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Respect - Kindness in the Classroom
Grades
6 to 8tag(s): critical thinking (191), empathy (71), listening (119), social and emotional learning (205), thinking skills (137)
In the Classroom
Students can engage with the lesson featured on the site. Students can use Google Keep, reviewed here to post their scale level for their active listening. Students can create a timeline using Turbo Timeline Generator, reviewed here to show how technology has allowed us to become better listeners.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Listening and empathy - British Council
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): critical thinking (191), diversity (57), empathy (71), listening (119), social and emotional learning (205), thinking skills (137)
In the Classroom
Students can engage with the lessons featured on the site. Students can share ways on Stormboard, reviewed here as to how they manage stress. Students can create a visual using Timeline Infographic Templates by Canva, reviewed here to show the steps that they take to manage emotions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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8 Listening Activities to Get Students Attentive & Ready to Learn - Proud to be Primary
Grades
K to 2This site includes advertising.
tag(s): empathy (71), listening (119), preK (327), social and emotional learning (205)
In the Classroom
Students can use Google Slides, reviewed here to create their own 20 Question Listening Game. Students can create their own direct drawings by recording themselves using Seesaw, reviewed here. Finally, students can create a comic modeling Whole Body Listening using Cartoon Comic Maker, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Empathy - Character Counts!
Grades
K to 12tag(s): empathy (71), listening (119), social and emotional learning (205), thinking skills (137)
In the Classroom
Students can use Aha Slides, reviewed here to create a word cloud with words they associate with empathy. Students can create comics illustrating empathy with Witty Comics, reviewed here. Students can create a podcast using Podbean, reviewed here to share ways that showcase empathy.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Active Listening - Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility
Grades
3 to 6tag(s): empathy (71), listening (119), social and emotional learning (205)
In the Classroom
Students can create the Active Listening checklist with visuals by using Canva for Education, reviewed here. Students can record themselves showing active listening by using ScreenPal, reviewed here. Students can create a digital escape activity using Save the Planet Breakout, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kindness in the Classroom: 6th - 8th Grade - Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
Grades
6 to 8tag(s): empathy (71), listening (119), social and emotional learning (205)
In the Classroom
Students can use Infographics Presentation Templates, reviewed here to create their own infographic for each of the six core concepts. Students can create trading cards that highlight the core concepts using Trading Card Creator reviewed here. Finally, students can create games that showcase the core concepts using Baamboozle, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kindness in the Classroom: Kindergarten - 5th Grade - Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
Grades
K to 5tag(s): empathy (71), listening (119), social and emotional learning (205)
In the Classroom
Have students keep a journal using Seesaw, reviewed here throughout the course of the year sharing what they have learned. Students can create comics to teach each of the six core concepts using Witty Comics, reviewed here. Students can post ways to be each of the core concepts on a virtual bulletin board such as Lino, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kindness in the Classroom: Pre-K - Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
Grades
K to 1tag(s): empathy (71), listening (119), preK (327), social and emotional learning (205)
In the Classroom
Have students keep a journal using Seesaw, reviewed here throughout the course of the year, sharing what they have learned. Students can create individual books on the six core concepts using Book Creator, reviewed here. Students can use either resource to record themselves demonstrating one of the core concepts.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kindness in the Classroom: High School Curriculum - Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): empathy (71), problem solving (287), social and emotional learning (205)
In the Classroom
Have students participate in the lessons that are shared during the 16 week course. Students can create a digital journal by using Google Slides, reviewed here. Students can share their community service project via a school fair showcasing all the community service projects that students have created.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Power of Active Listening - StoryCorps
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Students can create using ScreenPal, reviewed here a short video of examples to show active listening. Students can create a comic using Comic Strip Templates by Canva, reviewed here about active listening. Students can create an image with words to showcase active listening using Magazine Cover Maker, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Effective Listening Builds Empathy - TED Conferences
Grades
5 to 12In the Classroom
Students can create an infographic using Infographics Presentation Templates, reviewed here to represent her definition of "ear." Students can compare and contrast using the 2 and 3 Circle Interactive Venn Diagrams by Class Tools, reviewed here active and passive listening. Students can create short videos showing active and passive listening by using Free Online Screen Recorder, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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What is Empathy? - Sesame Workshop
Grades
K to 2This site includes advertising.
