Support students by helping them identify and practice positive behaviors and develop empathy with Social and Emotional Learning Activities

Research shows that SEL experiences improve student achievement, reduce stress, and increase positive behaviors such as kindness, gratitude, and empathy.

Social and Emotional Learning Activities includes 100+ engaging activities that help you weave social and emotional learning activities into the busy school day Activities include skill practice across the curriculum by incorporating writing, reading, math, social studies, and cultural diversity into SEL instruction.

Each unit has a different SEL focus and includes a teacher page with an introduction and corresponding activity pages. Activities may be used for whole-class instruction or small groups, or completed individually at home.

Children will learn positive behaviors, develop self-love, and learn empathy through:

Real-world scenarios
Mindfulness activities
Communication activities
Creative writing
Mazes, puzzles, and games
Art projects
Critical thinking and problem solving

The nine units cover the five domains of social and emotional learning:

Self-awareness
Self-management
Social awareness
Responsible decision-making
Relationship skills

This resource contains teacher support pages and reproducible student pages. No answer key is included as answers will vary. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.

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Social and Emotional Learning Activities, Grade 1 - 2 Teacher Resource - nidottu, Englanti, 2022