Here are some resources for social and emotional learning that can be done virtually or through at home learning.
During this challenging time of navigating COVID-19 precautionary measures, there is significant uncertainty and disruption to our daily routines. Dallas ISD provides at-home learning resources for parents and students to continue social emotional learning skills. Go to the Dallas ISD At Home Learning Portal.
A resource document from SEL4TX – Social Emotional Learning Alliance for Texas that provides Guidance for Talking with Children and Young Adults About COVID-19, provides a variety of tips and strategies designed to help adults talk with children about the virus, including the importance of providing information and facts in an age-appropriate manner. It also offers suggestions for helping children and young people develop the social and emotional skills needed for navigating through the crisis and for meeting life’s challenges in the future. Read the article.
SEL Outdoor Scavenger Hunt
Focus your mind and senses on what’s going on outside. Stanford Health says, “Playing in the sun builds vitamin D in the body, which means stronger bones and less likelihood of chronic diseases.” ⠀
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Now that students are indoors during the day due to virtual learning, let’s get outside and explore a little! Whether you’re in the car or in you’re backyard join us for an SEL Outdoor Scavenger Hunt! ⠀
SEL Indoor Scavenger Hunt
Use this time indoors to explore and do selfcare with a fun “Indoor Scavenger Hunt”. You can play this with colleagues, family or friends. Check out the SEL Indoor Scavenger Hunt.
Teaching SEL at Home
Useful resources for teaching SEL skills at home amid COVID-19. See the graphics.
Bring SEL Home
Now that parents and caregivers are overseeing learning at home, we need to ensure that students continue to build and practice social and emotional skills in meaningful ways, especially when distractions and anxieties from current events and in their personal communities are at an all-time high.
Social emotional learning (SEL) strengthens us as individuals and as communities, especially during uncertain times. When we practice and build our skills in self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship building and decision making, we are better equipped to navigate stressors, anxieties, and challenges.
So how can we practice SEL at home? Here are ten tips that families can follow.
Brain Break
Join SEL Dallas in a mid-day Brain Break on Tuesdays at 12 noon! Brain Breaks are one of our engaging strategies that help us re-focus and get our brains ready to learn. Everyone’s brain needs a break sometimes!
Youth and families register using EventBrite and receive a secure video link with their registration confirmation.
Be Kind to Your Mind
Join SEL Dallas for a live mindfulness event that will help you Be Kind to your Mind! SEL Specialist, Alyson Wells, leads us through a mindfulness activity that will help us calm our minds, regain focus, and pay attention to the present. Being kind to others starts with being kind to yourself!
Youth and families register using EventBrite and receive a secure video link with their registration confirmation.
Register for Be Kind to Your Mind
Big on Self Care
Taking care of your brain and your heart are important! Let’s go BIG on Self-Care!We are BIG on Self-Care! Join SEL Specialist, Latrisha McDuffie, as she demonstrates some easy ways we can take care of ourselves at home. Kids and Grown-Ups alike will learn how to use materials you can find in your very own home to create self-care rituals at home.
Youth and families register using EventBrite and receive a secure video link with their registration confirmation.
Register for Big on Self Care
SEL Dallas Creates
SEL Dallas Creates! Social Emotional Learning can occur any time, any place, and for any one! SEL Specialist, Deborah Carey, demonstrates how to create craft projects at home that can help us change our mood and get control of our emotions so we can get back to having FUN!
Youth and families register using EventBrite and receive a secure video link with their registration confirmation.
Register for SEL Dallas Creates
Start with Heart
Join SEL Dallas as we Start with Heart! We open every Tuesday and Thursday at 10am with one of our Signature Practices – a Welcoming Ritual. Start with Heart helps us build community with one another and connect to the work that we do throughout the day.
Youth and families register using EventBrite and receive a secure video link with their registration confirmation.
End with Friends
Join SEL Dallas as we End with Friends! We end our day every Tuesday and Thursday at 4pm with one of our Signature Practices – an optimistic closing. An SEL Specialist will lead us through a end-of-day activity that will help us reflect on our day, think about our accomplishments, and focus on what fun lies ahead!
Youth and families register using EventBrite and receive a secure video link with their registration confirmation.
