Kimochis

Kimochis is an instructional resource that we use for our preschool students.  The Kimochis® Educator’s Tool Kit is a universal, school-based, social and emotional learning program designed to give children the knowledge, skills, and attitudes they need to recognize and manage their emotions, demonstrate caring and concern for others, establish positive relationships, make responsible decisions, and handle challenging situations constructively.

These skills have been identified by leading researchers in the field of social and emotional learning as necessary for school success, academic achievement, positive social relationships, and the development of emotional competence.

Kimochis incorporates innovative, fun, and exciting lessons and activities that were developed to teach children how to manage challenging social situations with skill, character, and confidence.

Sanford Harmony

The Sanford Harmony Program is an award-winning program developed by the National University. Sanford Harmony is an instructional program with a curriculum designed for pre-K to 6th grade to develop social-emotional skills.

The program consists of two components: daily practices and weekly lessons.  All curriculum aligns with CASEL’s five core competencies of social emotional learning.

The Sanford Harmony lessons consist of four units: Being My Best Self, Valuing Each Other, Communicating With Each Other, and Learning From Each Other.  There will be one lesson instruction with extension activities during each week.  Lessons consist of setting the stage segment with a story featuring the Clubhouse Friends and Z, an extension activity, and a reflect and review segment.

The Sanford Harmony everyday practices are brief, daily class meetings.  The purpose of which is to build a sense of community and build relationships within the classroom.  Meet Up is a daily forum where students gather to share experiences, solve problems, and build community.  During the first Meet Up, classes work together to create Harmony Goals together for their class.  These goals reflect how everyone wants to interact and be treated by one another.  Harmony Goals are referenced on a daily basis.  Buddy Up is a peer buddy system that intentionally creates opportunities for students to get to know one another, connect, collaborate, and learn together.  The Buddy Up system allows for all of the students the opportunity to work with all of their classmates on an individual basis.  Quick Connection Cards provides students with the opportunity to talk, share, think, and collaborate with their peers in a fun and engaging way.

Sanford Harmony also provides a strong home-school connection and valuable resources that can support families at home. Please see Sanfordharmony.org for more information.

Tier One Counselor Lessons

For additional tier one support to our students, each school counselor from our schools pushes into classrooms to provide one lesson a month for our students.  Lesson topics include regulating emotion, respecting differences, positive communication, kindness and friendship, positive self-talk, goal setting, and bullying prevention.