Social & Emotional Learning Storytime

This Week's Social and Emotional Reading:

5/31 Meadows Focus: My Actions Affect Others.

Other recommended books about mindful actions:

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena
The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade by Justin Roberts and Christian Robinson
Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller and Jen Hill
Should I Share my Ice Cream? by Mo Willems
What is Given from the Heart by Patricia C. McKissack and April Harrison
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts
Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed by Emily Pearson
The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig

All of the books above are available at the Meadows Library.

Archived Readings:

May 24th: I Choose to be Positive.

Good News, Bad News by Jeff Mack

Other recommended books about positivity:

Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin and James Dean
The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
Because Amelia Smiled by David Ezra Stein
We’re All Wonders by R. J. Palacio
Pass it On by Sophy Henn
Taking a Bath with the Dog: And Other Things that Make Me Happy by Scott Menchin
I Love It When You Smile by Sam McBratney
A Good Day by Kevin Henkes
The Three Questions by Jon J Muth
If you Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson

May 17th: I Make Wise Choices.

What If Everybody Did That? by Ellen Javernick

Other recommended books about making wise choices:

May 10th: Healthy Eating, Healthy Mind

Healthy Snack, Healthy You! by Sally Lee

Other recommended books about healthy eating:

Rah, Rah, Radishes! A Vegetable Chant by April Sayre
Burger Boy by Alan Durant
Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
Good Enough to Eat by Lizzy Rockwell
Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food by Stan and Jan Berenstain
The Sandwich Swap by Kelly Dipucchio and Queen Rania of Jordan
Tales for Very Picky Eaters by Josh Schneider
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee

May 3rd: I Know How My Brain Works.

Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch it, Shape it by JoAnn Deak

Other recommended books about our brains:

April 26th: My Feelings Matter, So Do Yours.

The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld

Other recommended books about feelings:

April 19th: I Choose Kindness.

A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams

Other recommended books about kindness:

A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Phillip C. Stead
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena
Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts
What is Given from the Hearth by Pat McKissack
Pass It On by Sophy Henn
Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed by Emily Pearson
The Teddy Bear by David M. McPhail
14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy
Sheila Rae the Brave by Kevin Henkes
Back to Front and Upside Down by Claire Alexander
The Sniffles for Bear by Bonny Beccker
A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story about Knitting and Love by Michelle Edwards
Mrs. McBloom, Clean up your Classroom by Kelly DiPucchio
One Good Deed by Terri Fields
The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle by Jude Isabella
Ben Rides On by Matt Davies
Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry
Because Amelia Smiled by David Ezra Stein

April 12th: Be Inclusive.

Mixed: A Colorful Story by Arree Chung

Other recommended books about being inclusive:

March 29th: Emotional Wellness