A fun example of how to teach the emotional regulation strategy of deep breathing to children. For more support in teaching SEL skills from our friends at Sesame Street check out their videos on Empathy, Growth Mindset, Impulse Control, Self-Regulation, Conflict Resolution, and Being an Upstander.

This Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) website provides information about the importance of social and emotional learning (SEL) in schools. Topics include the research basis for SEL, how SEL supports equity, and CASEL’s widely accepted framework of social and emotional learning competencies.

A great starting point for learning about social emotional competence is the Pyramid Model. This website provides an overview of Pyramid Model organization, tiers, and research, as well as connections to additional resources. Additional resources on key components of teaching social and emotional skills – friendship skills, emotional literacy, self-regulation and anger management, and problem solving – are readily available by using the search feature at the National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations website.

Min Jee’s Lunch is a Learning for Justice original children’s story written by author and educator Elizabeth Kleinrock. In this video, narrated by Kleinrock and beautifully illustrated by Janice Chang, a classmate announces that Min Jee’s Korean lunch is “how everyone got sick.” Min Jee and her friends must decide how to respond. Find the story and accompanying reader questions at https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/fall-2020/min-jees-lunch?utm_source=Learning+for+Justice&utm_campaign=0c919f1691-Newsletter+5-18-2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a8cea027c3-0c919f1691-83000183

This collection of resources from the American Federation of Teachers offers examples that are suitable for both young and older children.