Elementary School Life Skills For Parents

Teaching your kids love and compassion is a gift that keeps giving. 

Compassion teaches us about empathy and can improve our relationships with ourselves and others. Through that, children can build character and self-confidence. Fostering compassion in children is also one of the best ways to prevent bullying. With compassion, kids decision-making will be rooted in a deep, caring ethic. 

How can we teach our kids about compassion? 

Compassion is a quality that children can learn over time and through practice. We developed three lesson plans so your young yogis can foster love and compassion in three ways:

• I Love Myself: Use this lesson plan to promote inner love.
• I Love My Community: Build love, trust, and kindness with friends and family through this lesson plan. 
• I Love My Planet: Use this lesson plan to build gratitude and love for our planet!

Lesson Plans for Teachers and Parents

In our Educator’s edition, we provide 3 easy-to-follow curriculums for teachers, parents, and anyone else that works with tweens/teens. Each lesson plan is formatted to teach an entire class, including discussion prompts, group activities, yoga movement, guided relaxations, crafts, and coloring pages.

Printable Heart-opening Yoga Cards

Learn six (6) yoga poses with our Love and Compassion Yoga Cards. Written for kids, each card comes with easy-to-follow illustrations and step-by-step instructions. Use the yoga deck to teach a full sequence, learn individual poses, play games, or leave the cards in your peace corner when kids want a moment. 

This packet includes:

• Three (3) lesson plans to confidently teach a full kids yoga class
• How-to instruction for each activity, written for kids
• Six (6) printable yoga cards
• Six (6) printable coloring pages
• Facilitated discussion prompts, journaling activities, breathing exercises, crafts, games and additional activities 
• Printable journal to reflect on your practice

Love and Compassion Yoga Sequence for Tweens/Teens is a 47 page PDF download that you can view on your phone, tablet, computer or print to paper.

Update October 2024: grab this FREE in this bundle:

BUNDLE: Tools for Daily Life Skills

Included:

• Grocery Items (images) with price tags on them
• Duplicates with name labels
• Cash/cards (labelled by #)
• Coupons
• Open and Closed signs (plus others)
• Optional questions / activities

Ideas:

• Provide a bag or basket for grocery items to be put in.
• Reinforce counting money with other lessons you provide.
• Consider setting up “food banks” or trading systems in your classroom or home

Recommendations:

• Cut and laminate all items; consider printing repeats of certain items (e.g. toilet paper)
• use play cash register if you have one (pretend scanning only, as there are no barcodes) - also real or toy cash if you have them and don’t prefer the print version
• Have people play roles - shoppers, cashier, etc.

Note: not all items are to scale; use for fun and learning!

OTHER RESOURCES YOU MIGHT LIKE:

• Consumer Math Activity for Kids
• BUNDLE: Tools for Daily Life
• Count the Shapes (Visual Math & Writing Activity)
• Counting Parts Activity (Comparing Sets)
• Best Responses / Conversation Practice (Print + Digital)

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Social stories are a tool used by parents and educators that can help kids, teens, and adults with Autism and other Developmental Disorders understand what will be coming up in their day, reduce anxiety, and learn rules and social cues.

To use these social story, read through the stories together each day and reinforce using the included visuals. This story can be used as a whole class lesson, or with individual students who need some additional support.

This Rules I Follow at School social story can be used with students who are learning the rules and routines at school. It includes images that are appropriate for students of all ages.

The Rules I Follow at School Social Story includes:

• Social story about rules to follow at school that can be used at school or home.
• Matching visuals that can be used to reinforce rules. These can be printed, laminated, and placed on a lanyard ring for ease of use.
• Cards for students to reinforce the rules.
• AAC sentences on each page.
• Visuals that are appropriate for students of all ages, including older students and adults.

Each page in this set can be printed and laminated for added durability so that the story can be used with multiple students.

This Visual Social Story - When I Feel Angry at School can be used by parents and educators to students with Autism and other developmental disorders. Social stories are a tool used by parents and educators that can help kids, teens, and adults with Autism and other Developmental Disorders understand what will be coming up in their day, reduce anxiety, and learn rules and social cues.

To use this social story, read through the story together each day when the student is calm. Practice calming strategies using the bonus calm strips included with this set. When frustration or anger occurs, use the calm visuals that you have already practiced with to provide students with a visual prompt of the steps they will go through when they feel angry and need to calm down.

The Visual Social Story includes:

• Social story about getting angry at school that can be used at school or home to reinforce calming strategies to be used at school.
• Calm strips to support calm down strategies.
• Break cards that students can use to request a break when they feel angry.
• AAC sentences on each page.
• Visuals for older students.

Other resources you may also enjoy:

• Visual Schedule Set
• Functional Task Bin Set - Filing
• Visual Social Story - Swimming
• Visual Social Story - When I get Angry at School
• Task Bin Ultimate Starter Pack - American Money Version
• Task Bin Ultimate Starter Pack - Canadian Money Version
• FREE guide to using task boxes in your special education classroom

Terms of Use:

All copyrights reserved to Exceptional Education CA.  This product is for single classroom PERSONAL USE ONLY.  If there is a colleague or friend who is interested in my product, I would love for you to share the link to my store.  Placing this product online for download or sharing purposes is prohibited.  Please feel free to tag me on Social Media when you reference your use of this product!  

Earn TeachShare Credits:

I appreciate any and all feedback you can provide so that I can continue to grow and learn through my TeachShare journey.  When you leave feedback on a paid product, TPT will reward you with credits that can be used toward future purchases!

If you have any questions about this product, feel free to reach out to me!

