People with strong social-emotional skills are better able to cope with everyday challenges and benefit academically, professionally, and socially. From effective problem-solving to self-discipline, from impulse control to emotion management and more, SEL provides a foundation for positive, long-term effects on kids, adults, and communities.

Watch this video from the Committee for Children that explains the value and benefits of SEL for childhood development.

This course contains 158 lessons, each with a brief video. Many lessons have an assignment or follow-up quiz for application and consideration.

 

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Introduction: What is SEL?

G3SEL-1.1.1-What is SEL, Lesson
G3SEL-1.1.2-What is SEL, Read Aloud, part 1
G3SEL-1.1.3-What is SEL, Read Aloud, part 2
G3SEL-1.2.1-What is SEL, Self-awareness, Lesson
G3SEL-1.2.2-What is SEL, Self-Awareness, Read Aloud, part 1
G3SEL-1.2.3-What is SEL, Self-Awareness, Read Aloud, part 2
G3SEL-1.3.1-What is SEL, Self-Management, Lesson
G3SEL-1.3.2-What is SEL, Self-Management, Read Aloud, part 1
G3SEL-1.3.3-What is SEL, Self-Management, Read Aloud, part 2
G3SEL-1.4.1-What is SEL, Decision-Making, Lesson
G3SEL-1.4.2-What is SEL, Decision-Making, Read Aloud
G3SEL-1.5.1-What is SEL, Social Awareness, Lesson
G3SEL-1.5.2-What is SEL, Social Awareness, Read Aloud
G3SEL-1.5.3-What is SEL, Social Awareness, Read Aloud, part 2
G3SEL-1.5.4-What is SEL, Social Awareness, Read Aloud, part 3
G3SEL-1.6.1-What is SEL, Relationship Skills, Lesson
G3SEL-1.6.2-What is SEL, Relationship Skills, Read Aloud

Let’s Talk Positive Emotions

G3SEL-2.1.1-Let’s talk positive emotions, Defining positive emotions, lesson
G3SEL-2.1.2-Let’s talk positive emotions, Defining positive emotions, read aloud
G3SEL-2.2.1-Let’s talk positive emotions, Identifying positive emotions, lesson
G3SEL-2.2.2-Let’s talk positive emotions, Identifying positive emotions, Excitement, read aloud, part 1
G3SEL-2.2.3-Let’s talk positive emotions, Identifying positive emotions, Excitement, read aloud, part 2
G3SEL-2.3.1-Let’s talk positive emotions, Identifying/naming positive emotions, lesson
G3SEL-2.3.2-Let’s talk positive emotions, Identifying/naming positive emotions, read aloud, part 1
G3SEL-2.3.3-Let’s talk positive emotions, Identifying/naming positive emotions, read aloud, part 2
G3SEL-2.4.1-Let’s talk positive emotions, Events, lesson
G3SEL-2.4.2-Let’s talk positive emotions, Events, read aloud
G3SEL-2.5.1-Let’s talk positive emotions, Personal connection, lesson
G3SEL-2.5.2-Let’s talk positive emotions, Personal connection, read aloud, part 1
G3SEL-2.5.3-Let’s talk positive emotions, Personal connection, read aloud, part 2

Let’s Talk Negative Emotions

G3SEL-3.1.1-Let’s talk negative emotions, Defining negative emotions, lesson
G3SEL-3.1.2-Let’s talk negative emotions, Defining negative emotions, read aloud, part 1
G3SEL-3.1.3-Let’s talk negative emotions, Defining negative emotions, read aloud, part 2
G3SEL-3.2.1-Let’s talk negative emotions, Identifying negative emotions, lesson
G3SEL-3.2.2-Let’s talk negative emotions, Identifying negative emotions, read aloud, part 1
G3SEL-3.2.3-Let’s talk negative emotions, Identifying negative emotions, read aloud, part 2
G3SEL-3.2.4-Let’s talk negative emotions, Identifying negative emotions, read aloud, part 3
G3SEL-3.3.1-Let’s talk negative emotions, naming/identifying emotions, lesson
G3SEL-3.3.2-Let’s Talk negative emotions, Identifying negative emotions, lesson 2 read aloud
G3SEL-3.4.1-Let’s talk negative emotions, Events, lesson
G3SEL-3.4.2-Let’s talk negative emotions, Events, read aloud
G3SEL-3.5.1-Let’s talk negative emotions, personal connection, lesson
G3SEL-3.5.2-Let’s talk negative emotions, personal connection, read aloud, part 1
G3SEL-3.5.3-Let’s talk negative emotions, personal connection, read aloud, part 2

