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In celebration of Mental Health Awareness Month, we are sharing information on mental health in children and students. Read to find out how education can help children build a strong foundation for mental wellness for life! Plus, Better Kids has created a month calendar, full of activities that focus on your and your child’s mental health.
Discover the magic of storytelling and help kids develop their social emotional skills with these books! These books fall under the categories of the social emotional learning competencies of self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, positive relationships, and responsible decision making.
Now that summer is around the corner, you may find this to be an opportune moment to establish routines that help your child grow in their independence. It is never too early to start! By instilling good habits, you can set your child up for success by strengthening their skills in self-care, self-management, goal-setting, reasoning and more, all the while lessening your load. From making choices to completing chores, empower children by helping them grow into independent people! Read on for the full list of tips.
As parents and educators we cannot take away the fears and anxieties of our children, as much as we’d like to but we can help our children understand their emotions and provide them with the tools to feel better. Check out our blog for tips on teaching children about anxiety and fear, and superpowers for managing these big emotions.
How do we understand self-management? Self-management is the ability to manage our actions and behaviors as well as achieve goals and aspirations. Practicing self-management will have important long-term benefits such as establishing positive relationships and making responsible decisions. Read more about how we can help children understand and practice self-management.
With the changing seasons and excitement of summer upon us, it is the perfect time to help your child establish, or re-establish, healthy routines! Exercise, sleep, and healthy eating are all important for growth and social emotional well-being. Read more for 8 tips on how to help build healthy habits.
When we get caught up in the busyness of life it is easy to lose track of our emotions. Mindfulness, or mindful exercises, are a powerful tool (or superpower) for helping children understand social emotional learning! Read on to find out more about how mindfulness plays a role in learning these valuable skills.
More than ever, students need help developing strategies to reduce stress and cope with big emotions. Overwhelmed teachers are feeling the demands of addressing both academic and emotional needs through distance learning, but it’s critical that SEL is still prioritized. Read on to learn about Better Kids’ resources that help educators include SEL in online instruction during covid 19.
Since it was established in 1994, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) has been a powerful resource for social emotional learning: driving research, collaboration, policy and advocacy. Read more to see how Wisdom: The World of Emotions curriculum aligns with CASEL’s five core competencies for social emotional learning.
