by Elizabeth Peterson | Classroom Management, General Education Topics
Hey Teacher Friend! If you’re a teacher who tenses up every time it’s time for partner work or group work, you’re not imagining things. For so many of us, those moments come with hurt feelings, awkward pauses, bickering, or behavior issues that derail the lesson...
by guest blogger | SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning
How exciting to hear from my own friends and colleagues at my school when they find success and JOY after trying out some of my SEAL ideas! This happened just about a week ago when, after watching the Facebook Live focusing on Friendly Friday, my friend,...
by Elizabeth Peterson | General Education Topics, Pillar
Creating Friendly Friday notes for SEL is one activity you will want to make sure you do to teach SEAL, Social-Emotional Artistic Learning. This SEAL activity is a teacher and students favorite. It builds relationships, practices social-awareness and promotes...
by Elizabeth Peterson | General Education Topics
In my last post, I wrote briefly about how there is beauty in the ordinary things around us. Today I want to take it a step further and see what list I can come up with in terms of the ordinary things around us (in the classroom and beyond) that can prove to be...
by Elizabeth Peterson | General Education Topics
Kindness isn’t something that we should focus on once in a while, but something that should be fostered all year round. In the second wave of SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning, we talk a lot about the methods of bringing SEAL strategies into the...
