10 Winter Picture Books that Promote SEL
This post contains affiliate links. I think we all know by now that I have a serious love for children’s literature. I am a children’s author myself, and I LOVE to create lists of picture...
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5 Amazing Fall Picture Books that Support SEL
This post contains affiliate links. What teacher doesn’t love a seasonal read aloud? A perfect collection of fall picture books? While I think we ALL would respond with a resounding, “ME!” to that question, it...
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10 Board Books for Social Emotional Learning
this post contains affiliate links Sometimes, board books are the ones you need to make the magic happen in your classroom, office, clinic, or home. I have rounded up 10 of my absolute favorite board...
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Organization Strategies for Kids
Executive functioning skills seem really abstract, and they can be for so many of our students. Teaching organization strategies to kids is always an essential lesson that us teachers tend to skip. Add in...
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YouTube Videos & Channels for Social Emotional Learning
I LOVE using social emotional learning (SEL) videos in elementary and middle school classrooms. Through hours (I mean, HOURS) of watching YouTube, I have compiled some of my FAVORITE videos to target these crucial skills...
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Why SEL, Equity, and Anti-Racism Go Hand in Hand
Why do SEL, equity and anti-racism go hand in hand? Because they don’t work independently. If you want to prioritize, focus on, or embrace one – you need to dive all in. While I...
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Using Real Photos to Teach Emotion Identification
Real photos matter – because they work. Real photos can be instrumental in teaching emotion identification. I love clip art, too! It’s easy to find pictures of children depicting a variety of behaviors and emotions,...
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A Peek Inside the Ultimate Behavior Bundle
This behavior bundle is one of my favorite resources I’ve ever created, and very well loved among my former students and teachers around the world who have purchased and used these materials. You can check...
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What is Co-Regulation and Why is it So Important?
Self-regulation is such a buzz word lately, but what about CO-regulation? Arguably, it’s the first step to actually teaching self-regulation. If you haven’t been co-regulating with your students and you’re finding that they struggle to...
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3 Simple Ways to Build Self-Esteem in Struggling Students
In all of our special education classrooms we have some students that greatly struggle with exhibiting challenging behaviors. Over the years I realized that one of the symptoms, and sometimes even the cause of, challenging...
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