49 Simple Social-Emotional Learning Activities for All Ages [Video]

In addition to all the reading, writing, and arithmetic that students learn in school, they’re also learning social-emotional, or SEL, skills. Social-emotional skills include self-management, self-awareness, social awareness, relationship building, and decision-making. Whether or not your school uses an SEL curriculum, you can incorporate SEL skills throughout the day with activities that help students think about feelings, build relationships, resolve conflict, and make good decisions. Here are our favorite social-emotional learning activities to incorporate into your school day. There are ideas for preschool through high school, because SEL skills are skills you never stop learning!

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Little kids have big feelings, and they need to learn the words to match their emotions. Use this free bulletin board kit to create a reference for students as they’re learning feelings. You can use it for a number of social-emotional learning activities. Have students identify the way they are feeling during morning meeting. …