Managing My Behavior During High Positive Emotions

G3SEL-4.1.1-Manage My Behavior During High Positive Emotions, Acceptable behaviors
G3SEL-4.1.2-Manage My Behavior During High Positive Emotions, Acceptable behaviors, read aloud, part 1
G3SEL-4.1.3-Manage My Behavior During High Positive Emotions, Acceptable behaviors, read aloud, part 2
G3SEL-4.2.1-Managing My Behavior During High Positive Emotions, Identifying unacceptable behaviors
G3SEL-4.2.2-Managing My Behavior During High Positive Emotions, Identifying unacceptable behaviors, read aloud, part 1
G3SEL-4.2.3-Managing My Behavior During High Positive Emotions, Identifying unacceptable behaviors, read aloud, part 2
G3SEL-4.2.4-Managing My Behavior During High Positive Emotions, Identifying unacceptable behaviors, read aloud, part 3
G3SEL-4.3.1-Managing My Behavior During High Positive Emotions, Student struggles
G3SEL-4.3.2-Managing My Behavior During High Positive Emotions, Student struggles, read aloud, part 1
G3SEL-4.3.3-Managing My Behavior During High Positive Emotions, Student struggles, read aloud, part 2
G3SEL-4.3.4-Managing My Behavior During High Positive Emotions, Student struggles, read aloud, part 3
G3SEL-4.4.1-Managing My Behavior During High Positive Emotions, Action plan, part 1
G3SEL-4.4.2-Managing My Behavior During High Positive Emotions, Action plan, part 1, read aloud
G3SEL-4.5.1-Managing My Behavior During High Positive Emotions, Action plan, part 2
G3SEL-4.5.2-Managing My Behavior During High Positive Emotions, Action plan, part 2, read aloud, part 1
G3SEL-4.5.3-Managing My Behavior During High Positive Emotions, Action plan, part 2, read aloud, part 2

Managing My Behavior During High Negative Emotions

G3SEL-5.1.1-Managing Behavior During High Negative Emotions, acceptable behaviors
G3SEL-5.1.2-Managing Behavior During High Negative Emotions, acceptable behaviors, read aloud, part 1
G3SEL-5.1.3-Managing Behavior During High Negative Emotions, acceptable behaviors, read aloud, part 2
G3SEL-5.2.1-Managing Behavior During High Negative Emotions, unacceptable behaviors
G3SEL-5.2.2-Managing Behavior During High Negative Emotions, unacceptable behaviors, read aloud, part 1
G3SEL-5.2.3-Managing Behavior During High Negative Emotions, unacceptable behaviors, read aloud, part 2
G3SEL-5.3.1-Managing Behavior During High Negative Emotions, Student struggles
G3SEL-5.3.2-Managing Behavior During High Negative Emotions, Student struggles, read aloud, part 1
G3SEL-5.3.3-Managing Behavior During High Negative Emotions, Student struggles, read aloud, part 2
G3SEL-5.3.4-Managing Behavior During High Negative Emotions, Student struggles, read aloud, part 3
G3SEL-5.4.1-Managing Behavior During High Negative Emotions, Action plan, part 1
G3SEL-5.4.2-Managing Behavior During High Negative Emotions, Action plan, read aloud, part 1
G3SEL-5.4.3-Managing Behavior During High Negative Emotions, Action plan, read aloud, part 2
G3SEL-5.5.1-Managing Behavior During High Negative Emotions, Action plan, part 2
G3SEL-5.5.2-Managing Behavior During High Negative Emotions, Action plan part 2, read aloud

Setting SMART Academic Goals

G3SEL-6.1.1-Setting SMART Academic Goals, Defining academic goals
G3SEL-6.1.2-Setting SMART Academic Goals, Defining academic goal, read aloud, part 1
G3SEL-6.1.3-Setting SMART Academic Goals, Defining academic goal, read aloud, part 2
G3SEL-6.1.4-Setting SMART Academic Goals, Defining academic goal, read aloud, part 3
G3SEL-6.2.1-Setting SMART Academic Goals, Defining 5 attributes of SMART
G3SEL-6.2.2-Setting SMART Academic Goals, SMART goals, read aloud, part 1
G3SEL-6.2.3-Setting SMART Academic Goals, SMART goals, read aloud, part 2
G3SEL-6.3.1-Setting SMART Academic Goals, SPECIFIC
G3SEL-6.3.2-Setting SMART Academic Goals, Specific, read aloud, part 1
G3SEL-6.3.3-Setting SMART Academic Goals, Specific, read aloud, part 2
G3SEL-6.4.1-Setting SMART Academic Goals, MEASURABLE
G3SEL-6.4.2-Setting SMART Academic Goals, Measurable, read aloud
G3SEL-6.5.1-Setting SMART Academic Goals, ACHIEVABLE
G3SEL-6.5.2-Setting SMART Academic Goals, Achievable, read aloud
G3SEL-6.6.1-Setting SMART Academic Goals, RELEVANT
G3SEL-6.6.2-Setting SMART Academic Goals, Relevant, read aloud
G3SEL-6.7.1-Setting SMART Academic Goals, TIME-BOUND
G3SEL-6.7.2-Setting SMART Academic Goals, Time-bound, read aloud, part 1
G3SEL-6.7.3-Setting SMART Academic Goals, Time-bound, read aloud, part 2
G3SEL-6.8.1-Setting SMART Academic Goals, Setting academic goals, part 1
G3SEL-6.8.2-Setting SMART Academic Goals, Setting academic goals, part 1, read aloud, part 2
G3SEL-6.9.1-Setting SMART Academic Goals, Setting academic goals, part 2
G3SEL-6.9.2-Setting SMART Academic Goals, Setting academic goals, part 2, read aloud

