Grades K-4 Social Skills
Learning Respect: When we respect people, places, and things everyone wins
Accepting No: Teaching kids how to tolerate being told “No” and what to do instead
Angry Feelings: Understanding why we get angry and its consequences
Charade Zoo: Understanding how to recognize non-verbal behavior in yourself and others
Don’t Interrupt: Helping kids know when to speak to adults without interrupting them
Good Words and Bad Words: Helping kids to recognize bullying and abuse
Muppet Tattle Tale: Learning the difference between useful comments and concerns and unneeded comments and concerns
No Hitting: Finding ways to solve problems without hitting others
Puppy Care: Identifying ways we can help other people
Cooperation and Courtesy: Learning how to be kind and thoughtful to others while working together
Sharing Feelings: Talking about our feelings help us to feel better inside
The Dog Poop Initiative: Choose to solve problems instead of complaining about them
Feeling Sadness: Being sad is okay but focus on being happy again
Olaf's Worst Day: Listening and following directions help us to have a good day.
Being Helpful: Helping others helps everyone to win
Shrek Bubble Talk: Should Donkey really say that before thinking? Edit your words before sending them out
One Grain of Rice: Being fair and wise helps everyone to win and learn the Golden Rule.
The Empty Pot: Being honest (even when it is hard) yields great benefits.
Solving Problems with Smart Anger: When you have a problem, solve the problem; don't make it bigger.
Caine's Arcade: A 9 year-old boy has an idea and a plan and makes a big impact with the community. Kids can do big things.
Grades 5-9 Social Skills
1. Bullying Prevention: Preventing bullying by teaching empathetic understanding.
2. The Emotional Bank Account: When we help others feel good, we feel good.
3. Seek First to Understand: Understand first, act second.
4. Conflict Resolution: Teaching skills to resolve conflict and ensuring problems are resolved in a Proactive and Win-Win way.
5. Anger Management: Our thoughts make us angry. Control your thoughts, manage your anger.
6. Empathy: Learning to understand others by putting yourself in their shoes.
7. Win-Win Relationships: Defining and identifying the Win-Win Paradigms.
8. Win-Win Decisions: Identifying effective choices for problem situations through the Win-Win Relationship Paradigms
9. How to Be a Good Friend: Tips to maintaining Win-Win relationships and avoiding Win-Lose, Win, and Lose-Win Relationships.
10. How to Make Friends: Tips on how to make new friends and how to keep them.
11. Facial Expressions: How our faces tell us how we feel and think without saying a word.
12. Non-Verbal Behavior and Gestures: How our bodies tell us how we feel and think without saying a word.
13. Feelings Bingo: A fun game of identifying our feelings by playing Bingo.
14. Proxemics: How our social spacing communicates with others.
15. Stress Free: Live a calmer and happier life by being stress free
16. Black and White Thinking: Filling in the grey areas when all we want to do is think and see in black and white.
17. Be Proactive: I am in charge of myself. I am responsible for my thoughts and actions.
18. Finding Balance: Sharpen the Saw: Balancing the 4 areas of life (Body, Mind, Heart, and Soul) to find optimal performance.
19. Accepting Differences: Teaching tolerance and understanding by focusing on common beliefs and then learning from individual differences.
20.Staying Positive: If you start something important, choose to finish even if you find it challenging.
21. Body Language of Listening: Reading peoples' body language to determine their willingness and intent to communicate.