Help kids in Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade identify feelings and emotions with this Social Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum. Teach emotional awareness using 5 detailed lessons with engaging classroom tools (feelings check-in charts, emotional thermometer & journal) and activities (games, coloring pages, writing prompts, and worksheets).
Encourage children to express feelings in healthy ways and develop self-regulation skills for classroom lessons, guidance, or counseling.
What does this unit cover?
⭐️Identifying & Labelling Emotions Lesson 1: teaches children to identify and label 12 major emotions and other terminology commonly used for those emotions with the use of emotions posters. Children will draw facial expressions, recognize their own emotions, and match emotions with words.
⭐️Labeling Experiences with Emotions Lesson 2: Teaches children to label different experiences with the emotion they cause. Children will share their own experiences with different emotions and complete various activities to help them with that.
⭐️Expressing Emotions Appropriately Lesson 3: Teaches children positive ways of expressing their emotions using appropriate language and “I feel” statements. Children will practice expressing themselves with a partner orally and through writing and drawings.
⭐️What Causes Emotions + The Brain Lesson 4: Teaches children that their brain controls their emotions and that certain parts of the brain control how they act and feel. Children will learn what those parts are and where they are through a brain craftivity and puzzle.
⭐️Thinking & Feeling Positive Lesson 5: Teaches children to name positive feelings, identify things they can do to feel good, and activities they enjoy. Children will focus on those positive feelings by creating a vision board, heart map, and reading positivity posters.
Activities included in the Emotions unit:
- Discussion Starters cards
- Interactive anchor charts
- Emotions cards & posters
- Emotions picture sort
- Board game, card game, and matching game
- Feelings check in charts
- Mini-Book
- Feelings journal
- Brain craftivity
- Vision Board
- Heart Map
- & more!
⭐️PLUS A BRAND NEW BONUS: Family Partnership Guide
Connect with and encourage families to participate in their child's social-emotional learning development and the concepts you teach at school. Each unit includes a printable guide with a letter to families, strategies and activities they can try at home, and a book guide with video links.
✅Check out the preview for a closer look at what this resource provides: the lesson plans, interactive activities, games, posters, and more.
WHY this is the ONE SEL resource you need to teach kids about their emotions!
✔️Each lesson and activity can be extended to cover your SEL time for a month!
✔️This is a flexible SEL curriculum that can be taught when teachers have time
✔️Facilitate meaningful discussions and activities that build important social-emotional skills and grow the classroom community.
✔️Save time as the planning is done for you.
✔️This is research-based and follows the CASEL framework for SEL.
✔️Works great for morning meetings or end of the day lessons, for school counselors, classroom teachers, and in a homeschool setting.
TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Elsie S. says, "This was perfect for my first graders to start understanding how what they say and do can change other students emotions or their own emotions. Thank you for making this wonderful resource!!"
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Katie T. says, "I was able to incorporate this product into monthly guidance lessons with 1st grade students. I appreciate having the lesson plans and materials to help teach and reinforce the importance of character education."
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nicole H. says, "We start our morning using this resource, checking in with our feelings and starting the day on a positive note. Thank you for an easy prep resource that helps with the engagement of students!"
Try the SEL program that is needed in ALL classrooms!
mind+heart Social Emotional Learning curriculum for K-2
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Emotions & Feelings
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Growth Mindset
Relationships & Friendship
Empathy & Social Awareness
Kindness & Bucket Filling
Respect & Gratitude
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