Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
Building Relationship Skills for Today and Tomorrow
As of recent, we as of a society have become more familiar with the term: Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). As we return to our daily life, it is essential that we implement intentional SEL strategies to support students, teachers, and families.
What is SEL?
To understand SEL, it is better to get the definition of how it impacts our lives. The formal definition from CASEL.org:
“Social and emotional learning (SEL) is an integral part of education and human development. SEL is the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions.”
At MVP Kids, we look to embody CASEL’s definition by bringing it to life through our books, curriculum, and puppets. Our mission is to inspire honorable character in young people through healthy mentoring relationships, preparing Real MVP Kids to live responsible and meaningful lives. We started this mission through our ever growing library of books for infants through middle school, starring our MVP Kids.
How does MVP Kids do SEL differently with ‘Instill SEL’?
• Adapts to students needs: Instill SEL teaches concepts through music, creative art, movement, puppets, and pretend play create strong habits that form long-term thought patterns, attitudes, and actions.
• Celebrates diversity: Instill SEL provides a world where children can see themselves and also learn from others who are different.
• Enhances your curriculum: Instill SEL is built on the theories and research behind CASEL’s five core competencies, making it easily integrated into your current core/comprehensive curriculum.
• Reduces prep time: Instill SEL requires very minimal prep time for educators who want to spend more time teaching and less time planning.
• Transfers year to year: Instill SEL is a one-time purchase, allowing educators to implement the curriculum year after year without additional cost.
• Builds strong relationships: Instill SEL equips teachers and families with social-emotional learning tools and through provided parent letters, families can practice specific lessons at home.
• Focuses on universal content and tools: In a world full of divisive topics, Instill SEL is designed for every environment, whether public, private, charter, or homeschool.
Encouraging children
Our MVP Kids characters provide a unique approach to honoring and celebrating our diverse world. They represent a wide variety of ethnic and cultural heritage, life experience, abilities, and interests. Our goal is to create familiarity and friendships for readers, forming a basis of trust to address serious life issues and challenges as they mature, while also connecting with others who may look or think differently from them.
Our focus with SEL is to positively impact the lives of young children by providing them with skills to understand and manage their emotions; respect themselves, others, and the environment; show compassion for others; have positive relationships; and make confident choices.
Creating the Right Learning Environments
SEL is taught and reinforced through everyday interactions not just focused lessons for a singular behavior or situation. MVP Kids have created a variety of SEL tools to give teachers, parents, caregivers or coaches the opportunity the SEL skills needed at school or home.
SEL Products for CLASSROOM Environments
SEL Products for HOME Environments
Books for All Ages
SEL Resources
Consistency is a key factor to help build the SEL skills kids need now and when they become adults. MVP Kids have created activities to give you ideas for home or the classroom.
