All Practices
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Modeling SEL for Students
Staff members brainstorm how they will intentionally model SEL in their interactions with students.
Why Do Good People Do Bad Things?
Students explore, reflect, and write about being an upstander rather than a bystander.
What Is A Flourishing Life?
Students explore and write about what makes a good life.
The Virtue of Good Sense
Students define and practice “good sense,” or the will and know-how to do the right thing.
Rhyming Body Scan for Young Children
Students practice noticing body sensations and relaxing body parts.
Mindful Seeing for Elementary Students
Students pay close attention to the experience of seeing while observing an object.
Mindful Music Moments
A daily mindfulness and music appreciation practice for the whole school or a single classroom
Reflecting on SEL Skills
Students discuss the SEL skills touched upon during the activity in which they have just participated.
Strategies for Increasing the Use of SEL Skills
A list of strategies for making explicit connections to SEL skills throughout the day in order to reinforce students’ practice of skills
Reading Ourselves Whole: A Contemplative Choral Reading Method
Lead a brief choral reading practice that fosters community and connection.
Mindful Listening for Students
Students learn to notice sounds, their beginnings and endings, and the silent spaces between each sound.
Making Families Feel Welcome
Simple ways for teachers, principals, and staff members to help families of all backgrounds feel welcome in the school community
Meaningful Photos for Students
Students use photography or drawing to explore purpose and meaning in their lives.
Making Science Meaningful
Students reflect on how their science learning is relevant to their lives.
Take-Home Skill: Gratitude Questions for Kids
Discussion questions for families to deepen their child’s experience of gratitude
Take-Home Skill: Deliberate Practice for Students
Strategies for parents and caregivers that teach their children how to practice to help them achieve their goals
Purpose Compass
A process for helping students generate purposeful projects or endeavors
Feelings Circle: An SEL Kernels Practice for Kindergarten
In a group meeting, students share their feelings while also building their feelings vocabulary and emotion knowledge.
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