https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg Try them throughout the day (those moments when we all need to check-in and hit that pause button!) en-us 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC 2024-03-19 22:20:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f600.png ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705928 There is a Health and SEL section with Back to School videos]]> 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705928 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705929 The library has resources for breathing and SEL Moments]]> 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705929 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705930 Great ones include Momentum, Move It!, Chromoji, Bitmoji, Google Arts and Culture, Mindful Break, and Sketchpad.]]> 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705930 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705931 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705931 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705938 Thank you for visiting this Padlet.  It will be updated regularly with new posts appearing at the top.  Just scroll up or down on each column for activities. An asterisk means that it is more K-5 friendly but all of the activities work with all ages (even adults!). Please let me know if you have any suggestions or other strategies that can be added.  Remember to practice that SELf care! ]]> 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705938 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705943 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705943 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705950 Have your students number off and make sure that they remember their number. Teacher will be zero. Pick a feeling/emotion and in numerical order say your number with the emotion. Practice several emotions. ]]> 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705950 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705958 Can students walk at the pace of a 5 (fast), 4 (kinda fast), 3 (slow it down), 2 (slow), 1 (REALLY slow)?]]> 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705958 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705976 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705976 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705981 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705981 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705985 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705985 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705988 Show the Emoji chart from the box below (Box 1). Have students hold an imaginary bag and pull out the Emoji they feel like and they can wear it like a mask. Put that Emoji mask back in the bag. Shake it and pick out another one! You can model, have them follow your lead, or let them pick their own. ]]> 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705988 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705994 Mood Meters can look different!  Pick or design one that works for you.  Check out the Yale Institute of Emotional Intelligence (Dr. Marc Brackett) and the Mood Meter app.  Here is one example.  ]]> 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705994 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705996 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705996 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705998 This can be a virtual greeting at your door! Kids need and want to be seen and heard! Pick a topic so your student can share and say something in a few words. Say pause, thank them, and move to the next student. Vary the greeting topic. ]]> 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683705998 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683706001 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683706001 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683706002 A check-in can involve sketches]]> 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683706002 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683706005 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683706005 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683706007 (Using https://wheeldecide.com/wheels/board-games/scattegories-spinner/)]]> 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683706007 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683706010 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683706010 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683706012 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683706012 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683706016 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683706016 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683706025 Creating personal coping skills menus for a calm-down tool kit can be an effective community building and get-to-know you activity at the start of the school year.]]> 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683706025 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683706028  ]]> 2020-08-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683706028 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683710024 Engaging videos that support SEL and Life skills. Follow-up activities, vocabulary, and teacher support. Check it out!]]> 2020-08-17 20:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683710024 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683834001 Create a free account. Students sign in to Menti.com and enter your code. There are word clouds, polls, and more. Great for an entrance/exit ticket. ]]> 2020-08-17 21:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/683834001 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/687583447 Do you need an SEL activity? How about a virtual field trip idea? Check out this site for art, movement, and life skills activities/resources. ]]> 2020-08-19 16:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/687583447 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/690467695 No glue required! You can use a plate as your canvas. Use items in your desk or around the house. Have your kids label how they are feeling or how they want to feel. Have them pick 6-10 objects and create their feeling. They can take a picture and share. ]]> 2020-08-20 21:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/690467695 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/693940027 Whether you want students to reflect on their world, savor moments, or just pause, this activity is great! Have students write/jot on paper or on an app (Padlet, slide, doc, PicCollage...) 2 things they did, saw, heard, and they have them draw. ]]> 2020-08-24 04:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/693940027 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/742532518 Great site for weekly tips and freebies. ]]> 2020-09-14 01:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/742532518 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/742534474 I hope that you and your students are connecting. Just a note on SEL and activities. SEL does not have to be a constant check-in. You can connect through music, art, conversation, chat box, and it can be non-verbal. Remember that SEL is not something to add to the plate... it is the plate. ]]> 2020-09-14 01:43:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/742534474 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/745149475 For Grades 3-5- Contest ends 11/16 but there are great resources to download if you don't enter. ]]> 2020-09-14 17:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/745149475 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/749032806 Here are some helpful breathing exercises that were a freebie from Calm Classroom. ]]> 2020-09-15 17:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/749032806 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/752742113 Just a quickie.  As you begin your class, ask your students to say "hello" or another greeting, how they are doing,  and have then give you a describing word that is is same letter as their first name. (Can describe who they are, want to be, how they feel...)  Ex.  "Good morning! I am Kind Karla (or Creative Karla). ]]> 2020-09-16 18:07:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/752742113 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/752746502 Recursos en español]]> 2020-09-16 18:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/752746502 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/752747109 Great for movement, rhythm, and community-building. ]]> 2020-09-16 18:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/752747109 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/752750079 Have students turn off camera. Then have them "Hide Non-Video Participants." Teacher is visible and asks questions that begin with "Show up to the circle if you..." Students turn on their cameras and appear. Questions can be anything from "...if you like sports" to "....if you're tired." ]]> 2020-09-16 18:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/752750079 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/785238207 2020-09-28 17:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/785238207 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/786126025 Want to wake up your brain?  Have students stand up and you say head and touch your head, say nose and touch your nose, etc.   Then switch it and tell them to do what you say not what you do!  So you would say ears and touch your shoulders say head and touch your ears, etc. Then tell them to do what you do and not what you say.  This really gets students thinking, regulating, moving and wakes up the brain! ]]> 2020-09-28 22:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/786126025 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/789560946 PreK-2nd but adults love it, too!]]> 2020-09-29 20:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/789560946 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/830247703 If you were a ______, which one would you be?  Share, draw, type it!
