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Just the Facts, Please!
Just the Facts, Please!
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Just the Facts, Please!
Kindergarten
Learning how to distinguish between facts and opinions is critical for the development of communication and social skills. In this lesson, students will learn the difference between facts and opinions through play and pictures.
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Just the Facts, Please!
Just the Facts, Please!
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Just the Facts, Please!
Learning how to distinguish between facts and opinions is critical for the development of communication and social skills. In this lesson, students will learn the difference between facts and opinions through play and pictures.
Kindergarten
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Mindfulness: The Outside and Inside Present
Mindfulness: The Outside and Inside Present
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Mindfulness: The Outside and Inside Present
Pre-K
What happens when students explore their senses on the inside? This lesson encourages students to look at, listen to, and feel what is happening on the inside through practicing mindfulness.
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Mindfulness: The Outside and Inside Present
Mindfulness: The Outside and Inside Present
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Mindfulness: The Outside and Inside Present
What happens when students explore their senses on the inside? This lesson encourages students to look at, listen to, and feel what is happening on the inside through practicing mindfulness.
Pre-K
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Mindfulness: Mindful Listening
Mindfulness: Mindful Listening
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Mindfulness: Mindful Listening
Pre-K
Owls hear so well that they can hunt in the dark. Have your students try on their owl ears! In this lesson, students open up their ears to all the sounds around them, close and far away, and go on a sound hunt.
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Mindfulness: Mindful Listening
Mindfulness: Mindful Listening
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Mindfulness: Mindful Listening
Owls hear so well that they can hunt in the dark. Have your students try on their owl ears! In this lesson, students open up their ears to all the sounds around them, close and far away, and go on a sound hunt.
Pre-K
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Mindfulness: Deep Relaxation
Mindfulness: Deep Relaxation
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Mindfulness: Deep Relaxation
Pre-K
Deep relaxation in school? Yes, it is possible! Through this process you will guide students to consciously focus on relaxing various body parts, leading to a visualization to help relax their full body mindfully.
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Mindfulness: Deep Relaxation
Mindfulness: Deep Relaxation
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Mindfulness: Deep Relaxation
Deep relaxation in school? Yes, it is possible! Through this process you will guide students to consciously focus on relaxing various body parts, leading to a visualization to help relax their full body mindfully.
Pre-K
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Mindfulness: A Home Inside
Mindfulness: A Home Inside
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Mindfulness: A Home Inside
Pre-K
We all have our own home of feelings inside, like a shell that we can tuck into when needed. This we learn from turtles, and now your students can too. This lesson helps students access that place inside full of feelings, emotions, and thoughts.
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Mindfulness: A Home Inside
Mindfulness: A Home Inside
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Mindfulness: A Home Inside
We all have our own home of feelings inside, like a shell that we can tuck into when needed. This we learn from turtles, and now your students can too. This lesson helps students access that place inside full of feelings, emotions, and thoughts.
Pre-K
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Range of Emotions
Range of Emotions
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Range of Emotions
Kindergarten
In this lesson, students will learn about how emotions change and will understand and discuss different feeling words for different emotions by associating emotions with colors, visuals, and a charades game.
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Range of Emotions
Range of Emotions
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Range of Emotions
In this lesson, students will learn about how emotions change and will understand and discuss different feeling words for different emotions by associating emotions with colors, visuals, and a charades game.
Kindergarten
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Fill My Cup (Gratitude Jar)
Fill My Cup (Gratitude Jar)
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Fill My Cup (Gratitude Jar)
Kindergarten
In this lesson, students will discuss, generate a list, and practice appropriate activities that may improve the way they feel. Students will engage in a gratitude practice and learn strategies for changing their mood.
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Fill My Cup (Gratitude Jar)
Fill My Cup (Gratitude Jar)
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Fill My Cup (Gratitude Jar)
In this lesson, students will discuss, generate a list, and practice appropriate activities that may improve the way they feel. Students will engage in a gratitude practice and learn strategies for changing their mood.
Kindergarten
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Gratitude for Differences
Gratitude for Differences
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Gratitude for Differences
Kindergarten
In this lesson, students will discuss similarities and differences in a fish bowl activity. They will also learn tools to practice gratitude for each other's differences and similarities.
