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Understanding Prejudice Through Paper Plate Portraits
Students identify others’ assumptions about them and then describe who they really are on the inside.
Dear Abby: An SEL Kernels Practice for Second Grade
A discussion that uses scenarios to explore character and citizenship.
Dear Abby: An SEL Kernels Practice for First Grade
A discussion that uses scenarios to explore character and citizenship.
Dear Abby: An SEL Kernels Practice for Kindergarten
A discussion that uses scenarios to explore character and citizenship.
Notes to Self: An SEL Kernels Practice for Second Grade
Students take time to reflect on positive experiences, attributes, and/or aspirations.
Notes to Self: An SEL Kernels Practice for First Grade
Students take time to reflect on positive experiences, attributes, and/or aspirations.
Notes to Self: An SEL Kernels Practice for Kindergarten
Students take time to reflect on positive experiences, attributes, and/or aspirations.
Feelings Circle: An SEL Kernels Practice for Second Grade
In a group meeting, students share their feelings while also building their feelings vocabulary and emotion knowledge.
Feelings Circle: An SEL Kernels Practice for First Grade
In a group meeting, students share their feelings while also building their feelings vocabulary and emotion knowledge.
Sing It with Style: An SEL Kernels Brain Game
A game to develop students’ self-control by managing how they sing a familiar song
Wait for It: An SEL Kernels Brain Game
A game to develop students’ self-control by waiting before doing a series of motions.
Simon Says: An SEL Kernels Brain Game
A game to develop students’ self-control by listening for a key phrase before doing an action
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
Freeze Feelings: An SEL Kernels Brain Game
A game to develop students’ self-control by stopping themselves from moving or dancing when the music stops
Wiggle Cool Down: An SEL Kernels Brain Game
A game to develop students’ memory and attention by remembering a series of motions and doing them in the correct order
What is Missing? An SEL Kernels Brain Game
A game to develop students’ memory and attention by keeping track of objects in order to tell which one is missing
Shipwreck: An SEL Kernels Brain Game
A game to develop students’ memory and attention by remembering what motions accompany each phrase, and doing them correctly quickly
Name Game: An SEL Kernels Brain Game
A game to develop student’s memory and attention by remembering what each person has said and repeating it in the correct order
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