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There are so many ways to engage children in social emotional learning (SEL). We can support both our children's literacy skills and their SEL growth by thoughtfully incorporating meaningful books. The following books are organized by broad categories related to SEL, and all can help children learn valuable skills about themselves, others, and the world around them. There is even a category at the end for adults, so you can join the learning! We encourage you to read these children's books alongside your child to engage in the rich discussions to which these books naturally lend themselves. You may use this downloadable template to help guide discussion and reflections. Grab a book (or three!) and snuggle up for some beautiful and SEL-approved stories!

If you are a teacher, you can access our free 14-week SEL read-aloud program with a weekly theme, suggested read-alouds, ready-to-use discussion slides, and a dedicated worksheet.

Julián is a Mermaid
Julián is a boy who lives with his abuela in New York City. Although his preferences and attire may seem unconventional, he is supported by those around him to be himself.

The Story of Ferdinand
Bulls are supposed to fight, correct? Not Ferdinand. A peaceful and calm bull in the bull-fighting rings of Spain, Ferdinand remains true to himself despite the pressures to change.

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match
Marisol McDonald is a biracial girl with red hair and brown skin. In many ways, Marisol defies the norms and sometimes confuses those around her. She is, however, confidently herself!

Kindness and Friendship

Each Kindness
Chloe and her friends have no interest in playing with Maya, the new girl at school who wears ratty hand-me-down clothes. But when Maya leaves school and Chloe realizes her mistake, she learns that you don't always get a chance to apologize.

The Invisible Boy
Brian is unnoticed by the other students in his class. He is never included or invited... until the new student Justin arrives and shows us that it just takes one friendship to change a person's life.

The Name Jar
Unhei just moved from Korea to the U.S. She is anxious to start school, especially when she realizes that those around her are now unsure how to pronounce her name. After considering various American names, Unhei decides to choose her Korean name, thanks to her appreciation for her culture and the kindness of her new friends.

Sharing and Gratitude

Last Stop on Market Street
As he rides the bus across town with his grandma, CJ wonders why he doesn't have a car and looks longingly at other boys' cool toys. His grandma, though, helps him see the beauty around them both on the bus and in the soup kitchen at which they volunteer.

The Rainbow Fish
Rainbow Fish has beautiful glittering scales like no other in the ocean. While at first he refuses to share his most prized scales, he learns that when he does, he creates invaluable friendships.

Those Shoes
It seems like every kid at school is wearing those cool new shoes, except for Jeremy. Although he badly wants those same shoes that his family cannot afford, he ends up learning that being selfless and sharing makes him even happier than a pair of shoes.

Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans
Based on the real Cornelius Washington, a sanitation worker in New Orleans, this story shows how an everyday hero can make a real difference in the lives of others in the aftermath of tragedy.

Overcoming Anxiety and Fear

The Good Egg is always doing what it should, even taking care of the other eggs who are not doing their best. But when the Good Egg's own shell starts to crack, it realizes that balance and self-care is more important than perfection.

The Girl Who Never Makes Mistakes
Beatrice never makes mistakes. But when the inevitable happens -- she makes a big mistake in front of everyone -- Beatrice learns that life is better when she enjoys all of life, even the mistakes.

Jabari Jumps
Jabari is so excited to jump off the diving board! But when his moment actually comes, he continues to find reasons not to climb up. With the support of his patient and understanding father, Jabari learns to overcome his fear.

Anger and Forgiveness

Wisdom in the Kingdom of Anger
Based off of the engaging Wisdom: The World of Emotions app, this book tells the story of Wisdom as he teaches a kingdom of angry inhabitants to calm their anger through various strategies. You can order it here . A customizable version of the book can also be accessed in the app to include your child's name and anger triggers, as well as their favorite calming techniques.

The Bad Seed
The Bad Seed is always up to no good, and everyone around him comes to expect it from him. But when he wants to make a change, he reveals his difficult past and his desire to overcome it. The Bad Seed is met with understanding and forgiveness.

The Juice Box Bully
The new kid in school is quite the bully. When he sees how this school stands up for each other, and even refuses to be mean to him in return, he realizes his mistakes and wants to join their kind community.

First Day SEL

The Day You Begin
On the first day of school, all the other children share summer stories of vacations and camps. The story's protagonist, on the other hand, has been home all summer taking care of her little sister. This fresh take on a first-day story emphasizes that everyone's story is important and beautiful.

A New School Year: Stories in Six Voices
Follow six children, ranging from Kindergarten to 5th grade, as they experience their first day of school. Each with their own anxieties and successes, we gain more perspective of a day that everyone experiences differently.

