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SEL Books for December
These 10 social-emotional books are perfect for your school counseling and character education lessons this December. They cover important social-emotional topics such as friendship, compassion, and kindness. They are sure to keep kids engaged as you add holiday fun to your school counseling and character education lessons. #CounselorChelsey #SchoolCounseling #BooksInSchoolCounseling
The Ultimate List of Social Emotional Books
Social emotional books are extremely powerful for elementary students as they help explain things in simple ways that just make sense to kids. In this post, I am sharing over 20 social emotional read alouds you can use during your classroom meeting time or morning meetings. These social emotional books for kids help students learn how to regulate their emotions and feelings. Having books like these in your classroom library will help empower kids.
12 Best Picture Books That Active Kids Absolutely Love
12 Best Interactive Books for Kids That Will Get the Wiggles Out
Good Picture Books for Teaching Problem and Solution + Free Elementary Learning Ideas
Make teaching problem and solution more engaging with these picture books for teaching problem and solution! Check out this list of the 10 best books to read aloud when teaching problem and solution in 1st and 2nd grade! Pair these mentor texts with guided reading centers or use them to introduce a whole group lesson. Support reading comprehension skills and pair them with an activity like this FREE problem and solution game! Learn more here!
Preschool Read Aloud | Color Monster
Read Aloud plans connect students to the stories they hear through reading response activities and fun crafts. This set accompanies the book Color Monster by Anna Llenas and is great for Preschool students.
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) books for your classroom library
In recent years, there has been a strong focus on social-emotional learning in the classroom. Parents and educators are beginning to realize the importance of mental health and of teaching social-emotional life skills to children. I’ve compiled a list of 19 books to support social-emotional learning that are perfect for every elementary classroom library. Students can read many of them independently or use them as read alouds to begin SEL lessons.
A Loud Winter's Nap PreK Read Aloud Activities - Winter Preschool
These A Loud Winter's Nap read aloud activities will teach your preschoolers about enjoying winter activities with week-long interactive lesson plans and story comprehension activities. Our read aloud lesson plan is designed to be taught over multiple lessons. This allows students an opportunity to dive deeper into the text, make connections to the characters and events, and most importantly, fall in love with the story. Each lesson, provides students a different purpose for revisiting the text,
The Best Picture Books for Teaching Respect
Teaching kids about respect is a lot easier when you have some picture books about respect. Having strong read-alouds makes it so much easier to introduce and reinforce social-emotional skills. Use these books about respecting others during your classroom meetings or social-emotional learning blocks. You will also find respect activities you can use after reading these read-alouds to your elementary students. Enjoy these books about respect for kids in your classroom today!
How to Teach Conflict Resolution in Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade - Susan Jones Teaching
Kindergarten, first, and second grade students need to be explicitly taught how to resolve conflicts with their peers! In this blog post, I share some tips for teaching this tricky topic and 4 of my favorite read alouds to use. Just head over to the blog to read all about it :)