Tactile Tools for Social Emotional Learning: Activities to Help Children Self-Regulate with Sel, Prek-5

Many emotional learning activities - the ＂E＂ in Social Emotional Learning (SEL) - include self-regulation skills typically led by teachers, but why not empower young people by giving them tools to choose their own self-regulation techniques? This practical and comprehensive book features 52 activities focusing on emotional learning, specifically self-regulation skills that incorporate tactile objects students can store in their personal ＂toolboxes.＂ Each activity can be taught or guided by a teacher or classroom leader, supporting children to take charge of their own feelings and behavior, and thereby their own learning success. Tactile Tools for Social Emotional Learning is an important addition to any teacher’s toolkit and is key reading for early childhood educators, elementary school teachers, resource/SPED teachers, and pre-service teachers.

Lori A. Reichel, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at SUNY Cortland and a Health Education Consultant. She has taught health education, including SEL, for over 30 years, teaching every grade in the K-12 setting. Due to her expertise, Lori has received many awards including: the New York State AHPERD Health Teacher of the Year (2007), the Eastern Division AHPERD Health Teacher of the Year (2009), the National AHPERD Professional of the Year Award in Health Education (2010), and the New York State AHPERD Professional of the Year Award in 2011.