Susanna Palomares

Current research is establishing the importance of teaching such social and emotional skills as kindness, tolerance, respect, empathy, responsibility, self-control, and cooperation. We now know that repeated experiences impact the brain and shape the person. The more children are exposed to these concepts and practice these skills, the stronger the underlying mental circuits become. It is through this development that kids become caring and capable. The group activities, short stories, songs, reproducible activity sheets, Sharing Circles, and thought-provoking discussion questions provided in this award-winning book address qualities inherent in caring people. The skills that develop are those that make children capable. They include: - Keeping agreements - Developing responsible habits - Effectively solving problems - Demonstrating respect for self and others - Being loyal, trustworthy, and honest - Following rules - Demonstrating kindness, consideration, and empathy - Peacefully resolving conflicts - Developing self-management skills, and - Learning to be a team member

Through these easy-to-implement, high-interest activities, children learn new and effective skills and behaviors for getting along with others and managing their own emotions. Social-emotional skills are fundamental to success in life, and children should be consistently helped to develop them. This rich and ready resource is packed with everything you need to bring these important skills to life with your group of kids. It's full of stimulating, enjoyable experiences that you can grasp at a glance and use immediately. Activities help children to: - work collaboratively and considerately with others - learn important aspects of communicating - listening, speaking, writing, and reading - value and respect individual differences - manage difficult emotions - learn refusal and resistance skills - activate positive esteem and self-awareness - develop a sense of belonging

Help your students learn that they can be in charge of their own achievement by giving them the awareness and tools to do so. In addition to enriching learning lessons, you'll find particular value in the Achievement Potential Survey, a self-assessment that has each student identify the perceptions, abilities, and behaviors that are contributing to their underachievement. You'll receive complete instruction for how to help your underachievers develop an action plan based on their unique set of strengths and weaknesses. Help these students identify, learn from, and build on their assets, barriers, and concerns as they learn how to manage each so that they're experiencing high levels of achievement and success.

The high-impact activities in this best-selling book are organized to focus on the critical skills and awareness necessary to help kids prevent conflict and to successfully manage and resolve conflict when it does occur. The evidence-based approach of Teaching The Skills Of Conflict Resolution incorporates a variety of proven instructional strategies including sequenced and focused activities, simulations, role-plays, reproducible student handouts, self-reflection prompts, engaging group discussions, and Sharing Circles. Your students will be learning while participating in these hands-on learning experiences designed to help them understand how their thoughts and feelings affect their behavior and what to do to have more self-control. Lesson topics include: ] How one's actions and words affect others ] The importance of accountability when working with others ] Identifying strengths, talents and abilities of self and others ] How prejudice and stereotypes limit relationships ] Respecting differences in race, culture, lifestyle, attitudes and ability ] The need to belong and feel accepted by others ] Appropriate ways of expressing negative feelings ] Good listening and speaking behaviors ] Benefits of cooperation and teamwork in achieving goals ] How stress affects conflict ] Techniques for handling stress ] How to lower levels of conflict and anger ] Learning and practicing specific strategies for resolving conflict Grades Levels: 3-8

Kids love these fun, enjoyable, delightfully illustrated ready-to-use handouts. Engaging activity pages involve students in learning important life skills through words, pictures, and with guidance they understand and relate to. Organized around recognized building blocks of social-emotional learning these reproducible handouts provide quick, easily implemented experiences in vital issues such as: - Appreciating unique qualities and abilities. - Sharing interests, hobbies, and favorite books. - Expressing creativity. - Learning to use positive self-talk. - Understanding and identifying feelings. - Identifying dreams and aspirations. - Learning kind behaviors. - Expressing gratitude - Valuing rules. - Making and keeping friends. - Identifying positive qualities in others. - Communicating effectively. - Developing positive attitudes. - Recognizing accomplishments of self and others. - Constructing a "family tree." - Identifying one's "roots." - Solving problems. - Making decisions. - Setting and attaining goals. ... and more Keep at your fingertips these involving student handouts that teach necessary skills. Appropriate for use with individuals, groups or classrooms. Grades 2-6