Social & Emotional

3 years & up. Manimo® weighted plush animals provide children with a sensory stimulation and soothing effect. These plush companions were designed to help children remain attentive and focused during their daily activities. Alleviating excess energy while providing deep pressure sensations. The weighted animals are soft and pliable and can be placed either on the child's shoulders, waist, thighs or stomach to stimulate rest and/or concentration. Recommended usage time is 15-20-minutes,… More »

With the increase in both parents working outside the home during the last two decades, infants and toddlers are spending more time together in infant/toddler programs and family child-care homes. From Biting to Hugging will give you effective strategies to help you take advantage of this peer time. Enhance the quality of peer experiences in infant/toddler group settings. Create responsive adult-child relationships and environments. Encourage positive social emotional development and learning. Teach… More »

4 years & up. Love comes in many shapes, sizes, and forms - so do families! Explore all the ways families and individuals can be unique with the Free to Be Me Book Set. This inclusive book set helps teachers build nurturing environments for all children where they feel comfortable exploring their feelings, learning about diverse forms of love and identity, and, most importantly, respecting the ways we're all one-of-a-kind! Hardcover/ board book combination.

3 years &up. Families, children and teachers will enjoy this Mindfulness Learning Kit as children learn to regulate their emotions, techniques to relax and how to keep their mind and body healthy. Activity card(s) included

3 years & up. This pocket chart offers a safe, easy way for children to identify and share their emotions. Children can choose to share emotions with everyone by displaying their craft stick under an emotion, or flip over the stick to keep feelings private. Set includes enough supplies for a classroom - a polyester pocket chart, activity guide, 17 feelings cards, 5 blank cards, 5 organization cards and 30 people shape craft sticks for children to personalize.

5 years & up. Get to know all about you, from the inside out! This robust kit includes components for studying basic anatomy, making self or family portraits and writing and decorating stories or journal entries about all your important activities! It comes complete with accessories for decorating your art with clothing, hair and even flair! Includes: 3 Big! Huge! Paper Kids, 3 Stand Up Self Portraits, 3 All About Me Books, 1 See Through Me fold-out Transparency, 3 Paper Doll Chains, 180 Hair… More »

4 years & up. Start an open discussion about feelings and emotions with these Exploring Different Emotions Learning Cards for the Classroom and More. Children will love exploring different emotions and vocabulary as they view the cards. Have children describe the emotion they are viewing and how to handle each emotion. These cards support social emotional development with 22 different emotions. Each set includes 22 cards measuring 8.5"L x 5.5"W with photographs and a bilingual resource guide.

Seventy-nine interactive activities based on positive messages help children increase their attention spans, reduce hyperactivity, build self esteem, and facilitate language development. The interactions teach children how to be kind and caring using gentle touches. 208 pages.

An early childhood classroom should reinforce and enhance young children's sense of belonging and connection to their environment, each other, their families, and their community. This book invites educators and administrators to rethink the traditional classroom, with inspirational examples showing how to weave elements that reflect each center's community into the classroom design. Colorful photos show what teachers can do to encourage a sense of community unique to each classroom. Easy-to-implement… More »

4 years & up. Beautiful real image pages help children understand the importance of being kind, confident, grateful and mindful. These books are great for group read alouds for children who aren't reading on their own yet or solo reading for advanced readers. Set of 4. Paperback.

Relax and Be Happy: Mindfulness for Children CD Set - 2 CD Set Take a deep breath and a mindful moment with this Relax and Be Happy: Mindfulness for Children CD Set. This CD set includes 25 tracks meant to promote and guide mindfulness practices. Use these CDs to educate your children about the importance of mindfulness. The set includes creative mindfulness games, visualizations and exercises to help children feel grounded, find calm, improve focus, practice kindness and relax.

Popular children's music artist and yoga expert Bari Koral is a pioneer in the area of yoga for children. You can lead children on beloved adventures using the yoga, music, and movement activities featured in this Bari Koral yoga set! The set includes 3 CDs, a full-color activity books, and 2 yoga pose posters. Contents may vary.

