Building Social and Emotional Skills

Building Social and Emotional Skills in Elementary Students: Passion and Strengths

This blog is part of a nine-part series in building social and emotional skills in elementary students. Each blog features skills from the acronym HAPPINESS. The blog discusses helping your child or students in finding their inherent strengths, practicing that strength, and ideas to help your child realize their strengths and passions.

Bullying is such a prominent issue in our schools now and I feel this is a great skills to begin teaching our students at a young age. Currently, I am having an issue with tattling in my classroom. I always try and encourage my kids to stand up for themselves and speak up when they don't like what something said to them. For those moments when one student says something personal about another student, I am going to begin having them say something positive or a strength about themselves plus standing up to that other child.