These are books we bought and felt gave good overviews for exploring social emotional learning. Most of these books are for little kids because that's when we started our journey. We choose books that explore complex processing when we read together or by ourselves, and you can find them HERE.
We bought this book because it is a workbook and it gives a great overview of feelings for kindergarteners.
We found it at a thrift store. This was the first book that was mind blowingly accurate. The kids loved it.
There are helpful explainations of the science behind strategies.
Found this at the thrift store. This was a great book to introduce emotions and link them to the concept of visualization.
This was a great way to talk about the over-the-top tantrams BEFORE realizing anxiety may be a factor.
We bought this book after the kids talked about buckets in Pre-K. It's a good way to introduce how your feelings affect others.