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>> Hello. I hope
that you're doing well.

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I know that this has been
a difficult time for everybody,

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and especially
for our students.

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They're probably starting
to get a little bit weary

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and stir-crazy in the current
situation that we're in.

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It's important to recognize
that we do have a chance

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for some social
emotional learning,

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and there are different things
that you can do

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to help your students
throughout this time.

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One of the things that you might
want to do is to look online,

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either on Pinterest, Facebook;

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there's lots of different
resources available,

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of socioemotional lessons.

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And one of my favorite things
that I've seen has been,

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like,
a socioemotional Bingo board,

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or a self-care Bingo board,

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where there's different
suggestions of activities.

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I think that it's important
to acknowledge that kids

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are feeling really bored
and frustrated during this time,

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and after validating
those feelings,

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it's important
to give them some ideas

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about how to deal
with those emotions.

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And so having a routine --
sleeping well, eating well,

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exercising, doing just different
healthy day-to-day behaviors --

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we might think
that that's just a given.

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But for a lot of people,
they might not be thinking

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that a structured day

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is something that could
help them feel better.

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So making suggestions like that,
giving them different ideas

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of things that they could try,
different activities

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and possibly making it
like a contest to say,

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hey guys, if you have some sort
of online learning platform,

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maybe put out a self-care
Bingo board out there,

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and see who can get Bingo first,
or who can get the most Bingos.

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I think encouraging kids
to do positive things,

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do things that are productive --

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connect with each other
in virtual ways that are safe --

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is very important throughout
this time.