Students will learn the importance of taking turns and practice turn-taking skills through various activities:
1: Turn-Taking: turn taking activities, turn taking torch, turn taking game, waiting wisely cards, and books for reflection.
2: Active Listening: listening ears headband craft, whisper phone, “good listener” take home book
3: Following Directions: directions detective badges, step-by-step instruction cards, Simon says game cards, My Direction Plan activity book.
4: Giving and Receiving Feedback: Book for reflection, Feedback friends puppets, compliment cards, visual aids, feedback practice journal.
5. Respecting Personal Space and Boundaries: Books about personal space for reflection, stop and go signs, hula hoop activity, My Boundaries personal activity book.
Inside each weekly lesson you will find:
- Objective, materials list, and suggested lesson duration
- Book suggestion
- Greeting & Warm Up: Welcome the new SEL lesson, review previous lessons, and share goal for new lesson.
- 4 different activities: Includes reading books, using different printables, journals, games, and more.
- Conclusion & Wrap Up: Summarize the different activities practiced and the emotions learned.
- Assessment: Observe students’ participation and engagement during activities.
- Extensions for Home Connection and Follow Up Activities: Send a note home with a brief summary of the lesson and suggestions for parents to continue the topic covered.
Lynn N. –
I love how this is laid out and the directions are on point. This should be in any preschool classroom who needs a little more SEL skills.
Michael S. –
These are great lessons for the kiddos. Very important skills to teach.