SEL at Home
Social and emotional learning starts at home. Families are children’s first models for these skills. Student success in academics and SEL is often tied to strong connections between school and home. In this issue, we explore how to strengthen the parent-teacher partnership and encourage social and emotional learning in all aspects of a child’s life.
Articles in this Issue
School-Family Partnerships Strengthen Social-Emotional Stability in Students
By Kenneth Hayes, Angila MoffittNeed for School-Family Partnerships As educators and parents, we must identify the current social-emotional state of our children and understand the critical role we both play in helping children build…
Push Pause: The Pressing Case for Play
By Kimberly Kopko, Peg OliveiraAndrew was almost two years old when COVID-19 shut down the world. For the two years that followed, Andrew, an only child, spent his days with no one but his…
Engaging With Positive Parental Language
By Lisa Dewey WellsThink back to something an adult said to you when you were a young child. Was it positive or negative? When we do recall something said to us long ago,…
Opportunities to Bridge SEL From School to Home
By Melissa Shoup GheenAs an enthusiast of the Responsive Classroom guiding principle that teaching social and emotional skills is as important as teaching academic content, I am mindful of putting forth a concerted…
The Positivity of SEL From Sports
By Sarah ScavoneAs an educator and a mother, I can honestly say that parenting is an ever-changing adventure that is filled with daily rewards and challenges. I’ve also found that the phrase…
Developing Social and Emotional Skills Through Family Read-Alouds
By Linda BergerIn a perfect world, the foundation of social and emotional learning would start at home so that every student would enter school with an equally strong identity. Families who wish…
Five Ways to Support SEL at Home
By Jillian Brackett CollitoWhen teachers intentionally support families by communicating to parents the social-emotional language, routines, and activities to be reinforced outside of school, they send a clear message that the development of…