a. candy
b. video game
c. color
d. animal
e. instrument
Have kids act it out!

]]> 2020-10-14 20:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/830247703 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/866404555 I hope that you are all well and staying healthy. While we are missing some of our usual fall activities, i know that your students are enjoying many of the SEL activities. Check our a few fall-themed ones!]]> 2020-10-27 16:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/866404555 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/866405719 Ask kids to type on the whiteboard a word that describes how they are feeling. They can draw/scribble how they are feeling, or you can draw a line on the whiteboard (line graph) and measure how kids are feeling using feeling words, numbers, etc. ]]> 2020-10-27 16:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/866405719 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/866407632 2020-10-27 16:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/866407632 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/866408755 WCSD has purchased this for teachers! ]]> 2020-10-27 16:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/866408755 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/866427284 Have students look around the house for items that make sounds. Put on some energizing music and have them shake away... high, low, side-to-side, around the chair., etc. ]]> 2020-10-27 16:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/866427284 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/866436229 If you have class numbers, a virtual circle or if kids know who is before of after., you can pass a movement and the next person copies and shares theirs.  Then the next person copies the last movement and shares (idea is not the remember everyone's movement but to see what the previous person made up as their own movement and then you add your own). ]]> 2020-10-27 16:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/866436229 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/866458481 First person starts with an invisible piece of clay. They stretch it, mold it and describe what they are doing using the senses, then they roll in in a ball and "pass it" to the next person by taking their hand close to the camera. The next person takes it and turns it into something else and again, describes and uses senses. Teacher can guide and interject to facilitate the conversation. ]]> 2020-10-27 16:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/866458481 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/866475581 Have students draw two dots (eyes)  on a paper.  Have them draw eyebrows that express how they are feeling.  Now have them draw dots/eyes several times with different eyebrows.  Talk about facial expressions.  Add mouths and share how your facial features show others how you may be feeling!]]> 2020-10-27 16:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/866475581 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/866551537 Talk about how we sometimes see images in the clouds. Have students scribble on a paper. Pause and have them find images in their scribble clouds and have them draw/highlight them. Ask how this makes them feel? What did they see, notice, wonder...?]]> 2020-10-27 16:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/866551537 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/873782496 2020-10-29 16:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/873782496 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/873783332 2020-10-29 16:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/873783332 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/895195977 2020-11-05 18:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/895195977 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/895204473 2020-11-05 18:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/895204473 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/1099615059 Winter break has passed and we are back! Remember to continue practicing that self-care. ]]> 2021-01-19 04:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/1099615059 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/1301442231 As we see signs of spring, let's all breathe in the changes we see around us. Pause, reflect, and grow the good!]]> 2021-03-12 05:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/1301442231 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/1498547470 As we enter the hybrid phase, think about your successes, you systems that you have leaned on, and don't forget that we are here to support you!]]> 2021-05-06 15:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/1498547470 ksequeira1 https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/1668101731 Take what you need from this bank of SEL/Arts Integration resources. I will be adding more and please share your ideas! ]]> 2021-08-03 18:49:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ksequeira1/x62aycf391nimibg/wish/1668101731