SEL Poetry

Lend a Hand: Poems About Giving
This collection of fourteen original poems highlights the daily acts of kindness and empathy that can give us and others joy.

This lyrical ode emphasizes the beauty of loving ourselves, respecting others, and being kind.

SEL for Adult Readers

The Whole Brain Child
Written by a neuroscientist and parenting expert, this New York Times Bestseller explains the child's developing brain and how we can best support it.

Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School
Follow the stories of four different young children, known in their respective classrooms as the "troublemakers." This radical take encourages us to shift our adult perspective to better understand the sometimes confusing behavior of children.

Want more book ideas? Here's an additional list with more themes to explore with your children. Is your favorite SEL book missing from our list? We'd love to hear your book recommendations, too! Let us know by adding it in the comments.

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Empathy and kindness can positively affect children in their social and academic lives. Teaching these skills is a big part of our social-emotional learning program, Second Step. That's why we were recently thrilled to see, in a nationally published list, many of the books we recommend for families to read together.

Each grade level of Second Step has a curated list of recommended books that help reinforce the social-emotional skills taught in our classroom curricula. Here's our list of the books in our Early Learning through Grade 2 lists that focus on kindness and empathy.

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Social-Emotional Learning: What Is SEL and Why SEL Matters

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Does this sound familiar? You are trying to get your child out the door to school or for an appointment and they can't seem to accomplish the smallest tasks. They are easily distracted and moving as slow as molasses. You give reminder after reminder, but they seem to go in one ear and out the other. It's the same scene every morning. You are becoming more and more agitated until finally, you explode. You feel guilty as your child leaves for school once again feeling deflated.

Your child can't move from one activity to another or one location to another without having a meltdown. You try to remember to give them a "five minute warning", but sometimes there just isn't time. Sometimes, even with the warning, they still don't seem to be able to make the transition.

You find yourself once again dealing with a meltdown.

The teacher calls again. Your child came out of the bathroom at school with their pants down around their ankles. Again. At home, they always forget to flush the toilet or leave the water running after they wash their hands...when they remember to wash their hands at all. You know that your child is doing their best.

You wish you could help them gain more independence.

Why use visual schedules?

Visual schedules carry many benefits, particularly for children who have special needs. Visual schedules:

break down tasks into easy-to-complete steps

simplify

provide structure

create predictability

teach independence

improve focus and attention

help with time management

instill consistency

form healthy habits

reduce cognitive load

maintain daily routines

establish a schedule that works

ease transitions

prevent meltdowns

promote positive choices

decrease problem behaviours

provide helpful reminders

Visual schedules are especially beneficial for children on the autism spectrum, children with FASD, ADHD, sensory issues or SPD, RAD, or other special needs. They can be an invaluable tool. Many parents report that they have been a "game changer" in their household.

I created the Printable Visual Schedule for Special Needs because I couldn't find a visual schedule that included what I was looking for to use with my own kids. I wanted something that parents could use with visual and written prompts that kids could easily understand. It is in both colour and black and white. The black and white cards are great for having kids colour themselves. This gives them another reenforcement and reminder.

How to use visual schedules:

The best way to use visual schedules to benefit your child depends on your child and on what you are hoping to accomplish.

If your child is experiencing a lot of meltdowns during transition times, you will want to start with cards that help them predict upcoming changes throughout their day to help them predict what's coming next.

If your child is struggling to get out the door in the morning, you'll want to start with cementing a morning routine that works for them.

Or if your child is struggling most with breaking things down into smaller tasks, that will be where you want to start.

Create a morning routine chart.

You can do this in many ways. Choose which of the methods below you feel would work best for your child. You can always try multiple methods to find the best fit.

1. Place velcro dots on a poster board and hang the poster in their bedroom. Attach an open envelope to the bottom of the poster. Place velcro dots on the back of the visual schedule cards and place them on the poster in the order your child should complete their morning routine. As they complete the tasks, they can add the card into the envelope.

2. Hole punch the cards that your child needs to complete each morning. Place them on a binder ring and give it to your child as a visual reminder they can carry with them as they complete each step.

3. Affix magnets to the back of the cards. This works best if the cards are laminated. Set up an area on the side of the fridge or on a magnetic white board in the kitchen where your child can see their cues and move them down as they complete each one.

4. Give your child a folder or binder that contains the cards needed for their morning routine. These can be glued down on a page in the binder with the heading "Morning" or you can add velcro dots to the page and to the backs of the cards and glue an envelope to the inside of the binder for easy storage of the cards.

5. Hang a ribbon or string in your child's room. Use clothespins to attach their visual prompts in the order they need to be completed. Provide a small bucket or envelope that your child can put the cards into once they've finished each one.

