Social emotional read alouds

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.

read aloud books for social skills for kids

Social-emotional intelligence is key to teaching our children the skills they need to manage all sorts of different situations.

Discover the magic of amazing books for social emotional learning! Read on to add these amazing read alouds to your classroom!

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Use these We're All Wonders activities to teach empathy in the elementary classroom. This read aloud lesson teaches an important SEL skill to your students. Everything you need to just read and teach!

Check out these anti-bullying books to read aloud! The picture books are perfect for the elementary classroom. Each book comes with an interactive read aloud lesson plan to help your students with important social emotional learning skills.

This list of SEL picture books for teaching kindness to elementary students in first, second, third, fourth and fifth grade includes children’s books like Have You Filled a Bucket Today?, A Sick Day for Amos McGee, and Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed. These books for kids will be a big hit in your classroom! Head on over to this Clutter-Free Classroom blog post for the full list of read alouds as well as tips and ideas for teaching this social emotional learning topic using the books!

Help your students learn social emotional skills and develop a growth mindset with the best social emotional books for kindergarten kids.

Learning about expressing emotions with the read-aloud In My Heart is the perfect way to promote social-emotional learning in the classroom.