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Gratitude for Differences
Gratitude for Differences
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Gratitude for Differences
In this lesson, students will discuss similarities and differences in a fish bowl activity. They will also learn tools to practice gratitude for each other's differences and similarities.
Kindergarten
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Mistakes Help Me Learn
Mistakes Help Me Learn
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Mistakes Help Me Learn
Kindergarten
Often, it's difficult to see mistakes and failures as opportunities to grow! In this lesson, students will practice having a growth mindset and looking at mistakes as opportunities to learn. They'll consider how challenges grow their brain.
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Mistakes Help Me Learn
Mistakes Help Me Learn
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Mistakes Help Me Learn
Often, it's difficult to see mistakes and failures as opportunities to grow! In this lesson, students will practice having a growth mindset and looking at mistakes as opportunities to learn. They'll consider how challenges grow their brain.
Kindergarten
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One Thing at a Time
One Thing at a Time
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One Thing at a Time
Kindergarten
In this lesson, students will learn about the importance of doing one thing at a time and listen to the book What Does It Mean to Be Present?. Then, they will experience the inefficiency of multitasking by doing three things at once.
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One Thing at a Time
One Thing at a Time
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One Thing at a Time
In this lesson, students will learn about the importance of doing one thing at a time and listen to the book What Does It Mean to Be Present?. Then, they will experience the inefficiency of multitasking by doing three things at once.
Kindergarten
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Nature Mandalas
Nature Mandalas
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Nature Mandalas
Kindergarten
Nature can teach us about impermanence and appreciation of the present moment. In this lesson, students will explore impermanence in nature, and they'll create their own nature mandala that reflects impermanence and nature's gifts.
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Nature Mandalas
Nature Mandalas
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Nature Mandalas
Nature can teach us about impermanence and appreciation of the present moment. In this lesson, students will explore impermanence in nature, and they'll create their own nature mandala that reflects impermanence and nature's gifts.
Kindergarten
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To Groove or Not to Groove?
To Groove or Not to Groove?
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To Groove or Not to Groove?
Kindergarten
In this lesson, students explore ways they can give themselves more energy or help them relax. They will also learn that movement breaks are beneficial in releasing stress and tension and providing energy.
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To Groove or Not to Groove?
To Groove or Not to Groove?
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To Groove or Not to Groove?
In this lesson, students explore ways they can give themselves more energy or help them relax. They will also learn that movement breaks are beneficial in releasing stress and tension and providing energy.
Kindergarten
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Problem-Solving Steps
Problem-Solving Steps
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Problem-Solving Steps
Kindergarten
In this lesson, students will learn the steps in solving a problem, discuss solutions from the story "Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present," and use these same problem-solving skills when they build shapes with pattern blocks.
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Problem-Solving Steps
Problem-Solving Steps
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Problem-Solving Steps
In this lesson, students will learn the steps in solving a problem, discuss solutions from the story "Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present," and use these same problem-solving skills when they build shapes with pattern blocks.
Kindergarten
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Breath, Movement, and Relaxation
Breath, Movement, and Relaxation
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Breath, Movement, and Relaxation
Kindergarten
Listening to the soothing sounds of the ocean and practicing slowing down can be helpful to feel more calm and ease. Calming tools such as breathwork, mindful movement, and stillness are practiced in this ocean-themed lesson.
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Breath, Movement, and Relaxation
Breath, Movement, and Relaxation
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Breath, Movement, and Relaxation
Listening to the soothing sounds of the ocean and practicing slowing down can be helpful to feel more calm and ease. Calming tools such as breathwork, mindful movement, and stillness are practiced in this ocean-themed lesson.
Kindergarten
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Student Leaders
Student Leaders
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Student Leaders
Kindergarten
What does it mean to be a leader? In this lesson, students will discuss leadership and will practice leading mindfulness for other students in their class.
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Student Leaders
Student Leaders
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Student Leaders
What does it mean to be a leader? In this lesson, students will discuss leadership and will practice leading mindfulness for other students in their class.
