Weeks 1-5
Vision For My Classroom
A strategy for having students help create a vision for their classroom in visual form. This is good at the beginning of the school year.
Dealing With Change
Learning to handle changes that come with starting school.
Working & Playing With Others
Learning ways to work and play with others at school.
Be A Good Friend
Learning some basic friendship skills.
When a Friend Has Big Feelings
Learning ways to support a friend who is experiencing a big emotion.
Weeks 6-11
I Haven’t Learned it Yet
If you haven’t learned something YET, knowing what you can do to eventually learn that skill.
Whose Job Is It?
Learning to do your best on jobs that belong to you and to let it go, if it is someone else’s job.
Appreciating People Who Help Us
Knowing who you can go to for help at school and how you can show them appreciation.
Problem-Solving With Friends
Learning to calm down, say how you feel and then brainstorm ways to solve problems with others.
Just Think If Everyone Did that
Learning to think of others and not just yourself.
Practicing Gratitude
Learning how to practice gratitude.
Weeks 12-17
What Made Me Feel That Way?
Understanding what things cause us to experience different feelings.
When Things Don’t Go My Way
Learning some strategies when things don’t go your way.
Recognizing Others’ Strengths
Recognizing what your friends do well and how to go to them for help in those areas.
Supporting Others
Learning how to be a supportive friend.
Choices, Choices
Learning some questions to ask yourself when you have a choice to make.
Weeks 18-22
The Power of And
Understanding that you can have two different feelings at the same time.
When Worries Get Too Big
Learning strategies to help when you have big emotions.
They Might Feel Differently Than You
Becoming aware that others might feel differently than you in the same situation.
Setting Boundaries
Learning to stand up for yourself with peers.
Integrity
Doing the right thing, even when it is hard or no one is watching.
Weeks 23-27
Let’s Check In
Helping children reflect on how they solved a problem and what they might do to improve in the future.
Accepting Feedback
Learning to accept feedback as an opportunity to learn and grow.
My Family Does it This Way
Learning how different families do different things.
Same and Different
Learning how friends are the same and different than me.
Ask Good Questions
To help you make a wise decision.
Weeks 28-32
Believe in Yourself
When things are hard.
Pay Attention To:
Feelings, motivation, and surroundings when things are hard.
Think The Best Of Others
When they do things we don’t like or understand.
Weeks 33-37
Taking Risks
(as long as it’s safe) when trying new things.
Be Adaptable
Being flexible when things don’t go as planned.
What Are They Telling Me?
Paying attention to both verbal and non-verbal language.
5 W’s Of Being A Good Friend
Children learn practical tools for building friendships.
Be A World Changer
Teaching children to use their time, talents, and resources to make the world a better place.
Year Two Lessons
Weeks 1-5
Interests, Hobbies, Strengths, Challenges
Being aware of your own interests, strengths and challenges and getting to learn about peers. This is a good “getting to know you” activity.
Managing Time, Materials and Schedules
Strategies to organize time and things.
Being a Part of a Group
Learning how to successfully be a part of a group.
Fair is Not the Same
Understanding that others might have different needs to learn.
Planning Ahead
Strategies to plan ahead for expected and unexpected events
Weeks 6-11
All Our Feelings Are OK
Identifying and embracing emotions.
Managing Big Emotions
Strategies to deal with frustration, disappointment, anxiety and fatigue.
Social Awareness Detective
Looking for social cues to determine how others are feeling.
Solving Problems With Friends
Strategies to work through a problem with a friend.
Peer Influence
Deciding whether to follow a peer or not.
Practicing Gratitude
Learning how to practice gratitude.
Weeks 12-16
Practicing Mindfulness
Mindfulness strategies to calm down.
Press The Pause Button
Ways to get calm when experiencing big emotions.
Appreciating Others
Ways to appreciate those at home, school and in the community.
Building Others Up
Strategies to encourage others.
Setting and Reaching Goals
Picking a goal and coming up with a plan for reaching it.
Weeks 17-21
Growth Mindset
Trying something hard without giving up.
Stick with It
Strategies to stick with a goal.
Thinking of Others
Learning how to see a situation from another’s perspective.
Apologizing
Learning to stand up for yourself with peers.
Be an upstander
Standing up for self or others.
Weeks 22-26
I Am Resilient
Going with the flow when things are different, hard or scary.
Friends Play Fair
Strategies to play fair.
Let it Go
Letting go of past mistakes with friends.
Talk it out
How to communicate with friends in a conflict.
Weeks 27-31
What Can You Do?
How to handle uncomfortable feelings.
Stop, Think, Go!
A strategy for solving problems.
How Do You Think They Feel?
Using a social filter.
Friends are Respectful
Respecting others’ feelings.
Wise Decisions
Making wise choices for self-care.
Weeks 32-36
What’s Important to You?
Understanding your own values.
Dealing With Disappointment
Learning some strategies to handle disappointments.
In the Spotlight
Learning how to give and accept praise and attention.
Dealing With Disagreements
Learning some strategies to help children handle disagreements with each other.
Living Like A Leader
This reviews some of the ways kids have learned how to be leaders.