Series

Whole Child Counseling

19 episodes

Whole Child Counseling is a social-emotional learning library that teaches one feeling-and-friendship skill at a time. Animated social stories and upbeat live-action songs walk children through perspective taking, kindness, self-control, growth mindset, coping with big feelings, and being a good sport. Each one speaks directly to kids and gives them concrete words and moves they can use. Videos run one to seven minutes, so a teacher can open a morning meeting, reset the room after recess, or start a class conversation about getting along. These vetted titles suit kindergarten through fifth grade and pair naturally with any SEL routine.

what this series covers

What Whole Child Counseling covers

19 episodes in the library, tagged for K–5th. Heaviest coverage: Social-Emotional Learning, Physical Education and Brain Breaks. Between them they line up with 16 distinct standards across 2 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

K: 9
1st: 15
2nd: 19
3rd: 19
4th: 11
5th: 11

Episodes per subject

Social-Emotional Learning: 19
Physical Education: 4
Brain Breaks: 1

CASEL (Social-Emotional) 14

CASEL.SM.1Manage strong emotions and impulses instead of acting on them right away.
CASEL.SM.2Use calming and stress-management strategies (deep breaths, a break, asking for space).
CASEL.SA.1Name your own feelings and notice how they change during the day.
CASEL.SOA.1Take another person's perspective — describe a situation as they would see it.
CASEL.SOA.2Demonstrate empathy and compassion for others.
CASEL.RDM.1Demonstrate curiosity and open-mindedness.

+ 8 more

CASEL.RS.1Communicate clearly and listen actively.
CASEL.RS.4Resolve conflicts constructively — talk it out, repair, compromise.
CASEL.SA.2Connect feelings, thoughts, and actions — notice what set a feeling off and what you did next.
CASEL.SA.6Hold a growth mindset: treat effort, practice, and mistakes as how ability grows.
CASEL.SM.3Show self-discipline and self-motivation — keep working when a task gets hard or boring.
CASEL.SOA.3Show concern for other people's feelings and respond to them with care.
CASEL.SOA.5Understand and express gratitude.
CASEL.SOA.7Recognize what a setting calls for — behavior that fits recess may not fit a library or a lab.