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Social and emotional

Feelings and friends

The lessons in teaching order, youngest first. Led mostly by Rory, with friends joining in.

Ages 3 to 4

  1. Sharing with Pom

    With Pom Under 1 min

    Teaches: sharing

  2. A New Point of View with Boo

    With Boo About 2 min

    Teaches: perseverance: look a new way

  3. Calm Breathing with Pokey

    With Pokey About 2 min

    Teaches: calm breathing

  4. Big Feelings with Rory

    With Rory About 2 min

    Teaches: feelings: four basics

  5. Good Manners with Pom

    With Pom About 2 min

    Teaches: manners

    Builds on: Sharing with Pom

  6. Gentle Hands and Personal Space with Pom

    With Pom

    Teaches: gentle hands, personal space

    Builds on: Good Manners with Pom

    Coming soon
  7. Asking for Help with Boo

    With Boo

    Teaches: asking for help

    Builds on: A New Point of View with Boo, Good Manners with Pom

    Coming soon
  8. Families Are Different with Pom

    With Pom

    Teaches: families are different

    Builds on: Sharing with Pom

    Coming soon

Ages 4 to 5

  1. More Big Feelings with Rory

    With Rory About 2 min

    Teaches: feelings: five more

    Builds on: Big Feelings with Rory

  2. How Others Feel with Rory

    With Rory About 2 min

    Teaches: empathy

    Builds on: Calming Tools with Rory

  3. Helping Friends with Pom

    With Pom About 2 min

    Teaches: helping

    Builds on: Good Manners with Pom

  4. Kind Words with Pom

    With Pom About 2 min

    Teaches: kind words

    Builds on: Helping Friends with Pom

  5. Working Together with Pom

    With Pom About 2 min

    Teaches: teamwork

    Builds on: Kind Words with Pom

  6. Feeling Calm with Pokey

    With Pokey About 2 min

    Teaches: calming down

    Builds on: Getting Ready for Bed with Pokey

  7. Waiting and Patience with Pokey

    With Pokey About 2 min

    Teaches: patience

    Builds on: Feeling Calm with Pokey

  8. Calming Tools with Rory

    With Rory

    Teaches: calming tools

    Builds on: More Big Feelings with Rory

    Coming soon
  9. Tricky Feelings with Rory

    With Rory

    Teaches: tricky feelings

    Builds on: Big Feelings with Rory, More Big Feelings with Rory, Calming Tools with Rory

    Coming soon
  10. Making a New Friend with Pom

    With Pom

    Teaches: making a new friend

    Builds on: Community Helpers with Pom, Gentle Hands and Personal Space with Pom

    Coming soon
  11. Fixing a Problem Together with Rory

    With Rory

    Teaches: solving a problem together

    Builds on: How Others Feel with Rory, Tricky Feelings with Rory

    Coming soon
  12. Noticing My Body with Pokey

    With Pokey

    Teaches: body awareness (body scan)

    Builds on: Feeling Calm with Pokey

    Coming soon
  13. Everyone Belongs with Pom

    With Pom

    Teaches: belonging

    Builds on: Making a New Friend with Pom

    Coming soon
  14. My Turn, Your Turn with Pom

    With Pom

    Teaches: taking turns in a game

    Builds on: Good Manners with Pom, Waiting and Patience with Pokey

    Coming soon
  15. Places in My Neighborhood with Pom

    With Pom

    Teaches: places in a neighborhood

    Builds on: Community Helpers with Pom

    Coming soon

Ages 5 to 6

  1. Mistakes Help Me Grow with Rory

    With Rory

    Teaches: mistakes help me grow

    Builds on: Fixing a Problem Together with Rory, Tricky Feelings with Rory

    Coming soon
  2. Celebrations with Pom

    With Pom

    Teaches: celebrations: many ways, all special

    Builds on: Families Are Different with Pom, Everyone Belongs with Pom

    Coming soon
  3. Feeling Nervous with Rory

    With Rory

    Teaches: being nervous: notice it, name it, cope

    Builds on: Tricky Feelings with Rory, Calming Tools with Rory

    Coming soon
  4. Saying Sorry with Rory

    With Rory

    Teaches: apologizing: a real sorry

    Builds on: Good Manners with Pom, How Others Feel with Rory, Fixing a Problem Together with Rory

    Coming soon
  5. Funny and Kind with Zip

    With Zip

    Teaches: kind humor: laugh with, not at

    Builds on: Kind Words with Pom, How Others Feel with Rory

    Coming soon
  6. Everyone Can Play with Zip

    With Zip

    Teaches: including others: change the game so everyone can play

    Builds on: Making a New Friend with Pom, Everyone Belongs with Pom, Fast and Slow with Zip

    Coming soon

Ages 6 to 8

  1. Helpers Work Together with Pom

    With Pom

    Teaches: community helpers depend on each other (goods and services)

    Builds on: Community Helpers with Pom, Places in My Neighborhood with Pom

    Coming soon
  2. Good Sport with Pom

    With Pom

    Teaches: social skills: winning and losing kindly

    Builds on: My Turn, Your Turn with Pom, Mistakes Help Me Grow with Rory, Everyone Can Play with Zip

    Coming soon
  3. Say It Kindly with Rory

    With Rory

    Teaches: social skills: I sentences when something bugs me

    Builds on: Fixing a Problem Together with Rory, Saying Sorry with Rory, Tricky Feelings with Rory

    Coming soon
  4. Pause and Choose with Pokey

    With Pokey

    Teaches: impulse control: notice the urge, pause, think of choices, choose the one that helps

    Builds on: Waiting and Patience with Pokey, Feeling Calm with Pokey

    Coming soon
  5. One Thing at a Time with Pokey

    With Pokey

    Teaches: focused attention: notice when the mind wanders and gently bring it back

    Builds on: Noticing My Body with Pokey, Pause and Choose with Pokey

    Coming soon