Create a daily schedule.

1. Make a poster for your child that displays their daily schedule. See the method for making the poster above.

2. Create a visual representation of your child's day on the side of the fridge using magnets on the back of the cards.

3. Make your child a binder separated into Morning, Afternoon and Evening to further simplify things.

4. Another way of creating a daily schedule is by using a pocket chart. You can add the cards needed for that day at the top of the chart in the order they will happen and store the rest of the cards either at the bottom or in a separate envelope that you can staple near the bottom of the pocket chart.

For some children, the chart can be very general, including only the highlights of the day, whereas for others, you will need to break down each thing into smaller tasks.

I don't recommend using binder rings for an entire daily schedule as it can be too overwhelming for a child.

Break down tasks.

Some of the cards break tasks down for kids to enable them to complete them step by step. These cards work well in these ways:

1. Hole punch the cards and attach them to a binder ring. This way, the child can carry it with them. This is particularly good for the bathroom prompts. They can flip through the cards as they complete each step.

2. Use poster putty or teacher's tape to attach cards to the bathroom wall or mirror for the bathroom cards and the step by step instructions for hand washing.

3. Attach the cards to the back of your child's bedroom door or the wall in the entryway for reminders such as putting on their shoes and coat or taking their lunch.

For school and appointments:

1. When I created this visual schedule, I purposely left some of the cards such as those for Speech, Occupational Therapist, Therapist, etc. without an image. This was so that the child or parents could add a picture of the building or actual therapist to the card. For some children, especially those with autism, it helps to have things as concrete and specific as possible. Seeing the actual building or person they have an appointment with helps create security and aids in the transition.

2. Children can use the pocket chart, binder, or binder ring method to use their visual schedule as their prompts while at school.

For a short time only, the Visual Schedule for Special Needs is included in the Sensory Essentials Collection which included many other resources for helping kids thrive.

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How to Use Visual Schedules with Your Special Needs Child

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Learn how to use visual schedules to ease transitions, reduce meltdowns, create independence in daily life, and make mornings more peaceful.

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Behavior Specific Praise Practice (PBIS Teacher Training Companion Video)

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Reinforcement System Tutorial for Children with Autism

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5-Minute Film Festival: Videos on Kindness, Empathy, and Connection

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VideoAmy compiled this moving playlist of videos to explore the importance of human relationships and the power of being kind, generous, and compassionate.

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Schools that create socially and emotionally sound learning and working environments, and that help students and staff develop greater social and emotional competence, in turn help ensure positive short- and long-term academic and personal outcomes for students, and higher levels of teaching and work satisfaction for staff.
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Since the tragedy of Columbine High School in April 1999, there have been 62 fatal school shootings across our country.

10% of high school boys carry weapons on school property.

In 2012, there were about 749,200 nonfatal violent victimizations at school among students 12 to 18 years of age.

In a 2013 nationally representative sample of youth in grades 9-12 were surveyed. 19.6% reported being bullied on school property and 14.8% reported being bullied electronically during the 12 months before the survey.

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) has proven to improve behavior and academics. See this clip from PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer about the effect of such teaching and think how it could reduce behaviors that cause so much pain.

Research shows that promoting social and emotional skills leads to:

1. reduced violence and aggression among children,

2. higher academic achievement, and an

3. improved ability to function in schools and in the workplace.

SEL strives to educate children about the effects of harassment and bullying based on social standing, ethnic origin, or sexual orientation.

Integrating SEL in schools can teach students critical life skills that will not only help their personal development but also their academic performance as well. When educators foster a caring school environment and teach core social skills, a virtuous cycle develops in which positive interactions beget more positive interactions. All of this creates a culture in which students and teachers respect one another and enjoy being together, further strengthening relationships and motivating both students and teachers to do their best.

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In her Wall Street Journal editorial, What's Wrong With the Teenage Mind?, University of California at Berkeley psychology professor Alison Gopnik highlights two key areas of the brain that dictate adolescent and human development: (1) emotion and motivation and (2) control.

She cites Berkeley pediatrician and developmental psychologist Ronald Dahl who uses the perfect metaphor to describe adolescence: "Today's adolescents develop an accelerator a long time before they can steer and brake."

It's not unlike the concept of "failing forward" that Peter Sims describes in Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries. He writes: "The operating principle for seasoned entrepreneurs who push ideas into the market as quickly as possible [is] to learn from mistakes and failures that will point the way forward."

Teenagers, according to Gopnik, "overestimate rewards [...] and find rewards more rewarding than adults do." She continues: "What teenagers want most of all are social rewards, especially the respect of their peers."