18 months & up. Set includes a variety of people puppets, from children to adults, found in communities and neighborhoods throughout the country. Surface washable.

2 years & up. This set of 24 wooden tiles represents 12 different emotions that children can learn to identify and recognize. Additional learning takes place when children match the emotions with the emotions on the board.

Each chapter describes an issue that infants face every day, making this a perfect resource for all infant providers. There are scenarios that illustrate the challenges and suggest solutions to meet baby's needs while learning about the developmental stages. This hands-on resource is for infants 6 weeks to 18 months old and for your resource library.

5 years & up. This 7lb Weighted Sensory Blanket is a super soft sensory tool that offers gentle deep pressure calming. Help kids feel more secure, while relieving stress and anxiety, enabling them to relax during the day and sleep better at night. Excellent for stressful situations in the classroom and at home. Sensory Blanket features a dual textured cover; soft and bumpy on one side and a smooth silky like material on the other. Constructed with polyester fleece and durable odor free glass… More »

Grades 1 & up. Encourage children to exchange negative behavior for positive choices in the Bullies, Victims, and Bystanders Board Game. As they take on the roles of bullies, victims, and bystanders in this board game children will learn empathy, skills to overcome and prevent bullying, and communication skills. This game offers a lighthearted way to start a tough discussion on the effects of bullying and the importance of treating peers with kindness. Use this board game in small groups or… More »

12 months & up. Help your children learn their necessary manners with this set of exciting First Manners Board Books for Practicing Nice Phrases. These endearing characters use their manners in fun, cheerful books that help guide a child's first steps in learning the important phrases. Encourage your children to incorporate more manners into their daily lives.

4 years & up. Perfect for those working with children who have sensory processing disorder (SPD), this set has everything you need to understand and support children with SPD as well as build a sensory-friendly environment for all children. The set features "Wired Differently: A Teacher's Guide to Understanding Sensory Processing Challenges," a 2.5 pound weighted lapdog, three textured fidgets, four liquid visual timers, flexible wiggle seats, mindfulness activity cards, and more!… More »

3 years & up. Invite children into a safe place to sort, share, and work through their emotions. This area provides a comfortable place to use a variety of engaging social and emotional materials and self-discovery tools that encourage children to identify what they are feeling and find appropriate ways to handle their emotions. While sitting in the Comfort Zone, children can choose from the included Worry Eater, 10 books, 12-piece poster set, 8 puzzles, 6 self-reflective mirrors, 3 huggers,… More »

3 years & up. Give the children in your classroom an opportunity to identify their personal feelings with 50 common life scenarios. Children may not always feel the same way as their peers in specific situations and life events. This set gives them the self-discovery tools needed to evaluate how they feel and to understand that others may not feel the same way. Includes a set of emotions tiles for 10 children (depicting 6 emotions each), instruction cards, and 50 activity cards.

When young children are engaged in imaginative play, they are not just having fun; they are developing skills and concepts that are foundational to their learning. Teachers can get the most out of this critical development time with thoughtful preparations that allow the children to freely explore their creativity and learn from each other. Using simple props and donated items, the book shows how centers can be transformed into rich and rewarding learning spaces for children. Play Today offers dozens… More »

As an early childhood professional, you play a key role in the early identification of maltreatment and unhealthy patterns of development. You are also the gateway to healing. In Reaching and Teaching Children Exposed to Trauma, you will find the tools and strategies to connect with harmed children and start them on the path to healing.

Grades 1 - 5. Addressing morals, manners, empathy, friendship, showing and managing emotions, these games encourage discussion among children about proper social behavior as they strive to find the best solution to problems. These games cover socially challenging situations and together the group decides upon the best action. This encourages all players to communicate, listen and participate in the game. Set contains six game boards, 24 counters, one die, and one spinner.