Description

This ABCs of SEL guide is designed to introduce the teacher to 26 social-emotional learning strategies that are especially impactful when welcoming a new class of students to our classroom. There are a multitude of activities that we can do to start our school year off on the right foot by building relationships, developing a classroom community, teaching soft skills, and allowing time for students to become self-aware of their SEL health and needs. When we do this very important work in our classrooms, we allow our students to feel safe, healthy, and ready to learn. In addition, they also learn to develop and work on skills that are important for their social lives with peers.

The activities in this guide are designed to make your first few days of school meaningful. These activities also allow for your entire classroom community to continue to thrive throughout the entire school year.

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SKILLS AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE

* The ABCs of Social-Emotional Learning for Back to School, including topics such as Classroom Community, Deep Breathing, Kindness, Mindfulness, Meditation, Worry Walls, and Yoga

* Printable Resources to Support the ABCs, including Deep Breathing Posters, Back to School Planning Forms, and Student Calming Resources

* SEL Literature Connections for the First Days of School

Social-emotional learning is a methodology of instructional practices and relationship-building activities that allow all humans to feel safe, healthy, loved, and regulated in our world. Social-emotional learning (SEL), as defined by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) is “the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.”