Activities for Building Character and Social-Emotional Learning Set

Build attitudes of respect and caring, reduce problem behaviours, empower students to solve problems, and educate the whole child with the flexible, user-friendly activity guides in the Safe & Caring Schools® series. The lessons’ literature-based connections allow teachers to “build in” rather than “add on” social-emotional learning (SEL) throughout the day. Field-tested in classrooms, these activities when fully implemented have resulted in improved school climate, greater parent engagement, increased academic achievement, and reduction in discipline referrals. The Activities for Building Character and Social-Emotional Learning resource guides are essential teaching tools for all preK–8 educators.

Each book offers:

• Easy-to-implement year-round lesson plans with more than 100 activities per teacher guide
• Nine flexible themes to use monthly or as individual, stand-alone lessons throughout the year
• Character-based teaching and learning on such topics as integrity, respect, responsibility, honesty, persistence, accountability, bullying prevention, and anger and conflict management
• Concise lesson formats (Read, Discuss, Do, Relate)
• Discussion and writing prompts
• Built-in assessment
• Options for literature-based teaching that pair suggested books with every lesson to integrate learning across the curriculum
• Helpful tips for organising a school wide program
• Classroom-tested reproducible activity sheets for positive reinforcement, available in teacher guides and as digital content
• Grade-grouped materials (PreK–K, Grades 1–2, Grades 3–5, Grades 6–8) and large, bold posters that reinforce key concepts of the program