Social Emotional Skills

Updated on March 10, 2017

These websites and apps help kids and teens improve their social and emotions skills. They have games and lessons about teamwork, self confidence, self esteem, self awareness, tolerance, and empathy. Some focus on on how to prevent and respond to bullying. And some include resources for teachers and parents.

Harmony Social and Emotional Learning

This free program is designed to help children develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities and relationships. The skills emphasized include: Recognizing and managing emotions Empathizing with others and supporting them Forming and strengthening friendships Resolving conflicts…

Safe and Supportive Schools

Safe and Supportive Schools offers training materials to help teachers address and prevent bullying in their classrooms.  There are two modules of training materials, designed to be used in consecutive sessions.  The first module of the training toolkit addresses understanding…

StopBullying.gov

This site addresses bullying as a form of aggressive, violent behavior that involves an imbalance of power or strength. Students, parents, schools, and communities have a role to play in building positive, supportive environments for children and teens and promoting…

Cyberbullying Research Center

Here you’ll find resources for home and school to educate students, teachers and parents about the dangers of cyberbullying – what it is, how to prevent it, and how to deal with it once it has occurred.

Building a Classroom Community Bully-Free Zone

This site provides lessons to help foster safe, positive learning environment, for grades 3-7. Almost all children, at some point in their childhood, will experience or be affected by bullying behaviors. These lessons address bullying behaviors and are designed to…

Teaching Tolerance

Tolerance.org provides educational resources to teachers that aim to reduce prejudice, improve intergroup relations, and support equitable school experiences for students. To that end, the site provides professional development material suitable for workshops, a searchable database of lesson plans, film…

Out on a Limb: A Guide to Getting Along

This site helps to teach children how to better manage the conflicts and challenges they face every day. The activities are targeted to students in grades 2-4. The characters guide kids through better communicating, listening. perception and body language skills.

Cool School

In this game, elementary age kids take a journey to the fanciful world of Cool School where everything — from erasers to desks to books to basketballs — are alive and full of personality. In this setting, kids learn social,…

Don’t Laugh at Me

Through music, video, and classroom activities, the “Don’t Laugh at Me” (DLAM) curriculum helps sensitize children to the painful effects of harmful behaviors – ridicule, disrespect, ostracism and bullying. The curriculum addresses four key areas: expressing and managing feelings, building…

Social Emotional Learning

This site provides resources for teachers to foster a healthy school and classroom culture by helping students develop their social and emotional skills.  There are ideas, activities and lessons learned from other teachers for helping kids to learn how to…

BAM! Your Life

Designed for kids 9-13 years old, BAM! Your Life provides guidance to kids on several social, emotional, and life skills topics. Learn how to handle stress and how it affects your body and mind. Learn about the hidden messages in…