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Create a large chart with different feelings (happy, sad, angry, etc.) and faces that represent those feelings. Each morning, students can place their name under the feeling they are experiencing. This helps build emotional awareness and communication.

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Start the day with a brief check-in circle. Allow each student to share how they are feeling in one word or sentence. This encourages students to acknowledge their emotions and builds a sense of community.

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Teach children simple breathing exercises. Have a few minutes each day dedicated to mindfulness breathing to help students regulate their emotions and bring focus to the day.

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Use storytime to read books that have SEL themes like empathy, kindness, and perseverance. Discuss the story with questions that prompt emotional and social learning.

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Introduce a feelings wheel that helps students identify and name their emotions. Use the wheel in discussions and activities to expand emotional vocabulary.

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Each student keeps a gratitude journal where they write or draw something they are thankful for each day. This practice can help foster a positive mindset and resilience.

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Create scenarios where students role-play different social situations. This can help them practice empathy, problem-solving, and appropriate responses.

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Set up a designated calm down corner in the classroom with comforting items like stuffed animals, books, and sensory bottles. This provides students a safe space to go when they need to self-regulate.

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Have daily or weekly positive affirmations that the class reads together. Encourage students to create their own affirmations to build self-esteem and a positive outlook.

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Incorporate art activities where students can express their feelings through drawing, painting, or crafting. Art can be a therapeutic outlet for emotions.

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What fun when traditional storybook characters become multi-dimensional!

In this lovely story, we catch up with Humpty Dumpty after his famous mishap. What happens next? Well, getting up from a fall, whether literal or metaphorical, can be tricky. Humpty recovers outwardly but still has trauma on the inside.

A great book for addressing emotional resiliency.

This picture book follows Auggie and his dog Daisy on an original adventure. Wonder has been a national bestseller since its debut. Now the message is being communicated via picture book for younger readers.

Every child's hope to belong is recognized in this book, which is the perfect vehicle for discussing empathy and kindness with young children.

This book is a great story to use when introducing your classroom cool-down spot or calming strategies.

Considering that most of us are inundated with media and technology, many children never have the opportunity to be alone with their thoughts.

Andreasen extolls the virtues of solitude and peace through this simple, beautifully-illustrated book. Whether it's the shore, the snow, or simply within yourself, we all need a quiet place.

In this picture book, the main character, Lymon, is being raised by his loving grandparents. He doesn't remember much about his mother, and his father is incarcerated. He and his grandfather spend their summer nights playing the guitar together.

So many students will identify with the ambivalent feelings of Lymon, who loves his grandparents but definitely has questions about his situation.

Henkes is a prolific author whose writing speaks to children for a variety of reasons.

In this book, the main character, Chrysanthemum, adores her name. Why wouldn't she? Her parents chose the name especially for her. When she finally gets to go to school, though, the experience isn't all that she'd hoped for. Her peers are teasing her because of her beautiful and unique name. How will she handle this unexpected problem?

Great for the beginning of the year and building classroom community.

Another great book about being flexible and how to respond when things don't go your way, No Fits, Nilson! is the story of a girl and her gorilla.

When things don't go quite right, Nilson's temper takes over and he throws a HUGE fit. While this book might not be needed for all students, it is definitely a great opportunity to talk about big vs. small problems with those students who need it.

Remember the old Choose Your Own Adventure series? This book applies that format to help students see how their choices impact outcomes.

Throughout his school day, Danny is faced with a number of decisions on how he'll react to certain situations.

This book has eight different endings, depending on the choices your students make as you read. Perfect for lessons on making positive choices.

While this chapter book is better suited for upper elementary students, I wanted to include it because it focuses on resilience and kindness in the face of challenges.

Maddie is a unique 12-year old who loves to make people laugh with her fake mustaches. However, Maddie's life is turned upside-down by an unexpected medical issue on top of having to deal with the class mean girl. Will Maddie be able to tackle both?

This book is based on a true story about the author's daughter.

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books for teaching social-emotional learning

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25 Can't Miss Books for Teaching Social-Emotional Learning

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Looking for great books to incorporate into your classroom's social emotional learning lessons? Here's a list of my favorite chapter books and picture books for the SEL classroom. While you're sure to find old favorites, there are quite a few new SEL books to love!

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The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

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Provides school administrators, teachers, staff, and concerned parents with basic information about working with traumatized children in the school system.