Resources for K-5 SEL Educators
Guides, articles, and practical insights to help you bring social-emotional learning into your classroom.
Evidence-informed articles for teachers, counselors, and families supporting K–5 SEL.
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Social-Emotional Learning in Canadian Elementary Schools
How SEL works in Canada's provincial curricula, what the first pan-Canadian analysis found, what the research says, and what Canadian teachers actually need.
Personal Development and Wellbeing in British Primary Schools
PSHE, character education, and social-emotional skills across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Ofsted 2025 expectations, statutory RSHE, and what primary teachers need.
Social-Emotional Learning in Swedish Primary Schools
Värdegrund, livskunskap, and wellbeing: how Sweden approaches pupils’ social and emotional development in grundskolan, what Lgr22 requires, and what Swedish teachers need.
Social-Emotional Learning in Australian Primary Schools
Personal and Social Capability, Health and Physical Education, and wellbeing frameworks: how Australia approaches student wellbeing in primary schools and what teachers need.
Social-Emotional Learning and Character Development in Egyptian Primary Schools
Life skills, values education, and wellbeing: how Egypt’s Education 2.0 reform, the UNICEF LSCE framework, and religious character education create an opening for structured SEL.
Social-Emotional Learning and Holistic Development in Indian Primary Schools
NEP 2020, NCF 2023, Panchakosha, and the Happiness Curriculum: how India’s education reform creates an opening for structured SEL at scale in the world’s largest school system.
Social-Emotional Learning and Personal Development in German Primary Schools
Soziales Lernen, Sozialkompetenz, and the Startchancen-Programm: how Germany’s 16-state federated system approaches social-emotional development in the Grundschule.
Free Emotional Weather Station Activity for K-5
A free, printable SEL activity: an emotion weather wheel with 6 feelings, 12 weather helper coping cards, and a Think-Try-Reflect check-in sheet. Students name their weather, choose a strategy, and reflect. Print, cut, laminate, teach.
Free Choices Vending Machine Activity for K-5
A free, printable SEL activity: a vending machine full of focus and self-regulation strategies, 30 Choice Cash scenario cards across K-1, 2-3, and 4-5 grade bands, and a choices reference sheet. Print, cut, laminate, teach.
Free Bilingual SEL Activities for K-5
Ready-to-use bilingual SEL activities in English and Spanish. Download printables and try interactive projector activities for your K-5 classroom.
What Is Social Emotional Learning (SEL)?
A clear explanation of SEL and why it matters in elementary classrooms.
Understanding the CASEL Framework
A simple guide to the five CASEL competencies and how teachers use them.
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