How do we work with students to build in the "control system" that balances the "emotion" system?

According to Gopnik, we help to create and enable experiences. She writes: "You come to make better decisions by making not-so-good decisions and then correcting them. You get to be a good planner by making plans, implementing them and seeing the results again and again. Expertise comes with experience."

The short of it is that this journey of moving through experiences to gain expertise is slow, steady and filled with bumps in the road.

Trial and Error

Decision-making grows stronger each time a child has to figure out a tricky situation on his or her own -- making a poor decision, facing natural consequences for the poor decision, and then reliving a similar situation again, with a new set of choices gathered from the first unsuccessful experience. For some kids, it may take several of these unsuccessful experiences before they figure out the successful framework to make different and more positive choices to arrive at a more fulfilling conclusion that propels them in the right direction.

These situations crop up each and every day at school, at recess, at lunch, on the bus, in extracurricular activities, and in email and other forms of electronic media. There is no way for adults to be present in each and every one of these settings, and we should not be there for every interaction, because if we are, kids will never have the room to gain those experiences they need for their healthy development.

As author Michael Thompson notes, there is nothing that adults can do to make a child's undirected "play" better.

As parents and educators, we need to allow kids to "practice, practice, practice" in order to learn, and we need to avoid the temptation to come to their rescue each time kids make a misstep.

As Gopnik shares in her article, "The answer to the tourist's question 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' 'Practice, practice, practice.'"

We need to remind ourselves that, as parents and educators, we need the practice of letting go, stepping back, and being present when we need to be. Timing is perfect as we ready ourselves for the unstructured, serendipitous summer months.

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How Do We Help Kids Make Better Choices? Let Them Practice

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Parents, are you wondering what all the talk is about SEL and social-emotional skills? Chances are you're already doing a lot to support your child with these skills, so keep reading to make additional connections about what it is, why it's important, and what resources you can turn to if you're interested in doing more.

Why do youth need social-emotional skills?

Think of a time when your child had a falling out with a friend or a difficult time fitting in socially. Maybe it was a time you received a phone call from the principal as a result of a situation at school, or when your child came home from school sad or upset, or couldn't sleep because of an incident at school. Or was it a situation where your daughter or son could not finish a group academic project because of a problem with classmates?

Unfortunately, youth often have these and other types of negative experiences. Parents are there to help in any way they can, but over the long-term social and emotional skills can minimize the worst of these experiences and make youth's experiences in life easier to manage.

With social-emotional skills, they can establish rewarding relationships with others, maintain meaningful relationships, and handle difficult social situations. They can manage times of high stress, and during times of anger, keep from launching into destructive actions they may regret later.

What are social-emotional skills?

Social-emotional skills are the strategies one has for managing strong emotions, navigating relationships, working effectively with others, solving difficult problems, and making responsible decisions.

Social-emotional skills pave the way for positive life experiences. When these skills are taught and supported, youth are more likely to succeed academically and have a positive attitude toward self and school, and less likely to experience emotional distress and use drugs.

Where and when are they used?

Social-emotional skills are needed and used from early childhood through adulthood. There is never a time they aren't needed. We use these skills many times a day, navigating sibling and parent-child relationships, friendships, social and academic situations at school, our jobs, and anything we do in our communities. We need them for in-person interactions and even when communicating by phone or email.

For example, if a friend texts me about having an extremely bad day, I use my skills for empathizing when responding to her. If I don't recognize and acknowledge her feelings and instead tell her to "toughen up," I may not keep that friend.

What's SEL? Is it different from social-emotional skills?

SEL stands for social-emotional learning. According to the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, it's the process by which we learn and apply social-emotional knowledge, attitudes, and skills for understanding and managing emotions, setting and achieving goals, establishing and maintaining relationships, and feeling and showing empathy for others. Second Step is considered an SEL program because it provides a process for learning and practicing many important social-emotional skills. This SEL: What and Why video explains SEL in less than three minutes.

As a parent, how can I learn more about this and support it at home and in my kid's school?

Two ways to support social-emotional development at home are through the SEL Passport Challenge and with books. This reading list includes books on topics such as friendship, cooperation, bullying, dealing with anger, and problem-solving. For parents and caregivers of children ages two through five, check out this Sesame Street-Committee for Children resource on navigating challenges, and if you are a parent of a teen, look into ParenTeenConnect to support your teen with real issues at home. For more information, check out this list of curated blog posts on Edutopia.org.

How does SEL help prevent bullying, or to protect kids from abuse?

