704-464-3830
Contact us
Charlotte Lab School
  • Home
  • About
    • Who we are
    • Mission and Tenets
    • The Lab Way
    • Lab's Way of Thinking
    • Challenge-Based Learning
    • Advisory
    • FAQ
    • World Languages
    • Enrichment
    • Wellness Corner
  • People
    • Lab Community
    • Board of Directors
    • Leadership Team
    • Instructional Team
    • Working at Lab
    • PTSO
    • Partners
  • Parents
    • The Basics
    • Lunch
    • Transportation
    • Forms and guides
    • Volunteer
    • Calendar
    • Handbook
    • Health & Safety
    • After School
    • Primary School
    • Lower School
    • Upper School
    • Lab Athletics >
      • Fall Sports
      • Winter Sports
      • Spring Sports
  • Enrollment
    • Applying to Lab >
      • Application Process
    • Why Lab?
    • Open Houses
    • Lottery Results >
      • Archived Lottery Information
    • Admissions and Enrollment Policies
    • NC Report Card
    • Child Find
    • En Espanol
  • News
    • Latest Announcements
    • Charlotte Lab Blog
    • Social
    • Event Information
  • Giving
    • Lab Innovation Annual Fund
    • Ways to Give
    • In-Kind Donations
    • Matching Gifts
    • Other Ways to Support
    • FAQs
  • Home
  • About
    • Who we are
    • Mission and Tenets
    • The Lab Way
    • Lab's Way of Thinking
    • Challenge-Based Learning
    • Advisory
    • FAQ
    • World Languages
    • Enrichment
    • Wellness Corner
  • People
    • Lab Community
    • Board of Directors
    • Leadership Team
    • Instructional Team
    • Working at Lab
    • PTSO
    • Partners
  • Parents
    • The Basics
    • Lunch
    • Transportation
    • Forms and guides
    • Volunteer
    • Calendar
    • Handbook
    • Health & Safety
    • After School
    • Primary School
    • Lower School
    • Upper School
    • Lab Athletics >
      • Fall Sports
      • Winter Sports
      • Spring Sports
  • Enrollment
    • Applying to Lab >
      • Application Process
    • Why Lab?
    • Open Houses
    • Lottery Results >
      • Archived Lottery Information
    • Admissions and Enrollment Policies
    • NC Report Card
    • Child Find
    • En Espanol
  • News
    • Latest Announcements
    • Charlotte Lab Blog
    • Social
    • Event Information
  • Giving
    • Lab Innovation Annual Fund
    • Ways to Give
    • In-Kind Donations
    • Matching Gifts
    • Other Ways to Support
    • FAQs

Lab News

2/6/2017

Wellness update from Mrs. Whelan

 
Good evening,
 
Last month our students focused on self-control and this month we will be introducing Social-Emotional Intelligence. As an educator, counselor, and mom, I have realized how important this skill is in our day-to-day lives. Whether our children are in the classroom, out at recess, in practice, or on a play-date, having strong social-emotional skills allows our children to use their intuition, communicate effectively, and develop meaningful relationships throughout their lives. Over the next few weeks, I strongly encourage you to have conversations with your children about this important character trait and share with them how you have fostered your own social-emotional skills and the meaningful ways they have impacted you in the process.
 
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE is understanding feelings and using them to inform actions.

Ways to Show Social-Emotional Intelligence:

Finding solutions during conflicts with others;
Demonstrating respect for the feelings of others; and
Adapting to different social situations.

Ways to Earn Character Badges:
  • Watch the movie Inside Out and write/draw about how the different characters showed social-emotional intelligence.
  • Keep a feelings journal describing different feelings throughout the day. Notice any patterns?
  • Do two random acts of kindness and share what happened through writing or drawing
  • Read How Full is Your Bucket? by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer. Fill someone else's bucket each day for a week and share what you did.

Follow up Questions for Students:
  • What kinds of things fill your bucket? How do you know when your bucket is full?
  • What ways do you show kindness at home and at school?
  • Name four feelings and share a time when you felt each of those feelings.
  • Tell us about a time when you said something that made the other person feel mad or sad.

Character Books and Resources

Websites/Videos:
  • Create a Peace Table in your classroom for conflict resolution and use this as an advisory lesson (teaches high levels of social-emotional intelligence)
  • Marc Brackett on Emotional Intelligence
  • Brene Brown on Empathy
  • Empathy (for older students)
  • Empathy: Sesame Street (younger students)

Articles:
  • The Boston Globe "7 things every kid should master"
  • The Guardian "Emotional health in childhood"

Books:
  • Otis and the Scarecrow by Loren Long (K-5th); about empathy
  • The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm by LeVar Burton and Susan Schaefer Bernardo (K-5th) - about sharing your feelings
  • Charlotte's Web by E.B. White (2nd-5th)
  • Just My Luck by Cammie McGovern (3rd-5th) - teaches about kindness/empathy
  • Junonia by Kevin Henkes (4th and 5th) 
    Picture

    Archives

    March 2020
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    October 2017
    August 2017
    May 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    June 2015
    December 2014

    Categories

    All
    After School
    Birthdays
    Book Fair
    Bus
    Car Line
    Carpool
    Chess
    Community
    Conferences
    Curriculum Night
    Diversity
    Edukit
    Field Trips
    Fundraiser
    General News
    Giving
    Innovation Fund
    Lottery
    Middle School
    Multicultural Night
    Parents Book Club
    Presentation
    Progress Reports
    Ptso
    School Dance
    Spirit
    Summer Camp
    Summer Reading Challenge
    Transportation
    Volunteer
    Weekly Email
    Wellness

    RSS Feed

    Newsletter Archive

Primary School (grades K-1)

600 Seigle Ave
​Charlotte, NC 28204
P: 704.235.3060
​F: 980-223-5005

Lower School (grades 2-5)

301 East 9th Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
P: 704.464.3830
F: 980-223-5005
Upper School (grades 6-9)
3325 South Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28217
​P: 704.243.9837

F: 980-223-5005
Contact us
 Copyright © 2020 Charlotte Lab School
Photo used under Creative Commons from GoToVan