| By: Committee for Children Bystander Skills to Prevent Bullying—Activity Grades 3–8—Bystanders to bullying are adversely affected. These five activities for upper elementary and middle school students help develop Bystander Skills.Read More
| By: Juliet Kandel 3 Simple Leadership Steps to Motivate and Support Your Teachers (K–5) Content provided by Committee for Children’s Tonje Molyneux, MEd, Senior Program Developer, and Anne Shrauner, Senior UX Designer. You got teachers Read More
| By: Committee for Children Bullying or Joking?—Activity Grades 6–8—In this activity, middle school students come up with bullying situations between friends, then come up with actions they can take to help stop bullying.Read More
| By: Juliet Kandel 3 Simple Leadership Steps to Motivate and Support Your Teachers (Early Learning) Content provided by: Angela Fountas and Juliet Kandel Early learning directors and supervisors, classes are underway, and it’s the perfect time to let everyone know that Second Step implementation is a priority this year. Take thesRead More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson Begin Your School Year by Maximizing Students’ Social Brain Power “Being socially connected is a lifelong passion.” I read this quote from neuropsychologist Matthew Lieberman in a UCLA Newsroom Read More
| By: Committee for Children Friendship-Making—Activity Grades 3–8—In this activity meant for kids from elementary through middle school, students practice what to say and how to break the ice as a way of getting to know others when beginning a new friend.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Where the Wild Things Are Reading Guide—Activity Ages 3–6—This reading guide, which aligns with the Second Step curriculum, can help young children recognize and understand their own difficult feelings and how they can feel better.Read More
| By: Kathleen Shriver From DC to Medellín, Every Child Needs SEL I have been Second Step’s number one fan since before I knew what it was. When I was little, sharing was difficult for me. I shared a room with my younger sister, Caroline, and we shared a narrow bathroom with our three older siblings. Caroline Read More
| By: Kelly Doscher Cross the Room—Activity Grades K-5—This early elementary activity is from our Second Step Program and is a fun and easy way to help students get to know each other better and find out what they have in common.Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson 3 Big Lessons Students Learned from the Second Step Middle School Curriculum Sometimes curricula are provided for students without their input. Students are passive recipients of the learning material, and their views have little influence over what and how that curriculum is taught. Those of you reading this post have proRead More