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Childline: Asking an Adult for Help
Here is some advice to help children feel comfortable asking an adult for help.
Edutopia
Edutopia: Longer Recess, Stronger Child Development
With an hour-long recess, elementary schools can help children develop through increased creative play, authentic SEL, and adequate physical regulation. This article explains the benefit of active play.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Grades 3 to 5: Feeling Sad
These social-emotional learning lessons will help learners learn how to deal with sadness
Success Link
Success Link: Are You Talking to Me?
A lesson plan to help students interact with each other. The focus is on special education, but could be used productively in any elementary classroom.
American Forum for Global Education
American Forum for Global Education: Talking With Our Hands
This lesson from the American Forum for Global Education is designed to help children understand that using hands to "convey messages" is a form of communication.
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David Perdue's Charles Dickens Page: "A Christmas Carol"
Part of a larger site dedicated to helping readers understand and appreciate Charles Dickens and his writing, this section is on "A Christmas Carol." Here you'll find not only the plot of the story, but also explanatory notes about some...