Growth Mindset in Academic Goals

G4SEL-7.1.1-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Defining Growth Mindset
G4SEL-7.1.2-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Defining Growth Mindset, read aloud, part 1
G4SEL-7.1.3-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Defining Growth Mindset, read aloud, part 2
G4SEL-7.2.1-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Growth Mindset vs Fixed Mindset
G4SEL-7.2.2-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Growth Mindset vs Fixed Mindset, read aloud, part 1
G4SEL-7.2.3-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Growth Mindset vs Fixed Mindset, read aloud, part 2
G4SEL-7.3.1-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Define success as opportunities for growth, lesson
G4SEL-7.3.2-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Define success as opportunities for growth, read aloud
G4SEL-7.4.1-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Opportunities for Growth, lesson
G4SEL-7.4.2-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Opportunities for Growth, read aloud, part 1
G4SEL-7.4.3-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Opportunities for Growth, read aloud, part 2
G4SEL-7.4.4-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Opportunities for Growth, read aloud, part 3
G4SEL-7.5.1-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Keep Trying
G4SEL-7.5.2-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Keep Trying, read aloud, part 1
G4SEL-7.5.3-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Keep Trying, read aloud part 2
G4SEL-7.5.4-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Keep Trying, read aloud, part 3
G4SEL-7.6.1-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Learn from your mistakes, lesson
G4SEL-7.6.2-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Learn from your mistakes, read aloud, part 1
G4SEL-7.6.3-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Learn from your mistakes, read aloud, part 2
G4SEL-7.7.1-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Do your best, lesson
G4SEL-7.7.2-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Do your best, read aloud
G4SEL-7.8.1-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Ask for help, lesson
G4SEL-7.8.2-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Ask for help, read aloud, part 1
G4SEL-7.8.3-Growth Mindset in Academic Goals, Ask for help, read aloud, part 2
G4SEL-7.9.1-Growth Mindset in Academic goals, welcome feedback, lesson
G4SEL-7.9.2-Growth Mindset in Academic goals, welcome feedback, read aloud, part 1
G4SEL-7.9.3-Growth Mindset in Academic goals, welcome feedback, read aloud, part 2
G4SEL-7.10.1-Growth Mindset in Academic learning, Action plan, lesson
G4SEL-7.10.2-Growth Mindset in Academic learning, Action plan, read aloud, part 1
G4SEL-7.10.3-Growth Mindset in Academic learning, Action plan, read aloud, part 2

How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals?

G4SEL-8.1.1-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Defining personal goals
G4SEL-8.1.2-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Defining personal goals, read aloud, part 1
G4SEL-8.1.3-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Defining personal goals, read aloud, part 2
G4SEL-8.2.1-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Why personal goals are important
G4SEL-8.2.2-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Why personal goals are important, read aloud, part 1
G4SEL-8.2.3-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Why personal goals are important, read aloud, part 2
G4SEL-8.3.1-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Eating Healthy
G4SEL-8.3.2-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Eating Healthy, read aloud, part 1
G4SEL-8.3.3-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Eating Healthy, read aloud, part 2
G4SEL-8.3.4-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Eating Healthy, read aloud, part 3
G4SEL-8.4.1-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Exercise
G4SEL-8.4.2-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Exercise, read aloud
G4SEL-8.4.3-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Exercise part 2
G4SEL-8.5.1-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Personal Hygiene
G4SEL-8.5.2-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Personal Hygiene, read aloud
G4SEL-8.6.1-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, A Clean Home
G4SEL-8.6.2-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, A Clean Home, read aloud, part 1
G4SEL-8.6.3-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, A Clean Home, read aloud, part 2
G4SEL-8.7.1-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Staying Safe
G4SEL-8.7.2-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Staying Safe, read aloud, part 1
G4SEL-8.7.3-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Staying Safe, read aloud, part 2
G4SEL-8.7.4-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Staying Safe, read aloud, part 3
G4SEL-8.8.1-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Describing personal interests
G4SEL-8.8.2-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Describing personal interests, read aloud
G4SEL-8.9.1-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Review of SMART goals
G4SEL-8.9.2-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Review of SMART goals, read aloud
G4SEL-8.10.1-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Setting your own personal goals
G4SEL-8.10.2-How Do I Set SMART Personal Goals, Setting your own personal goals, read aloud