SEL Resources

Early Education – Transitional Kindergarten

• TK California Resources
  TKCalifornia
  
  
• Path to Becoming an Early Educator
  CA Commission on Teacher Credentialing
  
  
• How to Prepare My Kid for TK/Kindergarten
  First 5 California
  
  
• Preschool Curriculum Framework
  California Department of Education
  
  
• Ages and Stages of Development
  California Department of Education
  
  
• SEL Through Music and Literature
  Various Authors

SEL Articles

• SEL and Literacy: A Natural Fit
  Center for Responsive Schools
  
  
• Building Authentic School-family Partnerships Through the Lens of Social and Emotional Learning
  Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
  
  
• How Reading Fiction Increases Empathy and Encourages Understanding
  Discover
  
  
• Social and Emotional Learning
  California Department of Education
  
  
• The Power of a Compliment
  edutopia
  
  
• State Policy Bright Spots: Social and Emotional Learning and Equity
  CASEL and The Education Trust
  
  
• Designing and Implementing Social Emotional Programs to Promote Equity
  AnLar and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; Education, Innovation, and Research Program (EIR)
  
  
• Connecting the Dots between Academic and Social-Emotional Learning with Literacy
  Allison Phillipe
  
  
• Using Explicit Instruction to Foster SEL
  Nicole Greene
  
  
• Little Kids Have Big Emotions
  First 5 California
  
  
• The Science of Empathy: What Researchers Want Teachers to Know
  EdSurge
  
  
• How to Teach Social Emotional Learning at Home
  Parents
  
  
• T-SEL Competencies and Conditions for Thriving
  California Department of Education
  
  
• California's Social and Emotional Learning Guiding Principles
  California Department of Education
  
  
• LCFF Priorities/Whole Child Resource Map
  California Department of Education
  

SEL Videos

Watch our recommended SEL videos on YouTube.

• Building Emotional Literacy in Preschoolers
  Edutopia
  
  
• The Impact of Social and Emotional Learning
  CASEL
  
  
• SEL 101: What are the core competencies and key settings?
  CASEL
  
  
• How a School Made Play Central to Learning
  Edutopia
  
  
• The Power of Relationships in Schools
  Edutopia
  
  
• Joyful reading at school and at home: A storybook reading routine (REL West)
  Institute of Education Sciences
  
  
• How Puppets Can Help Kids Express Emotions
  Edutopia
  
  
• Can Reading Boost Your Emotional Intelligence?
  BrainCraft

SEL Podcasts

• SEL, Representation, and Children’s Media
  The Grow Kinder Podcast
  
  
• The Science of Empathy: What Researchers Want Teachers to Know
  EdSurge Podcast
  
  
• The Intersection of SEL and Equity
  Wallace Foundation
  
  
• Preventing Race-Based Bullying with Captain Compassion and Dr. Jasmine Williams
  The Grow Kinder Podcast
  
  
• Speech, Language & SEL, with Rona Weintraub
  BIG PICTURE Social Emotional Learning Podcast
  
  
• Teaching for Justice and Belonging
  Social Emotional Us Podcast
  
  
• SEL and the Role of Art
  The Art of SEL
  
  
• Differences are Natural
  BIG PICTURE Social Emotional Learning Podcast
  
  
• How Kids Learn Right Now
  10 Minute Teacher Podcast
  
  
• Creating a Culture of Joy
  10 Minute Teacher Podcast