Social Emotional Learning
The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) defines social emotional learning as the, "process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions."
The CASEL Framework divides social emotional learning into five main areas:
- Self-awareness
- Self-management
- Responsible decision making
- Relationship skills
- Social Awareness
This organization helped informed the creation of the Illinois Social Emotional Learning standards.
Below, explore books related to these five main areas!
Self-Awareness
My Hair Is Magic
TMC Easy MAR
Salat in Secret
TMC Easy THO
I Absolutely, Positively Love my Spots
TMC Easy RIV
What I Like Most
TMC Easy MUR
Big
TMC Easy HAR
Meesha Makes Friends
TMC Easy PER
The Noise Inside Boys
TMC Easy OSW
All the Faces of Me
TMC Easy ALA
Not Quite Snow White
TMC Easy FRA
A Mermaid Girl
TMC Easy RAF
Becoming Vanessa
TMC Easy BRA
I Am Big
TMC Easy SAD
The Good Hair Day
TMC Easy TRI
Forever and Always
TMC Easy THU
Sometimes I Kaploom
TMC Easy VAI
Layla's Happiness
TMC Easy TAL
Julian is a Mermaid
TMC Easy LOV
Lunch from Home
TMC Easy STE
Abdul's Story
TMC Easy THO
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family
TMC Easy MUH
I Love You Because I Love You
TMC Easy VAN
Hair Twins
TMC Easy MIR
Love, Violet
TMC Easy WIL
Thunder Boy Jr.
TMC Easy ALE
Cranky Right Now
TMC 155.4 BER
Nobody Hugs a Cactus
TMC Easy GOO
Calvin
TMC Easy FOR
I Will Dance
TMC Easy FLO
The Bad Mood and the Stick
TMC Easy SNI
Rainbow Hands
TMC Easy NAI
Someone Builds the Dream
TMC Easy WHE
I Affirm Me: the ABCs of inspiration for Black kids
TMC 305.896 WIL
Niko Draws a Feeling
TMC Easy RAC
The Little Ghost Who was a Quilt
TMC Easy NAS
A Place Inside of Me
TMC 811 ELL
I'm Not a Girl
TMC Easy LYO
Dear Black Child
TMC Easy ROD
Julian is a Mermaid
TMC Easy LOV
I Am Golden
TMC Easy CHE
Patchwork
TMC Easy DEL
John's Turn
TMC Easy BAR
Always Anjali
TMC Easy SHE
What I Am
TMC Easy SRI
My Love for You is Always
TMC Easy SZE
A Girl's Bill of Rights
TMC Easy MUC
Bird Boy
TMC Easy BUR
The Monster Parade
TMC 152.4 OLE
My Rainbow
TMC Easy NEA
Hey Black Child
TMC 811 PER
We're All Wonders
TMC Easy PAL
The King of Kindergarten
TMC Easy BAR
Magnificent Homespun Brown
TMC Easy DOY
My Monster and Me
TMC Easy HUS
Laxmi's Mooch
TMC Easy ANA
We Listen to Our Bodies
TMC 152.1 BOW
The Bug Girl: a true story
TMC Easy SPE
All Because You Matter
TMC Easy CHA
I Am One
TMC Easy VER
Your Name Is a Song
TMC Easy THO
Remarkably You
TMC 155.4 MIL
The Color Monster
TMC 152.4 LLE
Self-Management
I Am a Tornado
TMC Easy BEC
Listen
TMC Easy SNY
When the Fog Rolls In
TMC Easy FON
Milo's Monster
TMC Easy PER
Margot and the Moon Landing
TMC Easy FIT
A Spark in the Dark
TMC Easy FON
I Promise
TMC Easy JAM
A Shelter for Sadness
TMC Easy BOO
The Iheards
TMC Easy KIL
Too Much!
TMC Easy GUT
Skater Cielo
TMC Easy KAT
Rain Before Rainbows
TMC Easy HAL
The Perfect Sushi
TMC Easy SAT
I Am Thinking My Life
TMC 155.4 ATW
A Little Space for Me
TMC Easy OLS
Holi Hai!
