Big Head Bob Academy Course 3: Mindset Lesson Plan (K-3)
Big Head Bob Academy Course 3: Mindset is a printable social emotional learning (SEL) lesson plan for kindergarten through 3rd grade. Students learn to read their feelings with the stoplight method, calm their bodies with square breathing, and practice making healthy choices every day.
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Quick answers
- Grades: Kindergarten through 3rd grade (K-3)
- Time: Two lessons, 30 to 45 minutes each
- Format: 33-page printable PDF with step-by-step lessons, worksheets, and templates
- CASEL skills: Self-awareness, self-management, and responsible decision-making
- Delivery: Emailed to you within 48 hours of checkout
- Try it first: Explore the free interactive lessons
What students will learn
- Build a growth mindset and make healthy decisions
- Identify emotions with the stoplight method
- Regulate emotions with square breathing
- Choose habits that keep their bodies and minds healthy
What’s inside
- Lesson 1, Regulating your mind: circle talk, what a healthy mindset is, a stoplight worksheet, the Stoplight Game, a stoplight freeze dance, and square breathing
- Lesson 2, Healthy decisions: guess a friend’s feeling, healthy or unhealthy picture pairs, describing healthy choices, a sorting card game, a healthy choice drawing, and a healthy choice goal and checklist
- Printables: Stoplight worksheet, healthy and unhealthy picture cards, sorting cards, a drawing sheet, a healthy choice checklist, and a goal sheet
Why teachers trust it
Created by author David Bradley with classroom teachers and college curriculum designers, and taught in Las Vegas classrooms before release. Big Head Bob Academy is rated 5.0 by teachers on Teachers Pay Teachers.
Keep going
Next up: Course 4, Perspective.
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