In the Classroom
Students can share ways to show empathy. Students can use Book Creator, reviewed here to record themselves sharing how they are empathy. Students can use Seesaw, reviewed here to create an emotions journal.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Brene Brown on Empathy - The RSA
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
In the Classroom
Students can compare and contrast empathy and sympathy using 2 and 3 Circle Interactive Venn Diagrams by Class Tools, reviewed here. Students can share one way they show empathy using Stickies.io, reviewed here. Students can create short skits showing others being empathetic using ScreenPal, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Five Levels of Listening (Steven Covey) - The Right Questions
Grades
K to 6This site includes advertising.
In the Classroom
Students can compare and contrast each of the levels of listening using the Interactive 2 Circle Venn Diagram by Read Write Think, reviewed here. Students can use Padlet reviewed here to share one way that they show empathic listening. Students can create comics using ToonyTool, reviewed here explaining the different types of listening.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Self Control for Kids - Impulse Control Skills - Mental Health Center Kids
Grades
K to 8This site includes advertising.
tag(s): classroom management (147), emotions (72), social and emotional learning (205)
In the Classroom
Students can share times and examples of when they have used the different strategies mentioned in the video. Students can create a digital book of students using the strategies using Storyboard That, reviewed here. Students can create a presentation for younger students about self-control skills and strategies using Visme AI Presentation Creator, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Self Control's Stop-Think-Act Workbook - Psychological Mobile
Grades
3 to 8tag(s): classroom management (147), emotions (72), social and emotional learning (205)
In the Classroom
Students can use Kami reviewed here to annotate directly on the workbook. Students can create resources of their own scenarios in Book Creator, reviewed here. Students can create a digital escape room using Online Escape Room Templates, reviewed here to teach/reinforce self control.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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12 Games to Practice Self-Control - Pathway 2 Success
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): classroom management (147), emotions (72), game based learning (323), preK (327), social and emotional learning (205)
In the Classroom
Students can play the various games mentioned on the site. Students can share on Stormboard, reviewed here which was their favorite game to play. Students can compare and contrast the games using the Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The 150 Best Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind - Open Culture, LLC
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): business (51), design (77), famous people (40), podcasts (181), sports (90)
In the Classroom
Choose a short podcast episode, such as 99 Percent Invisible or This American Life, and have students listen in groups, noting the main ideas, tone, and supporting details. Follow with a discussion on how the speaker uses storytelling to convey meaning. Provide a transcript (if available) and have students annotate key phrases, claims, and rhetorical techniques to reinforce listening comprehension and textual analysis. Pair podcasts with other media, for example, listen to a design-focused 99 Percent Invisible episode during a STEM or art project, and have students present how the podcast deepened their understanding of the topic.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Peace Out Podcast - Chanel Tsang
Grades
K to 5tag(s): behavior (48), classroom management (147), podcasts (181), social and emotional learning (205), stress (8)
In the Classroom
Play a short episode during transition time. Afterward, students can share one word that describes how their body or mind feels before and after listening. As a class, create a chart of relaxation techniques mentioned in episodes, such as breathing, stretching, or visualization. Students can practice choosing a strategy when they feel stressed or distracted. Have students listen to a calming story and draw what they visualize. They can label their picture with one strategy they heard, such as deep breathing or imagining a peaceful place.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lasso - vFlyer Inc
Grades
9 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): curation (27)
In the Classroom
Organize everything that you need into one place to share with your students. Share your landing pages filled with articles for students to research. Easily curate screenshots with links to information you want students to learn more about.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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