Kindergarten
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Mindfulness & SEL Stations
Mindfulness & SEL Stations
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Mindfulness & SEL Stations
Kindergarten
In this lesson, students will move through stations to practice and reflect on the mindfulness and social emotional learning tools that they have learned throughout the year.
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Mindfulness & SEL Stations
Mindfulness & SEL Stations
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Mindfulness & SEL Stations
In this lesson, students will move through stations to practice and reflect on the mindfulness and social emotional learning tools that they have learned throughout the year.
Kindergarten
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Spreading Kindness
Spreading Kindness
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Spreading Kindness
Kindergarten
In this lesson, students will answer questions, role-play different scenarios, and explore their feelings as they make healthy choices. They will also learn some questions to ask themselves when making decisions.
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Spreading Kindness
Spreading Kindness
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Spreading Kindness
In this lesson, students will answer questions, role-play different scenarios, and explore their feelings as they make healthy choices. They will also learn some questions to ask themselves when making decisions.
Kindergarten
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Heart to Heart
Heart to Heart
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Heart to Heart
Kindergarten
In this lesson, students will practice loving kindness for a classmate by writing them a letter or drawing them a picture showing their appreciation.
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Heart to Heart
Heart to Heart
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Heart to Heart
In this lesson, students will practice loving kindness for a classmate by writing them a letter or drawing them a picture showing their appreciation.
Kindergarten
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Reading Faces
Reading Faces
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Reading Faces
Pre-K
The first step to helping students develop empathy is teaching them about feelings. In this lesson, students learn what feelings look like by crafting their own emotional faces.
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Reading Faces
Reading Faces
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Reading Faces
The first step to helping students develop empathy is teaching them about feelings. In this lesson, students learn what feelings look like by crafting their own emotional faces.
Pre-K
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Compliment Circles
Compliment Circles
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Compliment Circles
Kindergarten
Compliments can build relationships and a positive class climate! In this lesson, students will participate in a compliment circle, give and receive compliments, and draw/write kind notes to others.
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Compliment Circles
Compliment Circles
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Compliment Circles
Compliments can build relationships and a positive class climate! In this lesson, students will participate in a compliment circle, give and receive compliments, and draw/write kind notes to others.
Kindergarten
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How to Be a Good Friend
How to Be a Good Friend
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How to Be a Good Friend
Pre-K
We all want to be good friends. But what does this look like? Help students to understand what it means to be a good friend by reading a story, acting out a skit, and creating a friendship picture.
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How to Be a Good Friend
How to Be a Good Friend
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How to Be a Good Friend
We all want to be good friends. But what does this look like? Help students to understand what it means to be a good friend by reading a story, acting out a skit, and creating a friendship picture.
Pre-K
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Friends Are Fun!
Friends Are Fun!
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Friends Are Fun!
Pre-K
In this social skills lesson plan, students will get to practice identifying how to be a friend. Friendship is an important social skill for kindergarten students to master as they begin to form a new community of peers at school.
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Friends Are Fun!
Friends Are Fun!
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Friends Are Fun!
In this social skills lesson plan, students will get to practice identifying how to be a friend. Friendship is an important social skill for kindergarten students to master as they begin to form a new community of peers at school.
Pre-K
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Mindfulness: Butterfly Breath
Mindfulness: Butterfly Breath
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Mindfulness: Butterfly Breath
Pre-K
What if you imagine your lungs as wings? In this lesson, a butterfly helps teach students about mindful breathing. Learn to use the butterfly breath in three different ways!
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Mindfulness: Butterfly Breath
Mindfulness: Butterfly Breath
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Mindfulness: Butterfly Breath
What if you imagine your lungs as wings? In this lesson, a butterfly helps teach students about mindful breathing. Learn to use the butterfly breath in three different ways!
Pre-K
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Mindfulness: The Present Moment
Mindfulness: The Present Moment
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Mindfulness: The Present Moment
Pre-K
Mindfulness 101! Students focus on the present moment using their senses to observe what is happening right now. They are introduced to the idea that mindfulness is about paying attention to the present.
