Elementary School Student Council Lesson

A "Pocket" Full of Kindness - An SEL Activity that focuses on kindness and the idea that you can take it with you wherever you go and "pull it right out of your back pocket" as the saying goes!! This activity is great for younger elementary students who are getting an introduction to all things kindness and all of the different ways that they can show kindness to others! For this activity, you will need string and scissor to help make it the most successful! My students LOVED being able to put their very own pocket together! I love the hands-on lessons as much as they do!

Looking for more kindness lessons and ideas? Check out the links below:

Kindness and the Impact of our Words (Upper Elementary/Middle School)

Kindness Classroom "Snowball" Fight (Upper Elementary/Middle School)

Kindness "Hot Potato!" (Elementary/Middle School)

Know Your Impact Activity (High School)

"Building" a safe, healthy, and happy learning environment starts with the people that we share it with! In this activity, students take on the opportunity of working effectively with others, thinking creatively, communicating respectfully, and cooperation with others all built into one activity! This is a blast for the whole class - all while focusing on so many important SEL skills. This activity includes minimal preparation yet all the benefits of so many social emotional learning skills to build (pun intended!) My students did not want this activity to end!!

Looking for more interactive activities to do with your class? Check out the links below!

Kindness Activity - The Impact of our Words (Upper Elementary)

Kindness "Hot Potato" - Interactive SEL Lesson (Multiple Grade Levels)

Leadership Activity - "Jumping Ships!" (Upper Elementary)

"Caught Ya Being Respectful" is a fun and engaging activity that not only gets students talking about being respectful and what that looks like, but it also encourages them to make connections of people (that they know and often admire!) that are showing respect around them as well! This activity includes everything needed for your next classroom lesson on respect, including two worksheets (Wanted Poster and Bonus Activity!) as well as different ideas that you can do with the finished products! My students LOVED this and it was fun for our teachers to see the outcome as well. We got a lot of learning and laughs out of this activity!

Included in this Google Drive resource, you are given a ready-to-use slide show which holds THREE self-confidence activities that are interactive and fun for several ages and grade levels! These activities will have your students laughing, being creative, and being okay with just being themselves. Reflection questions are included. Other items needed: categories to choose from (ideas related to self-esteem included in the notes section) and a dollar bill for the 3rd included activity. Little prep needed to find success with these SEL lessons and activities! Enjoy.

This "Think Before You Speak" activity puts a focus on taking time to reflect and think before speaking to others. In this interactive activity, students are put into teams, where they are helping one another guess a specific word while also avoiding the guess of another word. Students must focus and carefully select the words in which they are using to be helpful - a social skill that we all utilize daily (even if we do not realize it!) This activity is a great resource to bring this skill to life and take time to reflect and connect - while having a little fun in doing so! Everything you need for this activity is included in the digital download, including reflection discussion questions, so once you purchase, you are ready for your next classroom lesson! *A note is included on materials that may be helpful for the activity, but are not necessary when fully utilizing the activity!*

Leadership Lessons from Disney Characters SEL Lesson puts a whole new meaning to interactive, meaningful, and fun for all! In this lesson, the students will work to ask intentional questions in order to figure out the character in several rounds of "Who is It?!" while also learning and reflecting from moments in which Disney characters demonstrated leadership in their movies! This lesson includes the complete Google Slide download and reflection questions and is ready to go for your next leadership lesson. 12 characters and quotes ready to go, specific instructions, + reflection questions to follow. My students loved this and the conversation that followed was great, too!!