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Your go-to place to learn why and how to bring social-emotional learning to your classroom with preschool activities for emotions, social skills, and more.
Imagine you’re sipping a cappuccino with the most supportive mentor teacher. You two are having a chat about ways to support your preschoolers and create calm, happy classrooms.
That’s how I want you to feel as you browse and read through the Spark Interest with Sara Blog. Here, you’ll find…
resources to support your understanding of early childhood social-emotional development
preschool activities for emotions, friendship, problem-solving, and more
and inspiration and motivation to tackle even the most complex SEL concepts with your young learners.
Whether you’re just getting started with social-emotional learning or you’ve been teaching it for years, this blog is for you.
Whether you’re just getting started with social-emotional learning or you’ve been teaching it for years, this blog is for you.
The Latest Read
6 Main Reasons Why Teamwork Activities for Preschool are so Important
Wouldn’t you agree that working collaboratively on ANYTHING in preschool is a challenge? Our preschoolers are at a stage where they want to work together, however so many challenges come up for them when they […]
13 Brilliant Books to Help Teach and Develop Empathy in Your Classroom
Helping children develop empathy is one of the most important things we need to do as teachers. Empathy helps our young learners connect with others who can be like them, unlike them, and everything in […]
Why Empathy is Important: Even in the Preschool Classroom
Why Empathy is Important: Even in the Preschool Classroom Last week in preschool, one of my 4-year-olds came up to me crying because she had done a drawing specially for another child and that child […]
What is Kindness and How do You Really Teach Kindness to Preschoolers?
I am going to talk about the age-old questions we probably all ask in our classroom every year during those first few days, “What is kindness?” Yes, that one simple word “kindness” stems into so […]
8 Ways to Help Identify and Manage Feelings For Preschoolers
Our preschoolers have a lot of feelings and they are normally pretty BIG feelings, don’t you agree? Often, they find it difficult to identify feelings and understand how to process, manage, and work through them. […]
The Benefits of Using Would You Rather Questions for Kids in Your Classroom
I don’t know about you; but, who knew all those college nights answering would you rather questions in my dorm room with my friends and laughing endlessly at the answers would become a staple in […]
Hey there!
I’m Sara — a preschool teacher who’s passionate about SEL with just one goal:
I want to help you effortlessly put together the pieces of the SEL puzzle with engaging preschool activities for emotions, social skills, and more.
With a focus solely on social-emotional learning resources for preschool teachers, I create the pieces that go into that puzzle, so you don’t have to.
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Size of the Problem vs Reaction Game
Get your learners thinking (and giggling) as they engage with the idea that our reactions will differ according to the size of a problem in this FUN FREEBIE.
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(Are you a kindergarten teacher, school counselor, parent, or teacher working in a childcare setting crossing your fingers that my SEL resources will work for you too? Because they absolutely will!)
It’s time to put down the 32 balls you're currently juggling… And let me take some of the planning and prep work off your plate.
Together, we can bring accessible, engaging early childhood social-emotional development activities to your classroom. We'll instill a sense of joy and calm in your days and support each one of your diverse preschoolers. All while giving you a chance to
take a much-deserved break.
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