Build to Nurture

SEL for early learning classrooms and children in grades PK-1

Curriculum resources

About the Program

Build to Nurture prepares young children with social and emotional skills they need to become caring, nurturing, and contributing members of their families and communities. It includes 8 interactive lessons that easily integrated into Pre-K through 1st grade classrooms with hands-on learning, and center activities. Parental involvement is encouraged through Home Connections. Lessons and strategies are evidence-informed and designed to improve classroom climate and promote inclusion, community, and connection.

Why is this program needed?

  • Students dealing with outside stressors may come to school agitated, distracted, and disconnected which is often visible in classroom
    behavior.
  • Trauma and negative experiences can affect a child’s social and emotional functioning and mental health.
  • Educators are expected to help students thrive socially and intellectually regardless of the factors influencing their behavior. Each year, less class time is spent nurturing students’ social and emotional development.

Curriculum Training

Curriculum training prepares educators and volunteers to teach this program in PreK-1st Grade classrooms. Support, coaching, and materials needed for implementation are included in the training.

Lesson Concepts

  • Classroom Community
  • Knowing Your Emotions
  • Emotional Control
  • Assertiveness
  • Empathy
  • Consequences
  • Solving Problems
  • Kind Words

Training Details

Time: 4 Hours, including CE Credits for Texas teachers, social workers, and LPC’s.

Cost: $375 per participant, minimum of 8 participants

Includes printed curriculum binder and materials, available in English and Spanish.

Additional Resources

Brene Brown Explains Empathy

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