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Supporting Student Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)

Teaching Brilliantly is a concept that promotes engaging in practices that empower you and your students to live a balanced and brilliant life. Supporting students' social-emotional skills by integrating social-emotional learning (SEL) techniques is a powerful way to enhance the classroom. We believe that all students at all educational levels benefit from SEL techniques. These can be adapted to work with young and adult students. 

So, whether your students are 2 or 92, SEL is critical.

 On this page, we have curated items that support you in creating a learning environment that promotes SEL and student wellness and belonging.

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We love bringing fidgets or stress balls into the classroom. They are great tools to support student engagement by helping with focus, reducing anxiety and nervous energy, reducing disruptive behaviors, and having students engage in movement while learning, which enhances creativity, problem-solving, and critical thinking. We always remind our students that these are tools, not toys.

Breathing Pal Squishy

This is the latest find we highly recommend for any early childhood or elementary school classroom. 

This pal can be added to a calming corner to support social-emotional development and calming practices. 

It is soft, squishy, and super cute! It guides the user through practical breathing exercises to support relaxation and mindfulness.

Are you seeking a quick and easy community builder or circle time activity? SEL is critical whether your students are 2 or 92, and this card pack is a simple way to bring SEL into your classroom.

hand2mind Mindful maze board

We highly recommend these for any early childhood or elementary school classroom. The boards can be added to a calming corner to support social-emotional development and calming practices. They help guide the user through practical breathing exercises to support relaxation and mindfulness.

Calm strips for anxiety

We highly recommend these for any early childhood or elementary school classroom. The strips can be added to a calming corner or individual student desks to support social-emotional development, calming practices, and reducing anxiety.

Are you seeking an excellent read-aloud to support emotional intelligence in your early childhood or elementary school classroom? This is it! We recommend adding this to your collection to support SEL with your students.