Free SEL Resources for Educators

Being an educator is hard. We designed these free SEL resources for educators to make your life a bit easier and help you teach your students valuable brain basics and self-regulation skills.

FocusedKids Basics

Your Amygdala – The Guard Dog

Learn how to teach children about their amygdala and the role it plays in their brains.

Your Hippocampus – Miss Elephante

Learn how to teach children about their hippocampus and the role it plays in their brains.

Your Prefrontal Cortex – The Wise Owl

Learn how to teach children about their prefrontal cortex and the role it plays in their brains.

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Articles for Educators

Navigating the School Year’s Final Sprint with Calm

In many ways, the end of the school year resembles the holiday season—full of expectations, packed schedules, and mounting pressure. But unlike the holidays, there's no built-in break or cultural permission to slow down. The days aren't longer, and the to-do lists certainly aren't shorter. The calendar quickly fills with field trips, performances, exams, projects, report cards, transitions, and celebrations. While this season brings excitement, it also silently cultivates stress.

Hear, Reflect, Connect: A Teacher’s Guide to Reflective Listening

Reflective listening is a communication technique where you listen to a student's concern and reflect back what you hear—including both facts and feelings—before trying to solve the problem. This approach helps students feel understood while reducing the time spent on repetitive complaints.

The Teacher Burnout Crisis—And How We Can Fix It

Teaching has long been a demanding profession—underpaid, overworked, and often undervalued. Great teachers enter the field driven by a deep passion for educating, guiding, and supporting students and their families. But over time, the weight of that passion, combined with relentless stress, becomes increasingly difficult to manage.

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