Social-Emotional Learning Activities For Middle School

$32.95

This activity guide is a collection of the most popular and effective social and emotional learning activities offered by Innerchoice Publishing. Over the years, Innerchoice Publishing has developed dozens of activity guides which have been used in thousands of schools throughout the country. Many of these books have been translated and used successfully in other countries interested in developing the emotional and social aspects of students lives. You are invited to use this newest contribution to the SEL curricular mosaic as:
• the core of your SEL curriculum
• a specialized SEL supplement to your existing curriculum
This book provides relevant student friendly activities for classroom and counseling groups. For optimum impact SEL is not a single program or group of activities but a coordinated framework across classrooms, counseling groups, homes, communities and districts.
The bottom line is, don’t neglect or take for granted the emotional life of your students. Feelings, self-awareness, life skills, conflict management, self-esteem, and all of the other developmental areas now identified as social emotional learning are critically important. An impressive array of research from multiple fields supports the validity of time and energy spent by educators in these domains. Emotions are not unruly remnants of stone-age survival to be hushed and otherwise ignored while we develop cognitive skills. Emotions drive our behavior, shape our values, and predispose us to choose one course of action over others. Emotional and rational skills are equally important interdependent components of human intelligence.

Table of Contents

Introduction

• The Impact of Social and Emotional Learning
• Sharing Circles: The SEL Super Strategy
• How to Conduct Sharing Circles

Self-Awareness
Self-Management
Social Awareness
Relationship Skills
Responsible Decision Making

Primary Subject Area – Emotional Intelligence

Grade 6-9, 186 pages, 8-1/2 x 11, paperback