Atwater healing SEL course
Teaching Emotional Resiliance in a 16 week course
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Our SEL and Emotional Resiliance Course includes:
Songs integrated Weekly
The songs are woven throughout each day to reinforce the core concepts that are taught throughout each week. At the start of each lesson, Singing Time introduces or revisits the songs, using simple lyrics and repetition to make the concepts concrete and memorable. These same songs reappear at the end of each lesson to review and anchor learning, helping students connect the music to the day’s activities, discussions, and role play. Across Days 1–5, the consistent use of these songs builds familiarity and confidence, allowing students to recall key ideas in real time.
5-Minute Instructional Focus
Each day includes a concise, 5-minute instructional focus embedded within the 10–15 minute lesson block to clearly introduce and reinforce the day’s objective. On Day 1 through Day 4 the teacheer intruces new learning concepts and on Day 5, the instructional moment reviews all key concepts from the week in a clear, structured recap. Across all days, this brief, focused instruction uses simple language, visuals, and active participation to ensure students grasp the essential idea before moving into practice, discussion, and play-based learning.
Comic book Vignettes
Comic book vignettes are used throughout the course as a powerful, age-appropriate tool to help students visualize and understand key social-emotional concepts. Each short, illustrated story presents familiar characters navigating everyday situations, allowing children to see clear examples of what it looks like to act, speak, and make choices. By reading the vignette aloud and guiding students through targeted questions, teachers help learners identify what each character is doing or saying, how those actions affect others, and what choices are being made. The visual nature of comics supports comprehension for early readers and multilingual learners, while the structured discussions encourage critical thinking and connection to real-life experiences. These vignettes make abstract ideas more concrete, helping students more easily recognize and apply the concepts in their own actions and interactions.
Role Play
Role play using plush versions of the comic characters brings the lessons to life in a hands-on, engaging way that is especially effective for young learners. By acting out scenarios with the plushies, teachers can model clear examples of the objectives being studied, helping students visualize and conceptualize learning objectives. Students are invited to observe, predict, and even participate by suggesting what a character might do or say next, which deepens their understanding of choice and consequences. The use of familiar characters from the vignettes creates continuity and emotional connection, making it easier for children to relate to the situations and internalize the concepts. This interactive approach also provides a safe and playful space for practicing social skills, allowing students to explore behaviors, thoughts, and feelings, to make mistakes, and learn in a supportive environment.
5 Minute Read Aloud
During reading time, the teacher reads aloud to the class in a calm, steady voice without pausing for questions or discussion, allowing students to fully absorb the story at their own pace. This quiet, reflective moment gives children the opportunity to listen, imagine, and make personal connections to the material without the pressure to respond or participate. By simply sitting with the story, students can internalize the language, themes, and social-emotional concepts being presented, building comprehension and emotional awareness in a more natural and individualized way. This uninterrupted reading experience also provides a peaceful transition within the lesson, helping students reset, focus, and process what they have learned.
Day 5 Game Play
On Day 5 of each week, action-based games are used to reinforce the week’s learning in a fun, active, and memorable way. Games like Simon Says, Mother May I, the Telephone Game, and an action dice game give students opportunities to practice identifying and controlling their actions in real time. As students listen, respond, speak, and move, they apply key concepts such as understanding that actions are things we do and say, recognizing that they have control over their choices, and seeing how their actions affect others. Teachers can pause during gameplay to ask quick reflection questions, helping students connect their behaviors to the week’s lessons. This playful review not only strengthens retention but also allows children to demonstrate their understanding through movement, communication, and social interaction.