TMC Easy SOU
Many Shapes of Clay
TMC 155.9 ONE
Wei Skates On
TMC Easy CHE
Jabari Tries
TMC Easy COR
Arlo Draws an Octopus
TMC Easy MOR
Way Past Worried
TMC Easy ADE
Can I Give You a Squish
TMC Easy NEI
Ramen for Everyone
TMC Easy TAN
Catching Thoughts
TMC Easy CLA
I Will Dance
TMC Easy FLO
Something Good
TMC Easy CAM
Juan has the Jitters
TMC Easy CRU
When Langston Dances
TMC Easy LAN
Three Grumpy Trucks
TMC Easy TAR
Saturdays are for Stella
TMC Easy WEL
When Sadness is at Your Door
TMC ELA
Ten Beautiful Things
TMC Easy GRI
Mel Fell
TMC Easy TAB
Me and My Fear
TMC Easy SAN
Cannonball
TMC Easy COT
The Rabbit Listened
TMC Easy DOE
Allie All Along
TMC Easy REU
Feliz New Year, Ava Gabriela!
TMC Easy ALE
Out of a Jar
TMC Easy MAR
Albert's Quiet Quest
TMC Easy ARS
What if, Pig?
TMC Easy HUN
The Unbudgeable Curmudgeon
TMC Easy BUR
The Most Magnificent Thing
TMC Easy SPI
Hum and Swish
TMC Easy MYE
Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away
TMC Easy MED
My Thoughts Are Clouds
TMC 811 HEA
The Rabbit and the Shadow
TMC Easy RUT
I Got Next
TMC Easy RIL
Building Zaha : the story of architect Zaha Hadid
TMC 720.92 TEN
The Little Duckling Who Wouldn't Get Wet
TMC Easy TES
The Rough Patch
TMC Easy LIE
Quiet Please, Owen Mcphee!
TMC Easy LUD
"No!" said Custard the Squirrel
TMC Easy RUZ
Little Brown
TMC Easy FRA
When Sophie Thinks She Can't
TMC Easy BAN
Off-Limits
TMC Easy YOO
Responsible Decision Making
Emergency Quarters
TMC Easy MAT
Pa, Me, and our Sidewalk Pantry
TMC Easy BUZ
Finn's Little Fibs
TMC Easy PER
The Big Beach Cleanup
TMC Easy OFF
Empanadas for Everyone
TMC Easy AZU
The Girl with Big Big Questions
TMC Easy LEE
A Garden to Save the Birds
TMC Easy MCC
I Want My Book Back
TMC Easy ELB
Black Beach
TMC 363.7 STI
We Are Better Together
TMC Easy MCK
What Is Given from the Heart
TMC Easy MCK
How to Solve a Problem
TMC 153.4 SHI
The Most Magnificent Thing
TMC Easy SPI
Regina is NOT a Little Dinosaur
TMC Easy ZUI
Cece Loves Science
TMC Easy DER
My Two Border Towns
TMC Easy BOW
Lizzy and the Cloud
TMC Easy FAN
And What If I Won't?
TMC Easy FER
Catch That Chicken!
TMC Easy ATI
The Good Egg
TMC Easy JOH
But It's Not My Fault
TMC 155.4 COO
What Does It Mean to Be Safe?
TMC 613.6 DIO
Bubbie & Rivka's best-ever challah (so far!)
TMC Easy REU
The Boy Whose Face Froze Like That
TMC Easy PLO
Not Enough Lollipops
TMC Easy MAY
I Want My Hat Back
TMC Easy KLA
That Rule Doesn't Apply to Me!
TMC 155.4 COO
Relationship Skills
If You Plant a Seed
TMC Easy NEL
Meesha Makes Friends
TMC Easy PER
Remarkably Remy
TMC Easy HEY
Rocket says speak up!
