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Featured Practices
36 Questions to Help Kids Make Friends
A fun, fast way for students to develop close friendships
Creating Musical Playlists for the Classroom
Experience music together to inspire awe, cultivate an awareness of emotions, and craft connection in the classroom.
My Mindful Brain for K-3
Grades K-3 students learn about the three parts of the brain that are involved with emotion regulation, attention, and learning.
Discovering Meaning Through Awe
Cultivate well-being and meaning through an experience of awe
Brain Games for "Focus Power": A Set of SEL Kernels Practices
Introduce students to “Focus Power,” or the ability to sustain attention and ignore distractions when needed.
Courage Creatures
Students use their creativity to explore what courage can look like and feel like.
Mindful Poetry Moments
A daily mindfulness and poetry appreciation practice for the whole school or a single classroom
Silly Stories: An SEL Kernels Brain Game
A game to develop students' self-control by doing the correct (silly) motion instead of the automatic one
Courageous and Compassionate Citizens
Students foster courage to collectively problem solve.
Exploring Your Personal Values
Students explore and reflect on their values. (Purpose Challenge Practice #4)
People Can Change: Recognizing Our Potential for Growth
Challenge students to see every human’s potential for growth and change.
Finding Awe in Collective Acts of Kindness
Inspire students to kindness through the “collective effervescence” of animals
The Beauty of Collective Effervescence
Increase cooperation and teamwork by “moving in unison.”
Eight Inner Strengths for Leaders
A reflection tool to help school and teacher leaders cultivate qualities of moral leadership within themselves
Eight Essentials When Forgiving
Key principles to help you forgive and achieve peace of mind.
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