Social Emotional Learning Classroom Workbook – Kindergarten (2nd Edition)

What Is the Kindergarten Social Emotional Learning Classroom Workbook?

The Social Emotional Learning Classroom Workbook – Kindergarten, 2nd Edition is a 132-page, spiral-bound student workbook from Seltrove Education. It gives kindergartners (ages 5–6) a full school year of social and emotional learning. Organized into four 10-week themes, Identity & Mindset, Courage & Kindness, A Place to Belong, and A Healthy Well-Being, its 40 lessons help young learners name and calm their feelings, make friends, ask for help, solve conflicts, celebrate differences and try new things. Pre-, mid-year and post-assessments show each child’s growth. Every lesson is turnkey, so teachers can start right away, and the skills it builds are the earliest foundations of your district’s Portrait of a Graduate.

Why Do Kindergarten Teachers Choose This SEL Workbook?

• A full school year: 40 lessons across four 10-week themes, about one lesson per week
• Turnkey and no-prep: ready-to-use lessons with no extra teacher preparation
• Made for 5-year-olds: simple language, playful activities, coloring pages and friendly visuals
• Measurable growth: an SEL Journey pre-assessment, mid-year assessment and post-assessment
• Classroom management support: class expectations activities and a check-in for every theme
• Home-school connection: a teacher/parent communication page at the end of each theme
• Built-in calming tools: mindful breathing, a Dictionary of Emotions, brain breaks and positive self-talk
• Summer resources: summer book recommendations and activities to keep skills growing
• Durable spiral binding: lies flat for little hands and lasts all year
• Part of a K–12 series: the same four themes continue every grade, so skills build year after year

How Does This Workbook Build Portrait of a Graduate Competencies?

Social-emotional skills are durable skills, the transferable abilities students carry into every class, career and community. In kindergarten, they start with the basics:

• Empathy (EMP): Hop into Empathy, Showing Compassion and Learning to Apologize
• Communication (COM): Speaking Up, Asking for Help, Asking to Play, and learning to say and accept “No”
• Collaboration (COL): Working Together, Friendship Fun, Being Friends and Compromise Detectives
• Adaptability (ADP): Calming Your Emotions, Mindful Breathing, The Power of Flexible Minds and Trying New Things
• Agency (AGY): I’m Amazing!, Confidence Poses, Be Kind to Yourself and When I Grow Up!
• Citizenship (CIT): Celebrating Differences, The Beauty of Diversity, The Respect Show and Class Expectations
• Personal Responsibility & Work Ethic (PRW): Responsibility Bingo, Choices & Consequences and Perseverance
• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving (CT): Solving Conflict, Problem-Solving Superstars and Getting Curious
• Creativity (CRE): Honesty Sculptures, Popping Thought Bubbles and coloring pages
• Career Readiness (CAR): early habits of listening, following class expectations and working with others
• Finances (FIN): Choices & Consequences and Accepting No, early lessons in patience and thoughtful choices

What’s Inside the Kindergarten SEL Workbook?

Getting started: All About Me, Using This Workbook, An SEL Journey: Pre-Assessment, My Class Schedule, Dictionary of Emotions

Theme 1: Identity and Mindset

Class Expectations, I’m Amazing!, Emotions, Emotions in Practice, Calming Your Emotions, Honesty Sculptures, When I Grow Up!, Be Kind to Yourself, Popping Thought Bubbles, Responsibility Bingo, Class Expectations Check-In, Teacher/Parent Communication

Theme 2: Courage and Kindness

Being Friends, Asking to Play, Friendship Fun, Working Together, Permission Patrol, No!, Accepting No, Speaking Up, Asking for Help, Solving Conflict, Class Expectations Check-In, Teacher/Parent Communication, An SEL Journey: Mid-Year Assessment

Theme 3: A Place to Belong

Celebrating Differences, The Beauty of Diversity, The Respect Show, Showing Compassion, Hop into Empathy, Learning to Apologize, Compromise Detectives, Open-Minded Explorers, Getting Curious, Friendship Garden, Class Expectations Check-In, Teacher/Parent Communication

Theme 4: A Healthy Well-Being

Mindful Breathing, The Power of Flexible Minds, Confidence Poses, Making Mistakes, Choices & Consequences, Trying New Things, Problem-Solving Superstars, Perseverance, Staying Safe, Gratitude Scavenger Hunt, Class Expectations Check-In, Teacher/Parent Communication, An SEL Journey: Post-Assessment

End-of-year resources: Summer Break, Summer Book Recommendations, Mindful Breathing, Behavior Reflection, Brain Breaks, Positive Self-Talk

Who Is This Kindergarten SEL Workbook For?

Kindergarten teachers, school counselors, early childhood programs, Tier 2 and Tier 3 intervention groups, after-school programs, homeschool families and parents. It’s designed for daily or weekly SEL time, morning meetings, circle time, classroom community-building and Portrait of a Graduate initiatives.

What Comes in the Kindergarten SEL Workbook?

• Grade level: Kindergarten (ages 5–6)
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Format: Spiral-bound print workbook
• Length: 132 pages
• Includes: 4 themes, 40 lessons, pre-, mid-year and post-assessments, class expectations check-ins, teacher/parent communication pages, a Dictionary of Emotions, coloring pages and summer resources
• Publisher: Seltrove Education, an imprint of IB Source
• ISBN: [confirm: 9781954760233 per the 2nd edition copyright page]
• Custom editions: available for orders of 1,000 or more

Frequently Asked Questions About the Kindergarten SEL Workbook

What does the kindergarten SEL workbook teach?

It teaches 40 lessons across four themes: Identity & Mindset (emotions, calming down, self-kindness), Courage & Kindness (friendship, asking for help, saying and accepting “No,” solving conflict), A Place to Belong (differences, respect, empathy, apologizing) and A Healthy Well-Being (mindful breathing, flexible thinking, mistakes, perseverance, safety and gratitude).

How long does the workbook last?

It’s designed for a full school year. Each theme runs about 10 weeks, with roughly one lesson per week.

How do you teach social emotional skills to kindergartners?

Keep it concrete, playful and repeated. Young children learn best through simple language, visuals, movement and practice. This workbook uses coloring, games like Responsibility Bingo, role play and calming routines so 5-year-olds can practice each skill.

Does it include assessments?

Yes. It includes an SEL Journey pre-assessment, a mid-year assessment and a post-assessment, so teachers can see each child’s growth across the year.

How does it connect with families?

Each theme ends with a teacher/parent communication page, and the workbook includes summer book recommendations and activities that keep skills growing at home.

Does it help with classroom management?

Yes. Class Expectations activities and a check-in for every theme help kindergartners learn and practice classroom routines.

What’s new in the 2nd edition?

The 2nd edition features entirely new lessons and activities, organized into four 10-week themes.

How does SEL connect to a Portrait of a Graduate?

Most Portrait of a Graduate frameworks include empathy, communication, collaboration and adaptability. Those are the durable skills SEL builds, and kindergarten is where they begin.

Is there a free sample?

Yes. Download the free K–12 SEL Workbook Sampler to preview lessons from every grade level.