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Mindfulness: The Present Moment
Mindfulness: The Present Moment
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Mindfulness: The Present Moment
Mindfulness 101! Students focus on the present moment using their senses to observe what is happening right now. They are introduced to the idea that mindfulness is about paying attention to the present.
Pre-K
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Mindfulness: Mindful Movement
Mindfulness: Mindful Movement
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Mindfulness: Mindful Movement
Pre-K
Imagine wild animals teaching students to walk mindfully, and camoflauge teaching about stillness. This lesson takes a cue from animal adaptations as students practice walking and pausing mindfully.
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Mindfulness: Mindful Movement
Mindfulness: Mindful Movement
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Mindfulness: Mindful Movement
Imagine wild animals teaching students to walk mindfully, and camoflauge teaching about stillness. This lesson takes a cue from animal adaptations as students practice walking and pausing mindfully.
Pre-K
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My Magical Breath
My Magical Breath
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My Magical Breath
Kindergarten
In this lesson, students will learn how their breath can be their greatest friend. They will practice and learn how to use their breath when they feel tense or overwhelmed, just like a magical tool!
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My Magical Breath
My Magical Breath
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My Magical Breath
In this lesson, students will learn how their breath can be their greatest friend. They will practice and learn how to use their breath when they feel tense or overwhelmed, just like a magical tool!
Kindergarten
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Determination
Determination
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Determination
Kindergarten
In this lesson, students will define and discuss the word "determination" through song and play.
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Determination
Determination
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Determination
In this lesson, students will define and discuss the word "determination" through song and play.
Kindergarten
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Going on a Feelings Hunt
Going on a Feelings Hunt
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Going on a Feelings Hunt
Pre-K
Everyone has feelings! In this lesson, students explore different feelings by recognizing them on faces. As they look through books, students will find pictures that show a variety of expressions.
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Going on a Feelings Hunt
Going on a Feelings Hunt
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Going on a Feelings Hunt
Everyone has feelings! In this lesson, students explore different feelings by recognizing them on faces. As they look through books, students will find pictures that show a variety of expressions.
Pre-K
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Empathy
Empathy
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Empathy
Kindergarten
In this lesson, students will explore and discuss the term "empathy" by hearing stories from two different perspectives and identifying the feelings of each of the characters. They will also discuss what it means to be true to ourselves.
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Empathy
Empathy
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Empathy
In this lesson, students will explore and discuss the term "empathy" by hearing stories from two different perspectives and identifying the feelings of each of the characters. They will also discuss what it means to be true to ourselves.
Kindergarten
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Reflection on Mindfulness and SEL Tools
Reflection on Mindfulness and SEL Tools
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Reflection on Mindfulness and SEL Tools
Kindergarten
What are the tools of mindfulness and building community that support greater ease and connection? In this lesson, students will reflect on the mindfulness and social emotional learning tools they have learned through song and sculpting.
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Reflection on Mindfulness and SEL Tools
Reflection on Mindfulness and SEL Tools
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Reflection on Mindfulness and SEL Tools
What are the tools of mindfulness and building community that support greater ease and connection? In this lesson, students will reflect on the mindfulness and social emotional learning tools they have learned through song and sculpting.
Kindergarten
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About kindergarten social emotional learning lesson plans

On Education.com, Kindergarten social emotional learning (SEL) lesson plans provide structured activities to help young students develop essential skills like emotion recognition, empathy, cooperation, and problem-solving. These plans often include fun exercises such as role-playing, emotional charades, and story discussions designed to build self-awareness and build healthy relationships.

Parents and teachers can access a variety of resources on Education.com, including printable worksheets, hands-on classroom games, and interactive materials that support SEL and classroom management. Digital simulations and guided activities foster engagement while encouraging students to express feelings and develop empathy toward others. Educators can integrate these lessons into daily routines to promote social harmony and emotional regulation.

Using Education.com’s Kindergarten SEL lesson plans saves time by providing ready-to-use activities that align with social-emotional learning standards. Consistent, engaging lessons enable educators to nurture self-awareness, self-control, team cooperation, and responsible decision-making in young learners, laying a strong foundation for social skills and emotional intelligence.