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Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children: Catch, Check, and Change Your Thoughts Part 1
The first part of a two video series helps young scholars take control of their thoughts. Using the Catch It, Check It and Change It method, learners think of something helpful to improve their mood.
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Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children: Calming Your Mind
Follow along with a quick video to learn the skill, Mindfulness 5-4-3-2-1. Young learners practice mindfulness to focus on themselves and their surroundings and calm their nerves. A narrator takes viewers through each step.
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Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children: Doing Fun Activities
When you are feeling down, try doing a fun activity to help improve your mood. A short video details how a child was feeling blue betters his mood by partaking in activities that make him happy.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children: Belly Breathing
A brief video shows young scholars how to belly breathe. The video introduces the viewer to a young child who experiences strong emotions. The narrator calmly talks the child through the steps to belly breath to feel better.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children: Catch, Check, and Change Your Thoughts Part 2
Part two of a short video details the Catch It, Check It, Change It method. Scholars watch how a learner gets bad news, feels sad, then turns their mood around using positive thinking. A narrator explains the steps thoughtfully.
Transforming Education
The Impact of Praise
How to praise and not praise is the question addressed by a short video designed for educators. The narrator shares the results of a simple experiment that details how praising learners' efforts results in better performance.
Transforming Education
SEL for Educators: Mini Module #6
Keep stress low by establishing balance and boundaries with Mini Module #5. In this social-emotional learning video, educators discover the ins and outs of final high-leverage practices—understanding the "cost of caring," forming healthy...
Transforming Education
SEL for Educators: Mini Module #5
Mini Module #5 examines the high-leverage practice of orienting towards optimism. In this 11-minute video, educators take in the importance of optimism as they progress through their social and emotional learning journey, paying special...
Transforming Education
SEL for Educators: Mini Module #4
In this social-emotional learning journey, educators watch an 11-minute video that examines how to cultivate compassionate curiosity. Mini Module #4 details how to use an asset-based lens, listen empathetically, and look at behavior as a...
Transforming Education
SEL for Educators: Mini Module #3
Mini module #3 focuses on exploring emotions—one of the five high-leverage practices in an educator's social and emotional development. Viewers take in a 10-minute video that looks at how to label emotions, recognize physical reactions,...
Transforming Education
SEL for Educators: Mini Module #2
A 12-minute video details the first social and emotional learning practice—examine identity; how do educators work on their social and emotional wellbeing. One of five high-leverage practices looks closely at values and purpose,...
Transforming Education
SEL for Educators: Mini Module #1
Become a champion of social-emotional development with an informative series created for educators. In this first video, the host details the what, why, and how of social-emotional learning. In just over 15 minutes, viewers discover...
Transforming Education
Student and Parent Perspectives on Mindfulness
Turn a breakdown into a breakthrough. In a short video, scholars and a parent share what they have learned about mindfulness and how developing the skills inherent in this competency can help in school and at home.
Transforming Education
Meet Teri (Growth Mindset)
Anything is possible if you practice, practice, practice! That's Teri's advice to scholars struggling to acquire a new skill.
Transforming Education
Meet Vy (Self-Management)
"Reading, listening, and then writing it down." Vy shares a self-management strategy she has learned that helps her remember school assignments and due dates.
Transforming Education
Meet Devon (Self-Management)
Devon shares his story about how he has learned some self-management strategies that help him deal with his emotions, communicate better with others, and improve his focus.
PBS
Young Peace Leaders: Cultivating Gratitude
A brief video features a group of middle schoolers that created flags designed to express their gratitude. Participants take viewers through their activity including key discussion points and the revealing of their finished products.
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If You're Happy and You Know It
Enjoy a jolly rendition of If You're Happy and You Know It! A captivating music video enthusiastically instructs young scholars to clap their hands, stomp their feet, nod their head, and shout hooray.
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Pbs Learning Media: Daniel Tiger: Life's Little Lesson: Separation
Just as Daniel Tiger and Miss Elaina are learning how to go to school and be away from their families, the children in your classroom are learning these same skills. The separation may be easier for some kids and more difficult for...
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Pbs Learning Media: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Let's Play Train!
Daniel and Katerina are playing train with an engine, the cars, and the caboose. Daniel imagines that he is a real train engineer. Teach kids to use a variety of resources and their imaginations to create a pretend world! Included is a...
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Pbs Learning Media: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Daniel Is Jealous
Daniel and Katerina are playing with Grandpere. When Grandpere reads them a book, Daniel starts to feel jealous and left out when he can't sit right next to Grandpere. Grandpere explains to Daniel what jealousy is and teaches him how to...
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Pbs Learning Media: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Blast Off!
Miss Elaina gets upset when her pretend cardboard spaceship breaks, and she doesn't want to play any longer. But Daniel reminds her, it doesn't matter what toy they play with, because he came to play with her, not her toys. [2:27]
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Pbs Learning Media: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: A Friend Just Wants to Play With You (Prince Wednesday)
Daniel Tiger and Prince Wednesday sing a song about when friends come over to play -- it doesn't matter what you do together, a friend is someone who wants to play with you. This song celebrates friendship, and that being together is...
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Pbs Learning Media: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Don't Touch His Rocks
Prince Wednesday shows Daniel Tiger his rock collection that he gathered with his Dad. Daniel wants to play with the rocks, but he can't because the rocks aren't playthings. Daniel comes to understand that it's okay if he can't play with...