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ECSEL Curriculum Library

Developed through over 35 years of research and practice, our ECSEL Curriculum Library is designed to meet educators and families where they are, providing creative and engaging lessons and activities that weave critical emotional, cognitive and social skills together for children from birth to age 5.  At the heart of every lesson in our ECSEL Curriculum Library is our ground-breaking and evidence-based begin to ECSEL approach, providing the building blocks of Emotional Intelligence starting at birth.

Explore our resources all in one place.

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Lesson: Scribble Art

Age: Infant

Learning Areas: Art, Music

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Lesson: Messy Emotions

Age: Infant

Learning Areas: Music, Technology, Art, Movement

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Lesson: Sensational Sensory Stations

Age: Toddler

Learning Areas: Science, Movement

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Lesson: Feel Good Scavenger Hunt

Age: Toddler

Learning Areas: Math, Movement

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Lesson: Emotions Color Wheel

Age: Toddler

Learning Areas: Art

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Lesson: All About Me Collage

Age: Pre-K

Learning Areas: Literacy, Art

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Lesson: Emotions Volcano

Age: Pre-K

Learning Areas: Science

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Lesson: Community Helper Thank You Cards

Age: Pre-K

Learning Areas: Literacy

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Lesson: Fairy Tale MakePeace Table

Age: Pre-K

Learning Areas: Literacy, Dramatic Play

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Lesson: Emotions Charades

Age: Pre-K

Learning Goal: Dramatic Play

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Professional Development Resources

Age: All

Learning Goal: Educator Professional Development

Helping Teachers Help Themselves Program

Family Newsletter

Age: All

Learning Goal: Supporting Emotions At Home

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Free Trial: begin to ECSEL

Age: 0-8

Learning Goal: Foundations of Emotional Intelligence 

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Teaching Kids Kindness Prepares Them for Success

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Helping Others Helps You

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The Importance of Emotional Competence and Self-Regulation from Birth

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Meditate or wait: Should meditation be taught in schools?

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Dr. Donna Housman on Mindfulness and Meditation for Young Children

Why It Matters

Discovering Mindfulness in the Midst of a Pandemic: From a begin to ECSEL® Teacher

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Celebrating Earth Day through Children's Literature

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Celebrating Earth Day When It Feels Hard to Celebrate

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Talking to kids about job loss: What to say and how to say it

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Keeping Your Young Child’s and Your Mental Health Strong in Stressful Times

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Staying Emotionally Connected on a Physically Distant Mother's Day

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When Kids Inevitably Push Boundaries

Helping Children Develop Healthy Habits with Technology Use

Integrating Emotion and Cognition through begin to ECSEL in the Age of Technology

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The Best Streaming Shows for Kids, According to Child-Development Experts