Free Character and Social Emotional Learning Lesson Plans

I know many of you help your students, and teach many other things than science.  We all know that to be successful in school, students need to have their social and emotional needs met, and be ready to learn.  As teachers, aren't we all so much more than just teachers of our content area?! Some of you teach these other life skills indirectly, or embedded in content lessons, and some of you teach topics other than science in actual homeroom/advisement course, etc. I was offered a this exclusive free resource for you for character development and social emotional learning to you, my subscribers.

The CharacterStrong blog and podcast provides curricula and training for K-12 schools internationally. There will find inspiring and practical stories of educators implementing character development & social-emotional learning in their classrooms, CharacterStrong resources, case studies, and more.  It also includes many resources to help educators take care of themselves, and support the whole teacher.  There is an accompanying podcast as well. 

3 Days of Free Character Development Lesson Plans  

(NOTE: THE LINK I WAS GIVEN AS AN EXCLUSIVE READER FREEBIE IS NOT WORKING AT THE MOMENT. I HAVE CONTACTED THE COMPANY FOR AN UPDATED LINK).  

HOWEVER, AT THE WEBSITE THERE ARE STILL FREE SAMPLES AVAILABLE FOR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL, AVAILABLE FOR LEAVING YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS. 

I WILL UPDATE THIS POST AS SOON AS I HAVE AN UPDATED LINK.

How can I use these free social and emotional learning lesson plans? 

Although many of you are science teachers, we all know that sometimes social and emotional learning and needs have to come first. Students may not be ready to learn science if their social and emotional needs are not met first.

Even if we can't always do this FIRST, per se, we can use sub days, extra class days because of assemblies or field trips, or times such as advisement to work on some of these skills. 

As it is not our main content area, many of us may not feel adept at teaching these types of social and emotional skills.  These 3 days of free lesson plans are a great place to start!

Please feel free to comment below if you use these how they go, or what you use to teach social and emotional learning in your classroom.