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This Visual Social Story - When I Feel Angry at School can be used by parents and educators to students with Autism and other developmental disorders. Social stories are a tool used by parents and educators that can help kids, teens, and adults with Autism and other Developmental Disorders understand what will be coming up in their day, reduce anxiety, and learn rules and social cues.

To use this social story, read through the story together each day when the student is calm. Practice calming strategies using the bonus calm strips included with this set. When frustration or anger occurs, use the calm visuals that you have already practiced with to provide students with a visual prompt of the steps they will go through when they feel angry and need to calm down.

This social story is the second in a series of social stories in my TeachShare store. Be sure to follow me so that you can be notified when new stories are posted!

The Visual Social Story includes:

• Social story about getting angry at school that can be used at school or home to reinforce calming strategies to be used at school.
• Calm strips to support calm down strategies.
• Break cards that students can use to request a break when they feel angry.
• AAC sentences on each page.
• Visuals for older students.

Other resources you may also enjoy:

• FREE Token Board Set
• Visual Schedule Set
• Functional Task Bin Set - Filing
• Visual Social Story - Swimming

Terms of Use:

All copyrights reserved to Exceptional Education CA.  This product is for single classroom PERSONAL USE ONLY.  If there is a colleague or friend who is interested in my product, I would love for you to share the link to my store.  Placing this product online for download or sharing purposes is prohibited.  Please feel free to tag me on Social Media when you reference your use of this product!  

Earn TeachShare Credits:

I appreciate any and all feedback you can provide so that I can continue to grow and learn through my TeachShare journey.  When you leave feedback on a paid product, TPT will reward you with credits that can be used toward future purchases!

If you have any questions about this product, feel free to reach out to me!

• Blog
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• Facebook
• Email
• YouTube

Thank you for your support of my business, I truly appreciate it!!

This Rules I Follow at School social story can be used with students who are learning the rules and routines at school. It includes images that are appropriate for students of all ages.

Social stories are a tool used by parents and educators that can help kids, teens, and adults with Autism and other Developmental Disorders understand what will be coming up in their day, reduce anxiety, and learn rules and social cues.

To use this social story, read through the story together each day and reinforce using the included visuals. This story can be used as a whole class lesson, or with individual students who need some additional support.

This social story is the third in a series of social stories coming to my TeachShare store. Be sure to follow me so that you can be notified when new stories are posted!

The Rules I Follow at School Social Story includes:

• Social story about rules to follow at school that can be used at school or home.
• Matching visuals that can be used to reinforce rules. These can be printed, laminated, and placed on a lanyard ring for ease of use.
• Cards for students to reinforce the rules.
• AAC sentences on each page.
• Visuals that are appropriate for students of all ages, including older students and adults.

Each page in this set can be printed and laminated for added durability so that the story can be used with multiple students.

Other resources you may also enjoy:

• Visual Schedule Set
• Functional Task Bin Set - Filing
• Visual Social Story - Swimming
• Visual Social Story - When I get Angry at School
• Task Bin Ultimate Starter Pack - American Money Version
• Task Bin Ultimate Starter Pack - Canadian Money Version
• FREE guide to using task boxes in your special education classroom

Terms of Use:

All copyrights reserved to Exceptional Education CA.  This product is for single classroom PERSONAL USE ONLY.  If there is a colleague or friend who is interested in my product, I would love for you to share the link to my store.  Placing this product online for download or sharing purposes is prohibited.  Please feel free to tag me on Social Media when you reference your use of this product!  

Earn TeachShare Credits:

I appreciate any and all feedback you can provide so that I can continue to grow and learn through my TeachShare journey.  When you leave feedback on a paid product, TPT will reward you with credits that can be used toward future purchases!

If you have any questions about this product, feel free to reach out to me!

• Blog
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• Facebook
• Email
• YouTube

Thank you for your support of my business, I truly appreciate it!!

This Visual Social Story - Swimming can be used by parents and educators to students with Autism and other developmental disorders. Social stories are a tool used by parents and educators that can help kids, teens, and adults with Autism and other Developmental Disorders understand what will be coming up in their day, reduce anxiety, and learn rules and social cues.

When used in relation to a specific event (like swimming), it can be one way to reduce anxiety by helping to predict what will happen during this event and how to respond to it.

To use this social story, read through the story together each day leading up to the event. On the day of the event, use the included mini schedule to provide students with a visual reminder of the steps they will go through during the day, and to allow them to check these off as they are completed.

This social story is the first in a series of social stories coming to my TeachShare store. Be sure to follow me so that you can be notified when new stories are posted!

The Visual Social Story includes:

• Social story about going swimming that can be used at school or home.
• Mini Schedule to be used on the day of the event.
• Pictures and words to be used with the mini schedule.
• AAC sentences on each page.

Other resources you may also enjoy:

• FREE Token Board Set
• Visual Schedule Set
• Functional Task Bin Set - Filing

Terms of Use:

All copyrights reserved to Exceptional Education CA.  This product is for single classroom PERSONAL USE ONLY.  If there is a colleague or friend who is interested in my product, I would love for you to share the link to my store.  Placing this product online for download or sharing purposes is prohibited.  Please feel free to tag me on Social Media when you reference your use of this product!  

Earn TeachShare Credits:

I appreciate any and all feedback you can provide so that I can continue to grow and learn through my TeachShare journey.  When you leave feedback on a paid product, TPT will reward you with credits that can be used toward future purchases!

If you have any questions about this product, feel free to reach out to me!

• Blog
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• Facebook
• Email

Thank you for your support of my business, I truly appreciate it!!