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Better Attitudes and Skills in Children

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Little kids often have very big feelings, and need help expressing them. A set of social emotional lessons provide tangible ways for young elementary learners to visualize their emotions, focus on clear communication, and channel their anger into more positive outlets.

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Concepts
attitudes, emotional development, emotions, expressing feelings, communication, helen keller, social skills, bullying, slavery, the underground railroad, friendship, self esteem, self identity, self control
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Additional Tags
social studies
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Instructional Ideas
  • Encourage learners to practice a song, poem, or phrase in American Sign Language
  • Bring activities to a counseling office or peer mediation group
Classroom Considerations
  • Uses the word gloomy to describe the mood of mixed up feelings, where some other resources might address depression
  • Though the lesson doesn't provide a reading passage about Helen Keller, it does include a list of potential children's books
  • Each lesson requires different materials, but all materials are common in households and classrooms
  • One lesson references Spongebob Squarepants, which could be either distracting or engaging to your class
  • A few coping strategies include physical acts (e.g. punching a pillow, squishing play dough)
Pros
  • An ideal resource for special education classes with children who need help regulating their emotions and responses
  • Comes with a blank template for planning your own social emotional lesson
Cons
  • The Spongebob Squarepants lesson details kid voice, boss voice, and adult voice, and uses global labels and aggressive language to explain their qualities, which might cause more harm than good—not to mention that asking third graders to speak like an adult is not a reasonable expectation