Social Emotional

Your students will set up a tournament to determine which person or character best demonstrated resiliency.

Reduce anxiety by breathing in a square pattern.

Allison Edwards explains how changing your senses can reset your brain.

How the lotus can teach your young students about resiliency.

Reduce anxiety by learning to “change the channel.”

Want your classroom discussions to go a bit more smoothly? Train students to use a few simple phrases and it’ll make all the difference in the world.

When students are told that they’re “smart”, what does this word actually mean to them? (Psst. It isn’t what we intended.)

Adults can learn to help students reduce anxiety with the tool Worry Time.

For students! In some areas, a student may be shockingly advanced, while in others… surprisingly average. This is asynchrony in action.

Adults can limit anxiety by implementing the Five Question Rule.

Can someone do the right thing, but for the wrong reason?

Tools to help your young students regulate their emotions.

Starting with specific examples of fantastic classroom behavior, your class will end up with one sentence summing up their expectations. It’s a classroom motto!

The story of the Fabergé Eggs is heartbreaking. It’s also the perfect way to build empathy in your classroom.

When a student’s brain is full of worries, everything feels urgent. Brain Plate helps them sort what’s real from what’s noise — and actually do something about it.

How high-performing students can often feel like they aren’t really that great.

So… do your students moan when forced to work in a group? Part of the problem is that lack the structure to work well with peers. Edward de Bono’s Thinking Hats are a perfect tool to help with this problem.

Do you know someone who becomes a bit overexcited by ideas?

Allison Edwards explains how blood flow in your brain affects your decision-making