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Establishing Opening and Closing Routines
In the post-COVID classroom, it is more important than ever to establish routines that help learners transition into the classroom and focus on the day’s lesson. The 15 activities in the Establishing Opening and Closing Routines...
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Overcoming Obstacles Middle School Curriculum: Managing Personal Resources
The five lessons in the Managing Personal Resources module of the Overcoming Obstacles Curriculum use games and activities to teach middle schoolers the power of a positive attitude, accept responsibility for their actions, and manage...
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Overcoming Obstacles Elementary K-2 Curriculum
A 12-lesson curriculum set by Overcoming Obstacles focuses on several social-emotional competencies—self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. Young scholars participate in...
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Overcoming Obstacles Elementary 3-5 Curriculum
A curriculum set by Overcoming Obstacles includes 12 lessons for grades 3-5. Lessons boost social-emotional learning competencies—self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making....
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Lions Quest SEL Mindfulness Resources: Grades 3-5
A collection of eight resources boost social-emotional learning competencies; mindfulness, self-awareness, and self-management. Each lesson begins with a breathing exercise, goes into its activity, then ends with a reflection. Scholars...
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Social & Emotional Learning in Elementary School: Self-Management
Instill the importance of self-motivation with a collection of curated units, lesson plans, graphic organizers, handouts, printables, and activities that encourage kindergarteners through fifth graders to be their best selves. Resource...
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Tools for Supporting Emotional Well-Being: Younger Children and Their Parents
A six-video series explores coping skills designed to boost social-emotional development in self-awareness, self-management, and mindfulness. Young scholars view informative videos that detail belly breathing, how to calm their minds,...
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4-H Healthy Living Curriculum
The "4-H Healthy Living Curriculum" is comprised of three lessons designed for tweens and teens. The first lesson looks at how social media may impact self-esteem and in turn how self-esteem impacts relationships. The second plan...
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Tools for Supporting Emotional Well-Being: Youth and Teens
The “Tools for Supporting Emotional Well-Being: Youth and Teens” collection is comprised of six videos that provide young people with techniques they can use to help them cope with anxiety and stress. The comic book-style videos are...
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Health Smart Virginia: 6th Grade Social Emotional Health
The five resources in the Health Smart Grade 6 Social-Emotional Health series are designed to support teen’s social and emotional development. An overview provides instructors with the rationale and goals of the unit. Packed with...
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Mental Health Lesson Plans
According to the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), the stigma of mental illness is often worse than the actual disorder. With the lesson plans, pupils discover the myths and stereotypes associated with mental health disorders....
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The Anxiety Workbook For Teens
Teens often face a great deal of worry in their lives, and can be at a loss with how to anticipate and handle their emotions. This workbook is an exceptional resource for both educators and students alike as a way of supporting teens in...
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Developing a Positive Attitude
Be positive! That's the take-away from a lesson plan about how a positive attitude influences actions and increases one's ability to succeed. To conclude the lesson plan, participants create a plan for how to respond positively to...
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Three Good Things
A "Three Good Things" routine asks participants to sit quietly and reflect on three positive things in their world: family, school, community, or the world at large. After journaling about one that feels most important right now, writers...
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Having a Positive Attitude
An activity about a positive attitude sheds light on the importance of a growth mindset. Scholars define and discuss it to brainstorm a list of positive phrases that contribute to a growth mindset. Peers share positive statements about...
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Developing a Positive Attitude
The third lesson plan in the Goal Setting series looks at the impact of a positive attitude on achieving one's goals. Participants create and then share visuals that represent positive attitudes. They then brainstorm ways to develop...
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Having a Positive Attitude
Through discussion and reflection, scholars discover what it means to have a positive attitude, that an individual can choose to stay positive, and discuss the benefits of a positive attitude. Learners listen to negative scenarios to...
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Mindful Self-Awareness Exercise: Accurate Self-Perception
Scholars think to themselves about what is something that they are good at and what makes them a good person. A prompt asks them to reflect on their feelings when they think of their positive attributes.
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Mindful Self-Awareness Exercise: Building Self-Confidence
Encourage scholars to build self-confidence by giving themselves a "word hug." Learners calm and focus their bodies to reflect on how they feel great, then provide a mental it verbal pep talk listing the positives that came to mind.
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Mindful Self-Awareness Exercise: Accurate Self-Perception
Encourage scholars to complement themselves. An activity challenges pupils to think of their strengths and complete a positive statement.
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Mindful Self-Awareness Exercise: Building Self-Confidence
Encourage scholars to build self-confidence by thinking positively. Learners focus on breathing and then think of positive statements about themselves, their relationships, appearance, physical health, and so much more.
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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: 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.
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Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Youth: Catch, Check, and Change Your Thoughts Part 1
Introduce young learners to three C's with a short video that describes how catching, checking, and changing their thoughts can improve how they respond to difficult situations.