Social, emotional, and behavioral skills are 21st century skills. They are very important to getting and keeping a good job when you are older. Employers would rather have an employee who is less proficient but has good social skills and can work well with others than someone who knows more but can't get along with others.

Here are some ideas for books, websites, and videos to help you learn good social, emotional and behavioral skills.

Love, Mrs. Jensen  ♥  

Behavior:

• Do Unto Otters: A Book about Manners, by Laurie Keller

Brain:

• Hand Model of the Brain -- a video to explain how our amygdala and pre-frontal cortex work

• Another Hand Model of the Brain video

• Why Do We Lose Control of Our Emotions?-- a video explaining what happens in our brains and bodies when we have strong emotions

Calm Down:

• Woodside Calm Down Box Instructions

• Sesame Street: Common and Colbie Caillat - "Belly Breathe" video with Elmo

• Puppy Mind, a book by Andrew Jordan Nance

• BECOMING A BUTTERFLY | Mindfulness for Kids -- 19 minute audio relaxation exercise

• Mindful Minute -- Quick mindful exercise for kids by GoZen!

• Mindful Ozzy introduces Mindfulness -- pre-K to grade 2

• Mind Yeti -- ask your parent to set up an account so you can access the free calm down sessions (there is also paid content, but there are many good parts that are free on this site)

• Go Noodle -- ask your parent to set up an account

• Cosmic Kids Yoga -- yoga videos for kids

• Literary Yoga -- yoga poses for kids

• Health, Wellness & Mindfulness -- links to various resources to use at home (Thank you to Ash and Sonya for this recommendation!)

Feelings:

• Why Do We Lose Control of Our Emotions? video

• Exploring Feelings -- video about using a feelings journal

• Classic Sesame Street -- Big Bird and Snuffie Have a Race and Mister Rogers is the Judge

Goal-Setting:

• One Step at a Time -- Goal achieving doodle video

• Goal-Setting video

Kindness:

• Kindness Boomerang video

• 3rd graders' version of Kindness Boomerang video

• Color Your World with Kindness video

• How to Disagree -- Kid President

• Howard B Wigglebottom Getting Along with Others

• Respect Others and Solve Problems Peacefully and Creatively

    

Responsibility:

• Andy Griffith Show — Own Your Actions — Take responsibility

• Responsibility Rap — “Own Your Actions"

• Maple Tree Elementary Responsibility Rap

• Respect Rap by elementary students

• Responsibility video for young ones

• Responsibility song — good for all grades, especially intermediate

• Mr. Responsible song -- made by an elementary school

• Be Responsible -- good for intermediate age

• Responsibility — all ages elementary — shows students telling examples of being responsible

• Keep your classroom clean -- funny video with Mrs. B acting out teacher, student, custodian parts

• PBIS Responsibility Song -- 5th grade students sing the PBIS Responsibility song — very good singers and piano accompaniment

• Responsibility video done by an elementary school

Safety:

• Spring 2018 Summer Safety Video

Test Anxiety:

• 5 Easy Ways to Beat Test Anxiety -- YouTube video

• Test Anxiety -- Why am I so nervous?

Transition to Middle School:

• Spokane Public Schools video #1 -- Fears & Faves

• Spokane Public Schools video #2 -- The School Day

• Spokane Public Schools video #3 -- Friends and Activities