevant across the Critical and Creative Thinking General Capabilities, and the Health and Physical Education (HPE) and English Learning Areas. • The following table outlines how the Building Resilience lesson materials explicitly address skills in these areas of the Curriculum* • *Note that the HPE and General Capabilities curriculum are currently aligned to the Australian Curriculum and will be updated in line with the Victorian AusVELS when it is released. For further information see: www.acara.edu.au

Social and Emotional Learning • Lesson Materials available across all year levels:

Social and Emotional Learning

Social and Emotional Learning in the Post • Compulsory Years • The Building Resilience SEL lesson materials designed for the post-compulsory years can be used in a variety of ways: • specific VCE study or orientation camps • programs designed to help VCE students manage exam stress and learn • relaxation techniques • daily or weekly 20-60 minute home group or pastoral sessions • careers education programs • part of the school wellbeing team’s response to specific VCE/VCAL issues • or events • as source material for creative writing • as a regular or one off element of the English classroom • lunchtime or after school activities • special ‘days’ or events held for post-compulsory students • as an integral part of the VCAL curriculum

? • What does your school do to promote the general personal and social capabilities of: • self-awareness? • social awareness? • self-management? • social management? • Reflect

Social and Emotional Learning • Key Ideas • Social and emotional capabilities are teachable • All students benefit from being taught SEL • Student mental health and engagement in learning improves when they are taught SEL • Evidence-based programs work best

Social and Emotional Learning • Research Shows the Benefits of SEL Programs • A meta-analysis of over 200 primary and secondary SEL programs where participants participated in rigorously designed and well-taught SEL programs (as compared with students in control schools) showed : • More positive social behaviour • Less risky and disruptive behaviour • Improvements in academic performance with an average 11% gain in academic achievement Durlak et al. 2011

Address a broad range of risk and protective factors Use strengths-based approaches Utilise collaborative teaching strategies Engage students in problem-solving and critical thinking Assist students to relate their learning to real life situations Incorporate messages which support development of healthy societal norms Are delivered in a longitudinal fashion Are age-appropriate and culturally attuned Are augmented by a broad and on-going health and wellbeing curriculum Target specific behaviours as well as general life-skills Are located within a positive, inclusive and participatory school environment Make effective use of games as a method to enhance peer relations Teach critical thinking and problem-solving skills Teach self-calming strategies • Social and Emotional Learning • Effective SEL Programs:

Social and Emotional Learning • Collaborative learning strategies are central to effective SEL programs • Collaborative learning strategies include: role-play and simulation; small group problem-solving discussions; critical-thinking tasks; skills-development exercises; themed games • These strategies help students to think about the challenges that they may encounter in their lives and develop life-skills to cope with challenges/stressors • Good programs give students an opportunity to learn and apply their skills and to rehearse for future situations

Social and Emotional Learning • What do teachers need to be able to deliver SEL programs well? • Use of collaborative or participatory teaching strategies is not the norm for some teachers • To deliver SEL curriculum confidently and well, teachers need to: • Understand the educational rationale for the approach • Be prepared to use collaborative learning tasks • Have good engagement with their students • Use effective and positive classroom management practices • Have adequate time to prepare for the lesson

Social and Emotional Learning • When are well-designed evidence-based SEL programs not effective? • When fidelity is lost in implementation • Programs are not effective or are less effective when poorly delivered sections omitted or not taught in the spirit of the program). Breakdown is most common in the loss of the interactive or participatory components of the program • When programs are not supported during implementation by • effective: • system policies • school leadership • professional training for teachers • Research shows that the fidelity breakdown is so common that we should anticipate it and plan for it by supporting teachers to use collaborative learning strategies • (Payton, J., Weissberg, R.P., Durlak, J.A., Dymnicki, A.B., Taylor, R.D., Schellinger, K.B., & Pachan, M. (2008)

Social and Emotional Learning • Building Resilience Lesson Materials • The Building Resilience SEL materials are informed by a strong evidence base that highlights the elements of effective SEL curricula • These lessons use a range of collaborative learning activities such as: • paired sharing • small group problem-solving discussions • scenario-based discussions • skills-development exercises • role-plays • storytelling • games • experiential activities • class discussions

Social and Emotional Learning • Building Resilience SEL materials: Topics Covered

Social and Emotional Learning • Teaching SEL Improves Teacher’s SEL • Interviewfindings suggest that use of the SEL program had a positive influence on the teachers' overall teaching techniques and their broader social behaviour. • Most of the teachers reported that they felt they had become more • democratic and student-centered in their teaching more socially skilled and • more aware of individuals' needs and problems

? • What practices do you use to enhance your own: • Self-awareness? • Self-management? • Social awareness? • Social management? • Reflect

Social and Emotional Learning • Useful Links The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) leads research and innovation in the area of social and emotional learning (SEL). http://www.casel.org/

Social and Emotional Learning • References • Durlak, J.A., Weissberg, R.P., Dymnicki, A.B., Taylor, R.D., & Schellinger, K.B. (2011). The Impact of Enhancing Students’ Social and Emotional Learning: A Meta-Analysis of School-Based Universal Interventions. Child Development, 82(1), 405-432. • Frydenberg, E. (2010). Think positively! A course for developing coping skills in adolescents. London: Continuum International Publishing Group. • Hromek, R., & Roffey, S. (2009). Promoting Social and Emotional Learning With Games: ''It's Fun and We Learn Things''. Simulation & Gaming, 40, 626-644. • Larsen, T. and Samdal, O. (2012) The Importance of Teachers' Feelings of Self Efficacy in Developing Their Pupils' Social and Emotional Learning: A Norwegian Study of Teachers' Reactions to the Second Step Program. School Psychology International, 33(6), p. 631-645 • Payton, J., Weissberg, R.P., Durlak, J.A., Dymnicki, A.B., Taylor, R.D., Schellinger, K.B., & Pachan, M. (2008). The positive impact of social and emotional learning for kindergarten to eighth-grade students: Findings from three scientific re- views. Chicago, IL: Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

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Kindergarten readiness: social and emotional development.

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• Getting along with others (parents, teachers and peers)
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• Persisting on task
• Engaging in social conversation and cooperative play
• Correctly interpreting other’s behavior and emotions
• Feeling good about oneself and others.

Although many people think of school readiness as academic preparedness, MSU Extension recommends parents look differently at what it means to be ready. School readiness skills most directly associated with academic success are often referred to as “social and emotional health” skills. Research shows high quality pre-school programs provide one the best opportunity to prepare your child for Kindergarten and their academic career.

It is important for parents to be aware that Michigan has only one requirement for Kindergarten entry: children must be five years old on or before the cut-off date of September 1. For many years in our state, all children with birthdays on or before December 1 of that year were eligible to attend Kindergarten. This cut-off date was historically later than most other states. Michigan law was changed, gradually phasing in an earlier cut-off date and bringing Michigan more in-line with other states. An "early entry" or waiver option remains available for children with birthdays between September 1st and December 1st.

For questions regarding your child’s enrollment in Kindergarten and their individual readiness, contact your local school district. More information about early childhood education and the early learning framework can be found at the National Head Start website .

This article was published by Michigan State University Extension . For more information, visit https://extension.msu.edu . To have a digest of information delivered straight to your email inbox, visit https://extension.msu.edu/newsletters . To contact an expert in your area, visit https://extension.msu.edu/experts , or call 888-MSUE4MI (888-678-3464).

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