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Spark Interest with Sara blog

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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

How to Build Relationships with Students in Preschool from Day One?

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As a preschool teacher, you already know relationships are everything. But maybe you’ve found yourself wondering: If you’re nodding along, you’re in the right place. In this post, I’ll share some simple, effective, and heart-centered […]

5 Ways to Easily Fit Preschool Activities about Friendship into Your Day

Are you often stuck thinking about how you are going to fit preschool activities about friendship into your busy day? This blog post is going to cover what we need to expect from our preschoolers […]

Feeling Fear But Doing it Anyway! 4 Simple Steps to Overcoming Fear

I used to have a fear of the ocean. I used to call it a healthy respect for the ocean to mask my true feelings but in reality, it was FEAR! Considering I have been […]

Why Figuring Out Your Gift Matters and How Expressing it Will Change the World.

It’s funny how I never valued myself enough as an educator. I only saw what I lacked. What I perceived I wasn’t good at. Time and time again I highlighted it to myself. Looking at […]

5 Life-Changing Lessons Learnt from a Hard Core Perfectionist

I used to wear perfectionism as a badge of honor. I was proud of it. I thought perfectionism worked for me. As an educator, a wife, and a woman, it helped drive me to accomplish […]

8 Simple Things You Can Do Today to Avoid Teacher Burnout

Being a teacher, we are naturally good at taking care of others, and avoiding teacher burnout is never really on our minds. We are constantly considering the needs of our students, their families, and our […]

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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.

(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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