When teaching courage at home, it’s important to provide as many opportunities as possible for children to see courage being modeled in everyday situations. Children need to learn that acts of courage can be big or small, and can be demonstrated by anyone. More...
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Teacher Spotlight: Lisa Hinshelwood’s 5 Tips on Teaching SEL
Peekapak is excited to have Lisa Hinshelwood, SEL teacher at The Nueva School, CA, talk to us about how she teaches Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and offering 5 tips she has for other educators based on her experience in the field of SEL, psychology and early...
Case Study: Peekapak in a PBIS Classroom
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a proactive approach to establishing behavioral supports and social culture to help students achieve social, emotional and academic success. Renee Gogolewski is a Kindergarten teacher at Woodson Kindergarten...
The A to Zs of Read Alouds: Benefits and Tips for the Classroom
We’ve listed some tips and benefits of read alouds that might come in handy for when this time comes. If you think of others, feel free to comment!
Rostering Students for Peekapak
Rostering students allows them access to the myPeekaville game and rostering middle school students gives them access to the student facing platform. This gives teachers and educators the opportunity to help teach students important concepts for social-emotional...
Free Virtual Learning for Elementary Students 2022
With the recent development and spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, many schools are shutting their doors once again. To help with this shift to virtual learning, we have put together an updated list for 2022 of recommended, free virtual learning resources to...
The #TreeofGratitude Challenge
We are excited to announce that our #TreeofGratitude Challenge is back for November 2021! This challenge is easy to get involved with, and is open to ALL, and includes two Grand Prizes of a $100 Amazon Gift Cards or a Peekapak character cutout!
Overcoming Interrupted Learning Using SEL Strategies
Students all across the world had no other choice but to take a step back from their everyday routines of waking up, grabbing their lunch, running after the school bus, and enjoying a nice long day of learning. The new normal was jumping out of bed to attend an online...
3 Easy Tips to Start SEL this Summer
As we end the 2020 - 2021 school year, we close the door on a year of uncertainty and begin anew with a summer full of opportunity and hope for everyone. This summer season, let's take advantage of this opportunity to find a healthy balance between academics and other...