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Common Sense Media
What is Messenger Kids?
Time for some kid-friendly social media! Is Messenger Kids really a fool-proof app? Young techies learn the ins and outs of a popular app using a video. Part of a large digital citizenship series, the resource highlights the features of...
Common Sense Media
What is Snapchat?
Sharing photos with your friends is a snap with Snapchat! Introduce pupils to a popular social media app with a short video from an extensive digital citizenship series. The resource covers Snapchat's features and privacy settings.
Lit2Go
The Bats, the Birds, and the Beasts
Allegiance is about more than being on the winning side. Aesop's "The Bats, the Birds, and the Beasts" presents the conundrum that occurs when a bat seeks to join the side of the victors, and learns the consequences of his inaction....
Curated OER
Friendship Salad
What goes into a friendship salad? Kids find out as they create a fruit salad made of all the important parts of a successful classroom (helpers, listeners, hard workers, sharing, and encouraging words). Don't let that rotten banana in,...
Curated OER
Be Kind
Spread the word around your school to "Be Kind" to others. The student in this video talks about how her school started a campaign about being kind to others.
Curated OER
Neon The Fish
Neon the Fish is not invited to the party in the dark cave because he is not big like the other sea creatures attending. He feels rejected and different. But when the big fish get scared in the dark cave, Neon comes in, and gives off...
Curated OER
The Tale of the Sun and the Moon
The lullaby "The Tale of the Sun and the Moon" is sung and animated in this short clip. In this song, the sun and moon sleep at different times and remain friends by writing letters.
Curated OER
Morris the Midget Moose
Grandpa Beetle teaches the little beetles that being little isn't a problem by telling the story of Morris the Midget Moose. When Morris teams up with Balsam, a small-antlered moose, the two make an unbeatable team. The moral of the...
Curated OER
Bedtime Story - Blot And Og's Monster Party
Pages from "Blot and Og's Monster Party" are shown while John Barrowman recites the story, complete with fun voices and crazy words! A great story about a bunch of friends coming together and having a better time than they could have...
Curated OER
Bedtime Story - A Pipkin Of Pepper
What happens when not a grain of salt is left for pumpkin soup? The cat, duck, and squirrel head to the store in the city but the duck gets distracted by the pepper shop. In the end, the friends all make it back with both pepper and...
Curated OER
City Mouse And Country Mouse
When Marco the city mouse visits his friend Mollie, the country mouse, he criticizes her simple food. He tells her to come to the city, where he shows her an incredible diversity of foodÉ and a cat. They realize their differences and...
Other
Media Storm: Friends for Life by Julie Winokur and Ed Kashi
This resource presents an online video that tells the heartwarming story of two elderly men who met by chance one day at Wal-Mart and became lifelong committed friends. Transcript is also available. [8:18]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Abby's Almost Friend Trick With Elmo
Help students learn about friendship with this video from our Sesame Street pals.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Romeo Santos: Quiero Ser Tu Amigo
Learn about making new friends in this song that is in both Spanish and English. [2:21]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Stand Up to Bullying
This video depicts a mock bullying scene with children playing a game and excluding one child. During the mock segment, Mackenzie, the host, identifies what bullying is, the different forms of bullying, and what to do if you or a friend...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Song: Amigos
Learn about friendship in this Spanish melody. Song also teaches Spanish vocabulary throughout the song. [1:15]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street Song: Come and Play
A song that teaches kids how to make new friends and how to include someone who's feeling left out. [1:22]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Kids Rocks: Dom La Nena: "My Friend"
PBS Kids Rocks is a music album featuring 28 songs from Grammy Award-winners. Each of the songs helps kids explore topics related to literacy, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and social-emotional learning. Bilingual...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Not About Perfection
Mistakes are a natural part of learning. It's important to speak with kindness, encouragement, and compassion, whether we are talking to ourselves or to others. [1:00]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Young Explorers: What Are Pets?
Exploring our world is fun! Abby Brown loves to help kids have fun while learning! In this segment, Abby teaches kids about the responsibility, friendship and fun involved in owning a pet. [1:33]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Super Why!: Little Miss Muffet
In this Super WHY! episode, students learn how to treat a friend in the story of "Little Miss Muffet". Students also follow the alphabet, practice spelling, and use the power of reading to change a story. Students follow along as Red...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Mister Chris and Friends: New Song
Mister Chris has written a new song and wants to sing it to his friends, but everyone is too busy with farm chores to listen. He helps them complete their chores so they will have time to attend the big, big concert and hear his new...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vision: Kindergarten Field Trip
Are you ready to take the next big step into Kindergarten? Penny and the KidVision VPK Kids visit one, where they meet the teacher and see how kindergarteners help take care of themselves, follow rules, make friends, and write their own...