Spring Activities & Crafts - Growth Mindset & Social Emotional Learning SEL
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Teach social emotional learning all year with this seasonal bundle of SEL activities in your kindergarten, first grade, or second grade classroom! The mini-lessons, worksheets, games, and activities fit into your sel curriculum and teach critical social skills, growth mindset, responsibility, self-ePrice $29.25Original Price $58.50Save $29.25
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Teach kids about happiness, responsibility, growth mindset, and emotions this spring in your kindergarten, first grade, or second grade classroom with this spring SEL social-emotional learning resource! The mini-lessons and activities are perfect for your spring, Earth Day, and Mother’s Day lesson plans.
Why focus on social-emotional learning in the spring?
- The spring season is a great time to focus on what brings us joy and the positivity of change as spring approaches.
- It is a time to reflect on how we manage our emotions and how we practice being responsible and good decision making.
- There are also many activities to help kids understand what it means to have a growth mindset, and how we can embrace learning new things in in the spring.
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What is the scope and sequence?
It includes 4 weeks of SEL lessons and activities in 4 themes for the spring. There are 5-7 mini-lessons and activities for each theme.
Theme 1: Happiness
Theme 2: Responsibility
Theme 3: Growth Mindset
Theme 4: Managing Emotions
I suggest teaching one lesson/activity per day. They can be easily integrated into your morning meeting, read-aloud time, writing block, or during brain breaks and transitions. This resource was made with the K-2 classroom teacher in mind but would work well with any childhood educator or school counselors working with groups of children.
What does the mind+heart winter SEL resource include?
Look at the PREVIEW for a look at this SEL resource up close and the variety of lessons and activities included!
The mind+heart SEL spring resource includes a variety of thought-provoking discussion topics and engaging activities to help reflect on important social and emotional skills that are used in spring to provoke discussions amongst your kids. Children will have many opportunities to reflect and discuss the things that bring them joy and happiness as well as how to manage their emotions and be responsible.
Theme #1: Happiness.
Discuss what it means to be happy. These activities are perfect for discussing, identifying, and sharing activities and things that bring us joy and happiness.
6 mini-lessons & activities:
- anchor chart & lesson about what makes them happy
- Happiness journal
- Quote posters about happiness
- Spring Bingo
- I feel SUNNY sunshine craft
- “Bee” Happy bumblebee coloring & writing template
- 'Happy Right Now' book activity by Julie berry
Theme #2: Responsibility
Teach and encourage students to be responsible and make good decisions. These activities give your students a variety of ways to practice being responsible and how their choices reflect that.
5 Mini-Lessons & Activities:
- Anchor chart & Lesson about how to be responsible (at home, at school, in the community)
- Responsibility calendar
- Decision making “responsibility” scenarios
- "My world and ME" writing & mobile craft
- "A Garden of Responsibility" class job set-up
Theme #7: Growth Mindset
Discuss what it means to have a growth mindset. Your students will learn what it means to have a positive attitude and how they may not be able to do something right now, but with practice, they can get there.
7 Mini-Lessons & Activities:
- Anchor chart & Lesson about Growth Mindset – In spring, I can/I can’t yet
- 'After the Fall' book activity
- Umbrella with raindrops hat
- Blossoming Into certificate
- "Grow Your Mind" flower craft
- "My Budding Brain" Poem & activity
- "Over the rainbow” Personal growth rainbow craft
Theme #4: Managing Emotions
Learning how to manage our emotions effectively is extremely important. Teach students how to identify their emotions and the tools they’d need to be able to manage them independently.
6 Mini-Lessons & Activities:
- Feelings chart with flower emotions
- The Feeling Flower BOOK and writing activity
- Feeling Charades with different feeling cards
- “Today I feel” flower journal
- Spring Feelings mini-book
- Spring themed brain breaks
- Classroom calm area with a header and bulletin board letters
DIGITAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: Many of the activities from the printable version have been created in a digital version. These are ready in Google Slides for use in Google Classroom. The digital pages are great for use during remote teaching, distance learning, and in a one-to-one classroom!
Notes for Teachers:
Teachers are provided with a scope and sequence, topic layout, photos in action, and detailed instructions for teaching and using the activities and materials.
DISCLAIMER: The video links to the read-alouds and supplemental lesson content are subject to change at any time. Proud to be Primary is not the creator of these videos, and therefore the links may be removed by the creators or authors of the content at any time at their discretion. If you find a broken link in the resource, please let us know by leaving a Q&A, and try searching YouTube for an alternate video to watch instead. Read alouds online are also available for teachers via the library website Hoopla.
FAQ:
Is this resource included in the mind+heart K-2 curriculum?
This resource is NOT included in the curriculum. This resource takes a different structure and is meant to build social-emotional skills during the fall season with themed activities.
TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID...
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Patricia S. says, "The activities in this bundle are awesome! The students were engaged and teacher preparation was minimal. They provide opportunities for mindfulness discussion and self awareness."
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mallory Z. says, "This bundle has great social emotional learning resources that kept my students engaged during our individual counseling sessions!"
Check out the other seasonal SEL resources for K-2:
Back to School SEL Lessons & Activities
Winter SEL Lessons & Activities
Spring SEL Lessons & Activities
End of the Year SEL Lessons & Activities
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