This is a lesson to encourage students to go outdoors and engage their world despite living in a pandemic. 

This is a hands on activity for students who may have limted supplies at home. It guides you into using recycled materials to create easy scketchbooks. 

Curriculum Framework with strategies, resources, and essential considerations for school staff implementing Virginia's SEL Standards.

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is an integral part of education and human development.  SEL is the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make  responsible and caring decisions.  Developing a clear understanding of a Growth Mindset supports a student's self-motivation and belief that they can succeed with dedication of their time, effort and energy.  Working on weaknesses while focusing on the process and not the outcome are instrumental to a student's self-confidence.  With time and practice individual's with a Growth Mindset believe they can achieve anything to which they set their mind.