| By: Kim Gulbrandson 4 Common Parent-Teen Challenges and How Educators Can Help Are you an educator or community member who works with teens? Has a parent ever asked you for resources or ideas to help navigate challenges with his or her teen? If you answered yes to one or both of these questions, then Read More
| By: Kelly Doscher FREE Classroom Challenge—“Can’t Stop the Feeling” Video Treasure Hunt In this classroom challenge, students can look up, down, and all around for their favorite Second Step characters in our 360º New Year’s video! This musical classroom challenge celebrates educators and the kids who work year-round to learn SEL skills. Read More
| By: Committee for Children Being Kind and Respectful to Help Stop Bullying This free classroom climate activity for grades 4–5 helps to stop bullying by getting students involved and to get them thinking about how they can help stop bullying. Read More
| By: Committee for Children Support Tree: Who’s Safe to Ask for Help—Activity Grades EL–3—When it comes to personal safety, children need to know who to go to for help. In this free activity teachers, parents, and guardians help students name the people in their lives who they can go to when something’s not quite right.Read More
| By: Committee for Children The Invisible Boy: Classroom Discussions—Activity Grades 1–5—This free classroom activity includes before-, during-, and after-reading prompts and instructions to help teachers guide a discussion about how it feels to be excluded and what students can do to help.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Welcoming Words—Activity Grades EL–3—This classroom activity is a fun way to get kids on their feet and welcoming each other at the beginning of the year. It’s from the Grade 3 Second Step Bullying Prevention Unit, but can be adapted for younger and lower grades.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Being Grateful for Big and Little Things—Activity Grades K–5—In this free activity, you can help students understand why and how they can be thankful for big things and little things in their lives.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Hello Gratitude: Being Grateful for the Good Things in Life—Activity Grades K-5—In this free activity—adapted from the free Mind Yeti* session “Hello Gratitude”—you can help students notice the good things in their lives.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Unity Day Poster-Making—Activity Grades K-5—In this activity, students help define what unity is, then collaborate on creating posters that can be hung throughout the school to show that uniting and working together can help stop bullying.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Blocking Rumors to Help Stop Bullying—Activity Level: Upper Elementary | Help students create a positive classroom climate! In this activity, upper elementary students will create posters showing ways they can be kind. Grades 3-5—Spreading rumors can be hurtful. Here, upper elementary students learn to identify misleading information, check their facts, and block rumors.Read More