Diverse Social-Emotional Read Alouds Plus Extension Activities

Diverse Social-Emotional Read Alouds Plus Extension Activities

An exceptional teaching resource for educators like public school teachers and homeschoolers. This resource extensively caters to life skills learning and is best suited for preschool, kindergarten, grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3 students.

Educational Tool

This educational tool utilizes engaging multimedia to reinforce concepts. It consists of a Google Slide with two virtual bookshelves that feature nine carefully selected multicultural books turned into iMovie read-aloud sessions.

• All these read-alouds are safe-tube-filtered iMovies, ensuring that children view appropriate content free of unrelated advertisements or distractions.
• Each bookshelf serves a dual purpose: one provides links to the video read alouds, while the other directs you to an activity that complements the book's theme.
• The interactive design encourages dynamic participation among students as they flutter between virtual story time and exciting follow-up activities.

Additional Extension Handouts

The additional extension handouts serve to reinforce each topic further; they come in PDF format, making them convenient for students to download or print at their own pace. Some visual gems included in this product are:

• Anh's Anger by Gail Silver;
• Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood by Tameka Brown;
• Even Superheroes Have Bad Days by Shelly Becker;
• Intersection Allies by Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council & Carolyn Choi;
• Let The Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson

These cover diverse themes from self-expression, to stereotypes & racism, enlightening students through relatable characters who peacefully resolve conflict.

Overall this teaching aid proves most versatile across different settings whether it is in-person classrooms as immersive group discussions after each read-aloud session focusing on moral values invoked in the stories appealingly or facilitating independent exploration during distance learning assignments where pupils grasp intricate emotional intelligence through hands-on reinforcement handouts. Teachers can harness its power to provide both academically stimulating & emotionally nurturing experiences simultaneously enhancing social-emotional growth of their students.

9 Read Alouds Plus 9 Handouts that correspond to the different books.