My students need these social-emotional learning BOOKS which focus heavily on growth mindset, emotional regulation (deep breathing, visualization), self-esteem/self-confidence & relationship skills - all essential lifelong skills!
"The way we treat our children directly impacts what they believe about themselves." - Ariadne Brilt
I thoroughly enjoy being an elementary School Psychologist who teaches social-emotional learning curriculum (Gr.
K-5) in an urban school district to students who come from diverse backgrounds, some with few outside resources to meet their needs.
Beginning in kindergarten, I alongside our classroom teachers, teach social skills. We focus heavily on basic interaction skills, respect, self-control, empathy, problem-solving, relationship building, and self-awareness. We pride ourselves in delivering lessons that are engaging and tailored to meet their needs. These skills are essential and certainly not well-developed by the time our students enter kindergarten. In fact, many of our students have learning differences or have had a lack of structured, educational experiences and thus they require explicit social skills instruction.
My wish list of resources will add to my growing library and help my children make connections through literature. I plan on developing a list of my current classroom library and providing it to teachers so they have an idea of what literature resources are available and I hope to add these additional books if my project is fully funded!!
My Project
The need for early intervention specifically in the area of SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING (SEL) is vital to helping our students become successful classroom citizens and responsible members of the community. The resources that I am am seeking, coupled with research-based SEL curriculum introduce key vocabulary and concepts in an engaging and interactive format. I then develop lessons to accompany the books including extension activities that are hands-on and/or interactive using the SmartBoard.
By donating to my project, you will not only help to teach these essential social-emotional skills, you will also be supporting improved overall student achievement.
Self-regulation, the ability to monitor and manage emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, is an integral part of these literature books. Other key concepts reinforced include: Growth Mindset, Self-Esteem/Self-Confidence, Empathy, and Relationship Building - essential skills! The Bristol School District recognizes the strong need for SEL curriculum development! They have even tailored their report card "Behaviors for Success" standards to align with the 5 essential SEL skills areas identified nationally (Self-Awareness, Social Awareness, Self-Management, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision-Making). However, like many school districts, financial resources are limited and thus we are left to purchase many items ourselves.
I appreciate your consideration on supporting my project!
MySELF Single Copy Set (1 each of 24 books)
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$85.95
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$85.95
Poor Students, Rich Teaching: Mindsets for Change (Data-Driven Strategies for Overcoming Student Poverty and Adversity in the Classroom to Increase Student Success)
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$25.69
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$25.69
The Pout-Pout Fish
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$16.85
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$16.85
Affirmation Weaver: A Believe in Yourself Story, Designed to Help Children Boost Self-esteem While Decreasing Stress and Anxiety
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$14.95
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$14.95
Bubble Riding: A Relaxation Story designed to teach children visualization techniques to increase creativity while lowering stress and anxiety levels
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$13.69
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$13.69
Angry Octopus: An Anger Management Story introducing active progressive muscular relaxation and deep breathing
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$13.46
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$13.46
A Boy and a Turtle: A Relaxation Story teaching young children visualization techniques to increase creativity while lowering stress and anxiety levels
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$12.95
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$12.95
The Goodnight Caterpillar: A Children's Relaxation Story to Improve Sleep, Manage Stress, Anxiety, Anger
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$12.33
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$12.33
Sea Otter Cove: Introducing relaxation breathing to lower anxiety, decrease stress and control anger while promoting peaceful sleep
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$11.98
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$11.98
Listening to My Body: A guide to helping kids understand the connection between their sensations (what the heck are those?) and feelings so that they can get better at figuring out what they need.
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$11.69
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$11.69
Listening with My Heart: A story of kindness and self-compassion
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$11.66
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$11.66
A World of Pausabilities: An Exercise in Mindfulness
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$11.56
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$11.56
Well, I Can Top That (Communicate With Confidence)
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$10.95
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$10.95
Stand in My Shoes: Kids Learning About Empathy
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$10.95
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$10.95
I Can't Believe You Said That!: My Story about Using My Social Filter...or Not! (Best Me I Can Be!)
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$10.40
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$10.40
Mind Bubbles: Exploring mindfulness with kids
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$10.11
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$10.11
Planning Isn't My Priority (Functioning Executive)
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$9.95
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$9.95
Cell Phoney
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$9.73
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$9.73
The Worry Glasses: Overcoming Anxiety
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$9.00
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$9.00
The Technology Tail: A Digital Footprint Story (Communicate with Confidence)
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$8.76
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$8.76
Mindset Matters (Without Limits)
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$8.58
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$8.58
Unstoppable Me
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$8.04
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$8.04
Winners Don't Whine and Whiners Don't Win
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$7.96
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$7.96
I Can't Find My Whatchamacallit!! (Functioning Executive)
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$7.96
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$7.96
But It's Just A Game
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$7.96
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$7.96
Inside Out Box of Mixed Emotions
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$7.11
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$7.11
The Mixed-Up Chameleon Board Book
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$7.06
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$7.06
The Grouchy Ladybug
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$6.48
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$6.48
Giraffes Can't Dance
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$5.06
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$5.06
Materials cost
$388.82
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$5.83
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$424.65
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$74.94
Total project goal
$499.59
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$499.59
7 Donors
-$373.06
Donations toward project cost
-$317.10
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$55.96
Matching donations from our partners
-$126.53
Match offers toward project cost
-$107.55
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