Merrell's strong start, grades K-2 : a social & emotional learning curriculum / by Sara A. Whitcomb, Ph. D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Danielle M. Parisi Damico, Ph. D., Amplify Education, Brooklyn, New York
- Author:
- Whitcomb, Sara A.
- Published:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Brookes Publishing, [2016]
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 175 pages ; 28 cm.
- Additional Creators:
- Parisi Damico, Danielle M. and Merrell, Kenneth W.
- Series:
- Contents:
- Section I: Introduction and overview. About Strong Start ; Implementation guidelines and lesson structure ; Overview of the lessons ; What's new: updates to Strong Start-grades K-2 and Strong Start -- Section II: The strong start-grades K-2 curriculum. The feelings exercise group ; Understanding your feelings 1 ; Understanding your feelings 2 ; Understanding other people's feelings ; When you're angry ; When you're happy ; When you're worried ; Being a good friend ; Solving people problems ; Finishing UP! -- Section III: Appendices. Strong Start booster lesson 1 ; Strong Start booster lesson 2 ; Recommended Strong Start-grades K-2 literature list.
- Summary:
- "Teach social-emotional competence to preschoolers with the NEW edition of the Strong Start--Grades K-2 curriculum! Part of the Strong Kids[trademark symbol] series, Strong Start is the fun, easy way to help children develop the social-emotional skills they need to build a strong foundation for school success. Developed by a team of educational and mental health experts, this evidence-based, age-appropriate curriculum is Low cost and low tech Proven to help increase children's knowledge of healthy behavior Easy to implement with no training required Brief enough to use with any program Through engaging classroom activities, children learn about emotions and the social-emotional skills they'll use for the rest of their lives: managing anger, reducing stress, solving interpersonal problems, and more. This scientifically-based curriculum runs for 10 weeks, and lessons are easy to fit into your existing schedule. Partially scripted lessons, handouts, and worksheets are included--all photocopiable and available as downloads--so you have everything you need to implement the program with little added cost or preparation."--
"Strong Start--K-2 is a research-based curriculum for early educators that can be used across all developmental levels to promote social-emotional skills and competencies for the K-2 age range. This innovative social and emotional learning curriculum is filled with engaging, thought-provoking classroom activities that help students develop vital life-long skills, including understanding emotions, managing anger, relieving stress, solving interpersonal problems, and more. The curriculum runs between 10 to 12 weeks and takes approximately 45 minutes per lesson. Every school and early intervention program will benefit from the lasting effects of the curriculum through strong, resilient students with fewer mental health and behavioral programs and better academic outcomes. Major revisions to this second edition include a crosswalk for each lesson with the five social emotional learning objectives from CASEL, fidelity checklists, information on how the curriculum fits into the RTI/MTSS framework in tiers 1 and 2, shorter scripts, and directions on how to chunk the lessons into more manageable parts. These revisions were informed by extensive customer reviews of the first edition"-- - Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9781598579703 (paperback)
1598579703 (paperback) - Note:
- Revised edition of: Strong start / Kenneth W. Merrell. c2007.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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