COVID get through the Day: As we plan for meaningful interactions with our students, including time for academic instruction and relationship building
Tamara Fyke
Tamara Fyke is an educator and social entrepreneur with a passion for kids, families, and urban communities. She is the creator and author of Love In A Big World, which provides mental health, SEL, and wellness curriculum and content. She is also the editor of Building People: Social-Emotional Learning for Kids, Families, Schools & Communities.
Author Posts
SEL Activities and reading suggestions for enjoying the holidays with kids while reinforcing respect, forgiveness, hope, and love.
3 Tips to Process Change and Loss, exploring the theme of autumn as a backdrop for providing educator tips in helping students process change and loss.
5 Tips to Inspire Creativity and Hope, inspiring creativity in students using journaling, maker space, listening spaces, and image-driven menu options
In her latest article, Tamara Fyke discusses how educators and parents can support and guide the next generation by using SEL as prevention and intervention.
Back to School Fears – how this year, students may experience more anxiety than usual after 18 months of either distance or hybrid learning.
Measuring Choices Through the Standards of Love – insights into how we must measure our choices by the standards of love for courage, honesty, and kindness.
bouncing back from adversity through owning our story – tips for helping children own their story through drawing, writing, and finding comfort in sharing.
5 Tips for Teaching Self-Awareness and Rethinking Priorities – We need to teach kids to identify what is going on in their heads and hearts to make wise choices
Defining our values at home and in the classroom – SEL 2.0 is a philosophy with an implicit value structure linked to caring, kindness, and mutual support.
SEL Helping Students ‘Re-Center’ as They Re-Enter School Buildings and head back to school for social emotional learning.
SEL: Let’s review A Black History Month Reading List – Our perspectives change by taking the time to listen to our African-American brothers and sisters
SEL Exploring Character Education, a Return to Basics Part 2 – Character education produces benefits for both the school and the individual.
In order to teach children to know the good, love the good, and do the good, the good must be defined.
Social and Emotional Learning – how the holidays can be a bittersweet mix of joy and grief and the importance of processing grief.