Are you working on Social Emotional Lessons (SEL) in your classroom? When I co-taught our school had time slotted each day to work on an SEL lesson. Teachers would use a variety of strategies to engage kids in learning concepts. We also taught strategies to help students who may experience a variety of emotions and relatable situations they may encounter. Throughout my years teaching SEL lessons I have created a list of some of my favorite books below! They are also linked here on my Amazon Storefront.
Social Emotional Books (K-3rd)
I choose to Calm my Anger – Elizabeth Estrada
Impulsive Ninja – Mary Nihn
The Magical Yet – Angela DiTerlizzi
Breathe like a Bear- Kira Willey
Roaring Mad Riley – Allison Szczecinski
The Magic in Me: My Magical Choices – Becky Cummings
Grumpy Monkey – Suzanne Lang
A Little Spot Series – Diane Alber
The Color Monster – Anna Llenas
What Should Danny Do? Series – Adir Levy
Pre-K Social Emotional Books
Tails are not for Pulling – Elizabeth Verdick
Waiting is Not Forever -Elizabeth Verdick
Voices are not for Yelling – Elizabeth Verdick
Teeth are not for Biting – Elizabeth Verdick
Hands are not for Hitting – Elizabeth Verdick
Feet are not for Kicking – Elizabeth Verdick
I was so Mad – Mercer Mayer
No Hitting – Karen Katz
Roaring Mad Riley – Allison Szczecinski
I hope this gives you a few ideas on some books to try. If you have never done it before just start out asking some questions as you read the book. Eventually, you could add team building exercises when reading some of these books!
If you enjoy reading books to your class. Check out my other blog post that has some tips to enhance your read aloud experience here!
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