>> Hello. I hope that you're doing well.
I know that this has been a difficult time for everybody,
and especially for our students.
They're probably starting to get a little bit weary
and stir-crazy in the current situation that we're in.
It's important to recognize that we do have a chance
for some social emotional learning,
and there are different things that you can do
to help your students throughout this time.
One of the things that you might want to do is to look online,
either on Pinterest, Facebook;
there's lots of different resources available,
of socioemotional lessons.
And one of my favorite things that I've seen has been,
like, a socioemotional Bingo board,
or a self-care Bingo board,
where there's different suggestions of activities.
I think that it's important to acknowledge that kids
are feeling really bored and frustrated during this time,
and after validating those feelings,
it's important to give them some ideas
about how to deal with those emotions.
And so having a routine -- sleeping well, eating well,
exercising, doing just different healthy day-to-day behaviors --
we might think that that's just a given.
But for a lot of people, they might not be thinking
that a structured day
is something that could help them feel better.
So making suggestions like that, giving them different ideas
of things that they could try, different activities
and possibly making it like a contest to say,
hey guys, if you have some sort of online learning platform,
maybe put out a self-care Bingo board out there,
and see who can get Bingo first, or who can get the most Bingos.
I think encouraging kids to do positive things,
do things that are productive --
connect with each other in virtual ways that are safe --
is very important throughout this time.