Bullying thrives in situations where bystanders (those who know about and witness bullying) don't stand up for those who are being bullied or don't report the bullying. Students who are bystanders to bullying can use social-emotional skills, such as assertiveness, to stand up to and report bullying when they see it. Because having friends can be a protective factor against bullying, friendship skills are another important social-emotional skill to have.

Safety skills, confidence, skills for identifying one's own feelings (for example, recognizing when something someone says does not feel "right"), and assertiveness skills such as refusing and reporting can make the difference in a potential child abuse situation because they build capacity to recognize a situation is not okay, to say "no" and to report it.

Although social-emotional skills alone don't in themselves prevent bullying or child abuse, they're one of many factors that can affect these types of situations, especially when an adult isn't present.

If your child's school hasn't already reached out to you about social-emotional learning, start a conversation. Ask the staff what they're doing to promote SEL and how you can get involved. Share what you're doing to promote SEL with your child at home.

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Learners who are socially aware can take others' perspectives, identify how others may be feeling, and recognize and respect individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Why is social awareness important for social-emotional learning?

Teaching students to empathize with others improves their ability to work in groups and form relationships with their peers. Socially aware students are more equipped to adapt to new environments and cause fewer disruptions in class.

Social awareness, like self-awareness, is a skill that evolves well into adulthood. Social awareness helps us form and develop friendships and relationships, and helps us read the room in social situations.

How to teach students social awareness

Modeling is a powerful tool for teaching social awareness and other social-emotional learning skills. One of the most influential things you can do as an educator is to model respect for others. This includes using inclusive language in the classroom and treating all students and adults with respect, no matter their background, age, appearance, or learning level. Read our blog post on advocating for neurodiversity in SEL for more information and ideas for promoting an inclusive classroom.

Another great approach for teaching social awareness is to ask guiding questions. If you are reading a book or watching a video with characters, you might ask your students questions about how the characters are feeling. You can ask questions like:

How do you think they're feeling?

What do you think will happen next?

How would you feel in the same situation?

All of these questions teach students to think critically and empathically. These are also great opportunities to draw your learners' attention to the characters' body language and facial expressions for clues on how they might be feeling. Try our Caring When It's Complicated activity with your students.

Teaching social awareness will help your students interact with their peers and lay the foundation for success in future social interactions.

Social awareness is one of the CASEL 5 competencies, along with self-awareness, self-management, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. These are the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning's recommended skills for setting your students up for success in academics, school and civic engagement, health and wellness, and future careers.
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Learners who are socially aware can take others' perspectives, identify how others may be feeling, and recognize and respect individuals from diverse backgrounds. Teaching students to empathize with others improves their ability to work in groups and form relationships with their peers.

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People communicate through many forms: verbally, using sign language, or communication devices. People also use their body language to communicate with others.

Teaching your child or student how to read and understand body language is an important skill that will benefit them in social interactions.

There are four main components to consider when reading someone's body language:

1. Facial Expressions - look at their eyes and mouth for cues. Are they looking away a lot, letting their eyes wander as you speak? Is their mouth relaxed or in a tight line?

2. Posture - how is their body positioned (mainly head, back, and shoulders)?

3. Gestures - watch what they are doing with their hands. Are they pointing aggressively, giving you a polite wave?

4. Stance - how are they standing and what are they doing with their arms?

Be sure to teach the big picture - someone may be standing with their hands on their hips, which alone may seem like an angry stance, but they may have a smile on their face and have relaxed posture. Taking these four components into account will help your students read and understand their peers' body language.Watson's educational consultants created a social skills module for educators to use when teaching this topic. The module includes activities, homework assignments, and magnet cards.

The special education resources on this page were authored by Watson Institute's special education consultant, Andrea Morris, M.Ed.

Powerpoint Presentation:
I Can Read Body Language I Can Read Body Language Facilitator's Guide
Resource Materials:
I Can Read Body Language Activity I Can Read Body Language Magnet Cards I Can Read Body Language Mini Schedule I Can Read Body Language Outline I Can Read Body Language Parent Note I Can Read Body Language Homework I Can Read Body Language Teacher Note
Pre/Post Assessment

A pre and post lesson assessment is included in each lesson. Use of the assessment is an instructor preference. Many of the 'homework' pages for a lesson can be used as a pre/post assessment device alone or as part of the provided assessment. Each homework page can be checked by the instructor as well as the student.

Review all included pages of the lesson to determine what 'assessment' method will meet your needs. If the student is able to achieve a + in the majority of items of the pre-assessment, or if the student has been observed to display the skill topic of the lesson often, then the lesson may not be introduced or can be taught with a group as review and/or reinforcement.
I Can Read Body Language Pre/Post Assessment
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