Social skills classroom

8 Social Filter Activities for Kids | If you're looking for social skills activities that help teach children how to filter their thoughts and learn whether they should think it or say it out loud, we're sharing 8 ideas that can be used for elementary school, for middle school, for high school, and for kids with special needs like autism and ADHD. These are great team building exercises and will help develop friendship and conversation skills. #socialskills #socialfilter…

Bring Social Emotional Learning into your classroom with just 15 minutes a day! SEL is such an important topic and it doesn't have to be difficult to fit into your classroom daily schedule. Check out the blog post to learn more on how you can teach SEL to your elementary students in a fun and engaging way within just 15 minutes!

Promote Social Emotional Learning in your Classroom! The Schoolyard scoured Pinterest for great Anchor Chart Ideas from clever Teachers!

Building relationships with your grade 4 5 6 students should be your number one priority for a productive and engaging back to school class.

Helping Students with Self Control

Promoting social skills in special education is essential. Discover helpful strategies and instructional activities that encourage social skills and communication. Using tools like social stories, role playing exercises, group activities, and visual support can help improve communication, cooperation, and positive social interactions. Read more on how to help your students improve their social skills.

A problem size game like bingo is an engaging way for students to learn. If you aren’t sure what problem size vs reaction size is when talking about social/emotional skills, check this out. There’re definitions for problem size reaction size are and examples. Plus, if you need to teach this social skill, there is a helpful size of the problem visual and some size of the problem activities like this. Ideal for school counselors or special education teachers at the elementary level.

These classroom activities for social emotional learning promote self-regulation, kindness, responsibility, empathy, and more!

Social Skills activities for kids are easy to implement and can help almost every child when it comes to social interactions and situations!

Andriana | Classroom Community on Instagram: "Curious about the link between self-control and successful behavior management in your elementary classroom? 👀 Save this to try in your classroom! ❤️ Supporting students in building skills to manage their behaviors and emotions empowers them to take control of their actions and responses. This fosters a sense of agency and self-confidence, which are essential for personal growth and development. One of my favorite things is how rooted in…

The social emotion learning or SEL "I Can" statements are visual reminders to adults of what skills to be embedding in their work with students (in academic instruction, in the cafeteria, everywhere!) and to students of what they can and should be doing. The skills lists are useful to counselors, social workers, deans, and other support team facilitators!

In this blog post, I'm going to give you 5 Social Emotional Learning Art Ideas that you can use in your Art Classroom! As well, I'll tell you about what Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is, how to instruct it, and how to encourage students to engage in the lessons. I'll give you lesson ideas that you can use right away with your students, and I will also give you links to Art Projects that are ready-to-use! Before we begin, let’s understand what Social Emotional Learning, or SEL is and what…

Quick, fun, no-prep SEL lesson activities that are perfect for before and after breaks or any time you need an extra fun guidance lesson

These engaging games are a fun way to help your students learn about expected and unexpected behaviors. They will learn the difference between these behaviors, how they make others feel and why it is important to have expected behaviors. They are a perfect addition to your social skills and self regulation lessons and can be used in your individual, small group and classroom settings.

Make practicing social skills fun with these social skills games. In the special education classroom, helping your students develop social skills is crucial. It improves students’ social interactions, communication skills, and emotional understanding. But practicing social skills doesn’t have to be boring. These low prep social skills games and activities will help your special education students practice social skills in fun and engaging ways. Find my favorite social skills activities here.

Children's books are a great way to work on social skills with studnets in a non-threatening, fun way. In this post, I share 10 of my favorite books to focus on social skills, emotions and…

Social emotional education in the classroom can be hard to fit in, BUT it is possible. Read to learn ways to do it and how to keep it FUN!

Mar 12, 2021 - Free social story about playing nicely with others. This social skill is so important for ALL kids to master. As teachers, we have to explicitly teach how to play nicely with everyone and include others.

Part of my 3rd grade's problem solving unit, after we tackle conflict resolution, is to identify problems inside vs. outside of our control. As many, many