TMC Easy BRY
Be a Bridge
TMC Easy LAT
Isobel Adds It Up
TMC Easy EVE
We Move Together
TMC 158.1 FRI
Saturday at the Food Pantry
TMC Easy ONE
Change Sings
TMC Easy GOR
Together : a first conversation about love
TMC 152.4 MAD
The Girl with Big Big Questions
TMC Easy LEE
That's Not My Name
TMC Easy SYE
When Words Have Power
TMC Easy CHO
Keyana Loves Her Family
TMC Easy TAR
You Are Revolutionary
TMC Easy BRA
My Voice is a Trumpet
TMC Easy ALL
The Proudest Blue
TMC Easy MUH
Hot Pot Night
TMC Easy CHE
The Invisible Boy
TMC Easy LUD
Just Help!
TMC Easy SOT
A Boy and His Mirror
TMC Easy DAV
Lunch From Home
TMC Easy STE
Every Little Kindness
TMC Easy BAR
Speak Up
TMC Easy PAU
Big Truck Little Island
TMC Easy VAN
How to Apologize
TMC 395.1 LAR
Grandpa Grumps
TMC Easy MOO
What Are Your Words?
TMC Easy LOC
How to Spot a Best Friend
TMC Easy BIR
Speak Up
TMC Easy PAU
Bling Blaine : throw glitter, not shade
TMC Easy SAN
The Day You Begin
TMC Easy WOO
Common Threads
TMC Easy ESS
Red
TMC Easy DEK
Tell Someone
TMC Easy SHU
Jenny Mei is Sad
TMC Easy SUB
Carpenter's Helper
TMC Easy ROS
A Friend for Henry
TMC Easy BAI
Not Little
TMC Easy MYE
A Friend Like You
TMC Easy MUR
Just Ask!
TMC Easy SOT
Shawn Loves Sharks
TMC Easy MAN
Boxitects
TMC Easy SMI
The Boy Who Loved Everyone
TMC Easy POR
Marsha is Magnetic
TMC Easy FER
My Day with Gong Gong
TMC Easy YEE
Henry and Bea
TMC Easy BAG
How to be a T.Rex
TMC Easy NOR
The Little Library
TMC Easy MCN
Norman Didn't Do It! : (yes, he did.)
TMC Easy HIG
I just want to do it my way!
TMC 155.4 COO
Social Awareness
Home for Grace
TMC Easy WHI
GIVE
TMC 177 ARE
Old Friends
TMC Easy AIT
The Artivist
TMC Easy SMI
Saturday at the Food Pantry
TMC Easy ONE
Ethan and the Strays
TMC Easy SUL
Forever and Always
TMC Easy THU
What's Silly Hair Day with No Hair?
TMC Easy PAU
Remarkable Remy
TMC Easy HEY
Just Ask!
TMC Easy SOT
Ways To Say I Love You
TMC Easy SIN
Letters to Live By
TMC Easy RID
A Sari for Ammi
TMC Easy NAI
We Move Together
TMC 158.1 FRI
Love is Powerful
TMC Easy BRE
Change Sings
TMC Easy GOR
Love
TMC Easy DEL
All are welcome
TMC Easy PEN
Love Grows Everywhere
TMC Easy TIM
Milo Imagines the World
TMC Easy DEL
I Walk With Vanessa
TMC Easy KER
What is Given from the Heart
TMC Easy MCK
Ella Mckeen, Kickball Queen
TMC Easy MIL
A Girl's Bill of Rights
TMC Easy MUC
Be Kind
TMC Easy MIL
Last Stop on Market Street
TMC Easy DEL
Dolls and Trucks are for Everyone
TMC Easy PEA
Peace
TMC Easy PAU
Thank You, Omu!
TMC Easy MOR
Stolen Words
TMC Easy FLO
This Story Is Not About a Kitten
TMC Easy DES
Negative Cat
TMC Easy BLA
We're All Wonders
TMC Easy PAL
Outside, Inside
TMC Easy PHA
Mango Moon
TMC Easy DEA
The Grumbles: a story about gratitude
TMC Easy GOY
All of Us
TMC Easy ERS
A Kid is a Kid is a Kid
TMC Easy OLE
We are Grateful : Otsaliheliga
TMC 970.3 CHE