Orcutt USD showcases SEE Learning SEL routines
Key Questions
What SEL routines does Orcutt USD use in TK-5 classrooms?
Orcutt uses 1-3 minute scripts, breathing exercises, emotions puppets, and songs like Panda/Iron/Head Shoulders to boost behavior. These tie into Piti stories, kindness/gratitude songs, brain breaks, and family hug rhymes.
How does the Feeling Thermometer support self-regulation?
The K-12 Feeling Thermometer is a simple tool with teacher scripts and strategies to improve self-regulation, behavior, and learning by identifying emotional zones.
What does 'emotions as information' mean in SEL?
Emotions are information, not instructions, helping students manage feelings rather than letting them dictate actions. This modeling supports emotional intelligence and habits.
What role do SEL songs play in Orcutt routines?
Songs promote patience, EI, habits, kindness, and gratitude, including family hug rhymes and brain breaks for emotional support and self-regulation.
How does Tiny Voices contribute to emotional strategies?
Tiny Voices provides emotional support strategies for early childhood teachers, enhancing routines like the Feeling Thermometer for self-reg.
Orcutt TKâ5: 1â3 min scripts/breathing/emotions/puppets/songs; Panda/Iron/Head Shoulders boosts behavior. Ties to Piti story, kindness/gratitude SEL songs, brain breaks/routines, family hug rhymes, patience/EI/habits songs, emotions-as-info modeling, Tiny Voices emotional support strategies. Feeling Thermometer adds zones/scripts for self-reg.