Ages 6-12 Years

Kindergarten students can enjoy scavenger hunts, read aloud time, hopscotch, and competition games. You can play games inside or outside, online or screen free. Kindergarteners usually enjoy playing with other kids or with caregivers.  Kindergarten aged students are growing social skills and playing games together is a great way to grow and practice those growing … Read more

Middle school students are starting to develop a deeper social identity and they find an identity in their peer groups. Middle school students continue to need social emotional education and skill building opportunities. Children in middle school are growing in decision making, social-awareness and self-awareness and management.  12 to 15 year olds in middle school … Read more

Students in fifth grade are starting to understand the larger world around them. They may become interested in social issues, global cultures and personal identity. Fifth graders are growing in the areas of self-awareness and management, social-awareness and belonging and decision making.  With a growing interest in the world, fifth grade students may express interest … Read more

Students in fourth grade are developing friendships and a greater sense of identity. Children in fourth grade are growing in the areas of self-awareness, self-management, social-awareness, decision making and relationships.  As friendships become more important, 4th graders are better able to understand that other people experience the world differently than they do.  Social Goals For … Read more

In third grade your child is likely to have a best friend or group of best friends, they are more aware of their own self-talk, and they can understand others as three dimensional people. They are developing skills in the areas of self-awareness, self-management, social-awareness, belonging and decision making.  Third grade students are making big … Read more

Children in second grade are learning social-awareness, decision making, self-awareness and self-management. Children may have more frequent changes in mood and may begin to enjoy participating in clubs and team sports and may enjoy sharing secrets with friends.  These social emotional milestones may look different from child to child, but the general theme is that … Read more

First graders will start to understand their emotions in the present and how they may change in the future. First grade students are developing social skills in the areas of; self-awareness, self-management, decision making and social-awareness.  All of these skills will be developed as they learn to have healthy friendships with their peers.  Social Goals … Read more